ASUS Eee PC 1005HA up for pre-order on Amazon

ASUS' Eee PC 1005HA (the cooler, younger brother of the 1008HA) impressed us when we first caught a peep of it in the wild. Internally, the two netbooks are identical -- but the 1005HA boasts a user-replaceable battery, and leaves out the recessed ports and port doors (which we found to be slightly annoying -- though attractive -- in our review of the 1008HA). Well, it's up on Amazon for pre-order now, which means we might be seeing this one sooner rather than later. For now, it's priced at $349.99, but we'll see if that price holds when it's actually available.

[Via Netbook Reviews]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2009 10:07PM]

Hey Laura this thing has been up for pre-order on newegg for a couple days now.
Little more pricey-http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=1005ha

[brandon8u Posted Jun 21st 2009 10:11PM]

It's more pricey because this one has a N280 processor.

[ekindesigns Posted Jun 22nd 2009 2:03AM]

I actually just purchased one at BestBuy for $300. It's a truly beautiful netbook!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 25th 2009 9:40PM]

Looks like Taiwan reallly get things faster. It is already available here:
http://qbitonline.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=1005ha
It is priced at US$480.