ASUS Eee PC 1001P brings its seashell design, Atom N450 to Amazon's US listings

First Germany, and now the States. ASUS's 10.1-inch, Pine Trail-equipped Eee PC Seashell 1001P has popped up on Amazon's US retail listings. Same Intel Atom N450 processor we saw before. $300 gets you Windows XP and a 160GB HDD, while $350 nets Windows 7 and 250GB of storage. Color options are black, pink, blue, and white, and as for release date? Still M.I.A., but we're hopeful this week offers a few tech news goodies.

[metalmaker1 Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:16AM]

Anyone know if any netbooks are Being released with built in optical drives?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:42AM]

ok

[GoogleGeek85 Posted Jan 5th 2010 10:18AM]

@metalmaker1
No. They cut the optical drive to reduce weight, thickness, and most importantly, cost.I really doubt they will start offering optical drive soon.

If an optical drive is the only thing stopping you from buying a netbook and you only occasionally use it, buy an external drive.

[One Love Posted Jan 5th 2010 10:18AM]

@metalmaker1 : That would make them too expensive, thick and out of the "netbook" spec.

[mychemicalgadget Posted Jan 5th 2010 11:02AM]

@metalmaker1 so far none, but you can always buy an external optical drive (usb port), right? Asus Eee PC users will be well aware of the device, which features the same specs of last generation units, wrapped up with the new, faster and more efficient Intel processor. The units are currently priced by Amazon Germany at €267.70. Not a bad way to start the year yet not phenomenal. Details: http://bit.ly/asus-eee-pc-1001p-details

[KAL326 Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:26AM]

Shouldn't it be $340 will get you Win7 and 250GB? Also it would get you Windows 7 Starter, which should really be mentioned given its gimped nature instead of just saying Windows 7.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:44AM]

ok

[CtrlBurn Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:36AM]

Wait, why would you buy this when you can get the 1005HA with XP, 802.11n, and comparable battery life?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:46AM]

ok

[Karuto Posted Jan 5th 2010 10:33AM]

@CtrlBurn Two words: Atom N450

[CtrlBurn Posted Jan 5th 2010 10:51AM]

@Karuto Is that really going to improve performance over the N280? I was under the impression that the main advantage was power usage. Either way, Windows 7 SE is a severe downgrade. If I came across one of these, I'd have to put XP, Linux, or Chromium on it.

[joelaf Posted Jan 5th 2010 10:29AM]

Too many choices, head hurt bad. Ogg must smash

[madmax123 Posted Jan 5th 2010 10:35AM]

its a good option for that budget, is this similar to the Asus S101 - http://bit.ly/7udsma ??

[zsmorr Posted Jan 5th 2010 1:31PM]

Man Asus has put out a lot of netbooks/notebooks lately, its almost hard to keep up lol.

[joshky Posted Jan 5th 2010 2:51PM]

ok now my mind is truely blown by the naming convention...is asus counting backwards? whats the difference between the 1001 and the 1005?