In the world of laptops, usually when we hear about ultra-portable ones, the price is usually anything but light. But today, Asus surprised everyone by announcing a very small laptop, with a new laptop with very basic specifications at a very affordable price. The Asus Eee comes with:
802.11b/g WiFi, Ethernet and a modem for connectivity, along with a webcam, 512MB of RAM and a 4, 8 or 16GB flash drive for speedy, reliable storage.
You’re probably thinking… what’s the point on getting a laptop with a drive that’s smaller than some iPods? Well, if I told you that the prices start from $200, then you’d probably start looking at it a bit differently. And yes, that really is cheaper than most iPods.
Any idea when it’ll be available to the public? I’d definitely get one!!!
Just a side note…I thought I read that this baby was gonna have linux on it. How come there’s a Windows Key on the keyboard?
For $200 how could they put Window$ on it?
I think that any geek worth his salt will have it booting 3-4 Windows and 3-4 Linux Os’s inside of a month.
4GB flash drives are $35, heres hoping that it is a CF slot when it comes to market.
If these things sell out like hot-cakes, you can bet MS will jump on the bandwagon with a Vista Mobile for $50 or something reasonable for them, and a whole line of Vista Mobile games too.
For $200 with full VGA and 3 USB ports, this thing is perfect, I hear rumors of a 10-inch screen (presumably using that extra space around the 7″) for $299, I can see the $199 model selling off the shelves, with the $299 model soon after.
I am just hoping that it is a Core Solo-derived Celeron M 800mhz-1Ghz, at least that could run just about anything I need to run in a “kneetop” PC, heck with the right cargo pants this IS a pocket PC :P :D :)
I am tryng to buy an cheper portable