The ASUS Eee PC 1000 shows up for pre-order at Amazon

If you've been tearing your hair out, pacing wildly around the room, and sweating bullets over the availability of the ASUS Eee PC 1000 (and we know you have), you'll be pleased to know that the grown-up sized version of the company's mini-laptop is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The site doesn't provide specific release dates for the systems (the $699.99, 40GB SSD equipped 1000, and the $649.99, 80GB HDD equipped 1000H), though we're figuring it can't be too long till these models hit shipping centers. In the meantime, we recommend going for long jogs.

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[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 10:43PM]

If I see one more god-dawn post about this shitty line of laptops I going over to Gizmodo.

Every fucking day with the Eeee piece shit.

Enough already.

[sinai Posted Jul 14th 2008 3:06AM]

gizmodo? enjoy having to click through every single story just to learn the basis gist.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2008 6:37AM]

Oh calm down and read an iPhone article...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 11:07PM]

The atom-based eee laptops should justly be priced a bit more due to their wireless-n cards, versus the 802.11b/g cards found in most of the subnotebook competiton

[Lancelot9201 Posted Jul 13th 2008 11:27PM]

No wonder the national avg. for credit card debt is the highest in history when
you've got people who actually are considering spending this kind of money for a "netbook".. Economics dictate that one should suffer the weight & size different & buy a regular 14" notebook for 1/2 of price. There are several out there that go on sale regularly for $399 to $499..!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2008 12:37AM]

I challenge the logic of your statement, friend. People should not
suffer anything. People should buy what they need.

Some people do not need a big ass laptop. Some people need something
bigger than previous iterations of eee, but still smaller than the
"regular 14" notebook".

BTW, the average national credit card debt reaching the levels that
it has is is not due to the boom in affordable netbooks options. It's because people don't understand that they shouldn't buy shit that they can't afford.

see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affluenza

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 11:55PM]

this is just ridiculous

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 13th 2008 11:54PM]

These are actually perfect for my use - healthcare field staff with a light-weight sub-note - add an at&t 3g card and they'll be using them everywhere :)

[Tubalcain Posted Jul 14th 2008 2:51AM]

The COGs (Cost of Goods) on the Eee are way too high at this point and people don't see the value of what you're getting. An Intel atom chip costs about $30 in lots of 1000. An 80GB drive is about another $30. A 2 GB DIMM of DDR2 laptop ram is about $25, again we're talking bulk. Total so far is $85. The motherboard for the notebook is probably cheap as well considering that you can buy an desktop mini itx Atom chip and board for $70, now a laptop atom board is probably just a smidge more expensive.Lets say they're about $40-45 with bluetooth and WIFI. 640X480 webcam is about $5-$10, the casing and keyboard is about $10-15. Total now is about $140-$145. A 6 cell battery can cost from $80-$100, now we're getting into $250 territory and I have yet to mention the screen. The main problem now is the cost of the screen which basically kills the deal.If they can get the 10.4 inch screens down in price, this laptop should cost no more than $400-450 with packaging and all that other mess. $650 & $700 is a bit steep for something thats supposed to be cheap and affordable. SSD is just too expensive now.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2008 6:25AM]

Wonder if this one kills the battery while its not on?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 16th 2008 3:19AM]

YAWN paid 650 aud 11/7 bondi junction jb hifi 1000H