We've already seen the
S101 Ultimate Eee PC at the top of ASUS'
Eee PC pyramid of implosion. ASUS' prez, Jerry Shen,
told us earlier to expect the Atom-based netbooks to ship with a 32GB SSD, 10.2-inch, 16:9 aspect LED backlit display and battery life of about 4-5 hours. Today in Taiwan, he personally revealed the S101 prototype (pictured above next to the Eee PC 901), and it's brown (at least for now) and it's sporting the Eee logo as you'd expect. Interestingly, ASUS has apparently decided to ditch the Eee branding on the S101 when it goes production in mid-September to keep it distinct from the low-cost ultra-portable branding that the Eee PC name is (or at least was) synonymous with -- a move we wholeheartedly support. The S101 will measure in at a tapering 16 ~ 21-mm and weigh less than 1KG. Seems Jerry re-enacted the ol' MacBook Air (4 ~ 19.4-mm thick) trick and pulled the S101
from an envelop to demonstrate its thinness.
Played carny tricks aside, the S101 features the same 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor and 945GME chipset found in current gen Eees with prices to range from $699 for the 32GB SSD model on up to $899 for a 40GB SSD (and possibly more). Interesting, to say the least.
Update: We're hearing that the $899 model actually carries a 64GB SSD -- could be if it's that
$313 cheap-o from Buffalo.
[Via
iTechNews]
posted August 7th 2008 3:46AM
haha it never gets old!
How is this going to affect sales of Asus's own U2 series, their 11" laptops with this one? I feel this will partly cannabalize sales of that notebook.
Shit, no wonder you write for free, your grammar is fucking terrible. But then again, I'd wager a guess that you are actually trying to advertise for this product for some strange reason.
I love my Eee PC but madre de dios - Dead horse, meet stick.
All the greatest things are brown:
The original Zune, this, feces, etc.
Should they have made it a bit shinier, they would have had the opportunity to include a USB shaver in the pack to enhance the back screen's usefulness
BROWN???
That reminds me of shit....
So, everytime someone uses the dam laptop they would have to be on the toilet just in case...ahaha
Wow, i'm excited, Its been a good 2-3 minutes since the last Eee has been anounced.
awww... Jerry is a happy camper isn't he! xD
I would consider looking at one when it ships, but would like a little larger SSD. The HP still has my favorite price/feature combination in a netbook. Any projections available on the price/capacity of SSD's over the next few months?