We've seen the
pictures, now the details. What you're looking at up there are the official specs and pricing for Asus' new Eee PC series. Up to 7.8-hours of battery (3.2-hours minimum!), 802.11n, Bluetooth, and 1.3 megapixel camera as we already knew. What's more, the 10.2-inch 1000-series features either a 40GB SSD on the Linux-based 1000 or 80GB traditional hard disk on the XP or Linux-based 1000H. Both
ship with support a maximum of 2GB DDR2 memory. Interestingly, the long-lasting 6-cell battery is the only option shown in a what could be construed as a lesson learned following
recent woes.
Now the price:
- Eee PC 901: NT$16,988 or about $559 (on sale now in Taiwan)
- Eee PC 1000(H): NT$18,988 or about $625
- Eee PC 1000: NT$19,988 or about $658
Let's wait for domestic pricing outside of Taiwan to see how these numbers will ultimately tally closer to home.
Update: Asus just made the Eee PC 901, 1000, and 1000(H)
officially, official. Press images released.
posted June 3rd 2008 1:26AM
Good luck with those prices ASUS!!!
looks like these prices are meant for the rich.
a review would be nice
901's price is tolerable, as its taking the current 900's sticker....
The Eee1000 might has well not hit the shelf, anything over $550 is too much. Its best if they wait on that. They're missing the point of cheap, portable & able.
I think that $550 for a 9 inch netbook that also supports 802.11n and Bluetooth, and can be easily upgraded to support WiMax is not a bad price at all, especially considering the solid build of the Eee, the 6-hour battery life, and the fact that you really aren't locked into any system. Since this is all Intel hardware, then installing a new Linux distro will be a snap, considering you have a disc drive available, and since Intel hardware has good OSS support, it is pretty much guaranteed to work right on the first configuration. Since Linux is so versatile, there is really no reason to worry about not having enough power, you can either overclock or strip-down. I really believe that Asus is back on track with the Eee philosophy, and the 901 provides something that has good features, portability, battery life, resiliency, and cost for what you are getting.
Just Chuck Norris' two cents.
I think the progression of the Eee PC has been very interesting. When the first model came out, people lauded it for its price point and portability... but people wanted a bigger keyboard... and hard drives... and windows... and a bigger screen... So now with these models, aren't we just back at square 1? Cheap laptops? What's new about those?
Well, I like the way these things are headed. They're portable long-haul battery laptops that don't cost $2k.
For $700 you can get performance or battery life, you can't get both. The EEE and the Wind/etc are the battery life versions.
For $2k you can get both, but that's a big jump.
at least the 901 is close to the original.
Except that if you look at the prices for all the other Eees, even the lowest-end models, the US prices are usually about $50 USD more than a direct conversion from NT$. So we're looking at about $599 for the 901...just as I postulated in the other thread.
Damn a bit steep for all models.
I wish they were sub $500. I'll likely still buy though cause the battery life is superb.
Dude, you're getting a MSI WIND!
Well, at least I am.
Me too. The Eee line just isn't price competitive. Nobody cared when the Eee 700/1 was the only game in town, but now there's competition, and Asus isn't holding out well. Their most direct Wind competitor, the 1000H, will likely be $650 or more when it comes Stateside. That's $250 more than the base Wind (that's a lot when we're talking about a $399 notebook!) and $100 more than the Windows-equipped model. What does that extra $100 get you? A worse keyboard? Anything else? I'm honestly at a loss. Who's going to buy the 1000H?
Using currency exchange rates isnt as feasible anymore so it could very well be cheaper stateside, but MSI WIND here i come. if ASUS could seriously offer this at 399-499 id bite, but at near $700 USD (if they truly go with a straight currency exchange price) id be better off buying a normal 14" laptop.
Welcome to www.Eeengadget.com!
jk :x
No need to jk that one, I just counted and this is the 8th eeeeeeeeeee pc related post in 24 hours. eee pc fanboys up in here...
Well, it is Computex and a whole range of Eee's have just been announced. Engadget are also covering competitors products, the MSI Wind, Acer and Dell's offerings..
sponsorship = $$$ = eeeeeeee stories & iphone 3G stories
Someone's introducing a major product, so there's a lot of posts about it coinciding with its release. I mean, this is the first Atom box on the market from what I can tell... that's what we call "big" here.
They do this whenever something big comes out, and they damn well should.
(Yes, I know he's kidding, but don't forget that he's satirizing what people actually believe.)
Well, better than I anticipated, but still fairly spendy.
Okay, okay. It's pretty damn spendy for an Eee. But it is something I may consider.
They are in the $700 range!!!!!
you can get much more from other brands for the same price
DELL
http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/notebooks?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19#subcats=&navla=52176~0~817059&navidc=Price&navValc=Less%20than%20$700&a=52176~0~817059
or Toshiba
http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/satellite/A200
or Even a Sony
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665362265
(I know the last one exceeds the 700 but "Its a Sony")
@Ayman
Those Dell's aren't even in the same category. No one is saying that $700 laptops are new, but the whole point of the Eee PCs is that they are small and portable. Of course, one other point was originally that they were quite cheap as well, and the 1000H does in fact bring that equation into question, but you just can't compare those Dells. They're not the same thing at all.
