ASUS' Eee PC 1000H goes on sale in Taiwan

In a world filled with painful delays, seeing ASUS' 10-inch Eee PC 1000H on sale this soon after being introduced at Computex is like a breath of fresh air. Or mildly stagnant air, considering we're not anywhere close to Taiwan. Nevertheless, said machine is indeed up for grabs for those on that side of the planet, and just as we expected, it's demanding NT$18,988 (or around $625). C'mon ASUS, you've got swarms of North Americans (and Europeans, etc.) just champing at the bit here.

[Via Fudzilla]

[Tim Brown @ Jun 11th 2008 10:07AM]

Yup, Im champing over here in the UK. Cant wait!

[OneLove @ Jun 11th 2008 10:22AM]

sorry, too ugly when compared with acer aspire and msi wind.

[OnlyShawn @ Jun 11th 2008 10:50AM]

I believe we would all be 'chomping'...

[Unknown @ Jun 11th 2008 10:10AM]

Am I the only one that things they're going to keep going into they have a 15.4" eeePC? Of course, I still want it...

[kodey @ Jun 11th 2008 10:23AM]

Yes, you are the only one that things that :-)

Sorry...I'm in a super critical mood right now...

[Jason @ Jun 11th 2008 10:10AM]

CHOMPING at the bit

[BoxOfSnoo @ Jun 11th 2008 11:26AM]

I was very happy to see the CORRECT use of champing, and not chomping here. Yeah I'm a language freak.

No really, go look it up. Yes it's weird. Cool eh?

[AG @ Jun 11th 2008 1:40PM]

Champing and chomping mean the same thing; both versions are acceptable. Pedantry is irritating. Misplaced pedantry, unbearable.

[Jason speaks @ Jun 11th 2008 10:12AM]

OOooh... i stand corrected. "Champing" at the bit, indeed. Colloquialisms are stupid, lol.

[Andrew @ Jun 11th 2008 10:14AM]

I must admit, those prices are still a little too high to be interesting for me. You can get a lot more grunt from a full featured laptop for only slightly more weight, yet slightly less money.

Get it back around $400 and we'll talk Asus.

[DeltaRage @ Jun 11th 2008 10:15AM]

Anyone know how soon after the 700 and 900 series were released in Taiwan, did they appear on sale in North America?

[hrt @ Jun 11th 2008 11:08AM]

That would be very interesting to know. I'm eagerly awaiting a 901.

[alloneword @ Jun 11th 2008 10:18AM]

No bluetooth? Still hanging on for one with bluetooth.

[Joshua Ochs @ Jun 11th 2008 10:40AM]

Yes, it has Bluetooth, 802.11n, and the Atom. And the picture above is the 901, not the 1000(H).

[alloneword @ Jun 11th 2008 10:47AM]

WooHoo!!

[0150r @ Jun 11th 2008 10:36AM]

This should be called the EEEE-PC. The fourth E is for expensive.

[brandon @ Jun 11th 2008 10:44AM]

yeah i'm about ready to drop 5 bens on an MSI Wind

[Onetrack @ Jun 11th 2008 10:55AM]

I'm with you on that.. too expensive for my tastes considering its about 150 more than an msi wind which has exactly the same features.

Asus needs to shore up the pricing strategy a little bit, an extra 150 bones for the same unit is not much of a choice

[Jonty @ Jun 11th 2008 11:00AM]

Maybe because ASUS et al. are Taiwanese ... ?

[TC @ Jun 11th 2008 11:02AM]

Ha, until you let us have the iPhone, TOUGH! We should keep all the HTC stuff as well, just for revenge!

[kojo87 @ Jun 11th 2008 1:21PM]

701 4LIFE!!!

[sinai @ Jun 11th 2008 1:23PM]

because they're MADE there, you stupid fat arrogant american.

[sinai @ Jun 11th 2008 1:27PM]

Dear Asus CEO,

Please fire your stupid ass marketing team for

1) thinking you can sell this charging 2x the price of the original model, despite a cheaper CPU, and lower production costs overall.

2) the name EEE PC

3) the name ASUS

[ncmach1 @ Jun 11th 2008 4:19PM]

Nope. 900 coming tomorrow, my 701 on Fleabay now.

[eee lover @ Jun 11th 2008 7:23PM]

It's amazing that most of you guys really dumb or just plain ignorant.
Well of of course if you only compare with dell that you u can get a core 2 duo for the same price than yes its expensive. But you comparing apple and orange. Did u know that the SSD itself for the 40GB cost OVER $500 on newegg, so the computer itself only $125 dlr. People please go to the hospital on do a scan on your head, make sure that your brain is still there.

[sinai @ Jun 12th 2008 12:27AM]

speaking of dumb and ignorant, if a certain someone READ THE ARTICLE, s/he would have seen

"The model on sale comes with a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, 1GB or RAM, an 80GB SATA hard drive..."

[eee lover @ Jun 18th 2008 3:51PM]

sinai... oh sinai... you're certainly not the brightest bulb.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/eee-pc-901-and-1000-series-specs-and-pricing/

just click on the link, and if only you have half mass of a brain, than you will understand what i am talking about.

ciao...

[Techkandai @ Jun 11th 2008 8:57PM]

Because though Americans make most of the concepts, other countries do all the works, like Taiwan and China.

[Stephen Couchman @ Jun 13th 2008 9:28PM]

Anybody else remember that first trade show where the Eee line was unveiled, and the basic model was supposed to retail for under $200? Enough with the feature creep, Asus, I want the super-affordable super-portable you promised me.