I think I'll wait to see how the dell mini-Inspiron turns out, it looks much more promising to me.
Is the 10 inch EEE supposed to be competition for the wind? Because by the time they release them the wind will have gone down in price.
I just bought an Acer Aspire with Ubuntu for $460NZ ($360US) after cahback, and there is no way I would pay even $100US more for an Eee PC, maybe $150US more for the 10". Pull your heads out your a**es, Asus, I would've bought an Eee PC, but it just can't compete with the laptops that are ending up on special for less.
If that 40gb SSD is a real 2.5" SSD, this is a great value.
However, I suspect that it's actually an 8GB + 32GBSD card.
Still would be better to get the wind + the 30gb Super Talent SSD and some more ram.
$200 is my magic price point, since I really don't need anything like this right now.
I'm just thinking, it is possible to put a 2 GB RAM stick in 901? What's the pricing for 6-cell 901 vs. 4-cell 901 (I'm interested in the higher capacity battery)?
In Chinese, it says "maximum" 2GB for 1000 and 1000H. It doesn't mead it comes with 2GB RAM.
901 spec says comes with 6 cell battery.
FYI, 900 in Taiwan is around US$500, so I guess 901 will be US$600 in USA.
Oh, and it comes with 6 different colors. Cherry red, forest green, stars night (dark blue?), early morning (gray?), pure white (pearl white?), and ink black.
Hmmm, I thought XP Home could only be installed (after June 30th) on PCs with less than 2GB of RAM.?.?.? How are they licensing XP for the Eee 1000H?
Asus must be deluded to demand such prices for such underpowered machines. You can get those smaller Dells with multi-core CPUs for less!
Thank god there are other manufacturers that are keeping up with the "small and cheap" laptops, because Asus stopped making both.
Any word on display resolutions?
Will people please stop comparing these to chunky 15 inch Dells? Yes, you can get a more powerful Dell for less money but it's a completely different class of device since it just isn't as portable, has less battery life and no SSD.
Apples and oranges people, chalk and cheese. You might as well compare it to a desktop.
I'm not saying that this is the right pricepoint for the eee, but comparing it to full size Dells isn't helping anyone.
Who said anything about 15" Dells?
I was talking about Vostro 1200 and 1310, both being only marginally bigger than the 10" EEE. And you talk about battery life, like the EEE has anything worth mentioning... Even the 900 with the bigger 5600mAh doesn't get near 3 hours under any circumstances.
And the "SSD"... More like flash memory, found in USB drives soldered onto the motherboard.
I for one will get the 901 for sure. Price, battery life and 1.1 kg still looks sweet to me. The Wind simply won't fit into my shoulder bag the same way my wife's current Eee 700 does.
Yeah, I am going to stick with the 901 model. I didn't know the 1.1kg weight included a 6 cell battery. This is awesome news. If I remember correctly the Wind is similar in weight to the 1001/H and I'm not even sure if that's including the 6 cell. Both offerings are starting to get too heavy, but they're a nice option to have.
These devices are already available here in the philippines and it look sweet..
Could they not also make some poor-man's versions of the 1000? Do you really need 2 gigs of RAM and, more importantly, 40 gigs of SSD (especially the linux version)? I sure could survive with 8 gigs, like in the 7 inch eee (for me reliability is more important than size). This is a mobile book, not something to keep all your life in.
And the more choice and price range they have, the better they can compete with other brands (hint, hint).
Wasn't the idea behind Eee PC to make a low-cost ultra-portable...? Now as everyone's jumping on the bandwagon, asus is moving the line closer towards regular laptops, what's up with that??
were does does ASUS say that the Eee Brand meant economy?
http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm
it was only noted by reviews that the 701 series was "relatively low cost"
still pins it into what apple considers affordable
agree with you on the ever increasing sizes, the 8.9" is my sweet spot.
but Eee is just another ASUS brand, they're really testing the water for their Eee PC "Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play" that's the moto, pretty generic, but I think that's the point.
"7.8-hour battery" drools
* Exact battery life subject to actual usage and model.
DAMN!
US release date and pricing will be the telling factor for me on when I buy this. Please hit by June 16th!
Now the price when they hit the US:
$600
$650
$700
I'm in for a 901, too. Anyone expect a street date?
I'm of two minds about the 1000 - on the one hand, I'm old enough that I have to wear reading glasses when I use my 701 (like I am right now), and I've been touch-typing most of my life so the Chicklets-sized keys are a pain to use. On the other hand, one of the big appeals of the 701 is that it's so small and light I can carry it around my house and use it anywhere, and drop it in my bag and carry it anywhere w/out it weighing me down - NOT something I can say about my Macbook Pro! I think I'd have to physically handle a 1000 before I could decide if it'd be worth it to me, or if a 901 would be the right blend of size, weight and features (going to give my 701 to my truck-driving kid brother who doesn't have a PC he can use on the road).
OTOH, the 1000H - running Windows XP? WTF would I want to eliminate most of the advantages of the EEE PC line - low power consumption, solid-state durability, and snappy data and apps access? Oh, and Linux's free price tag, inherently solid security and lack of bloat over any M$ OS.... >:)