Asus announces cheap ultra-portable laptop

Wednesday, Jun. 6 2007 | Author: Griffith

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.

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4 Responses for "Asus announces cheap ultra-portable laptop"

chris

June 6th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
1

Any idea when it’ll be available to the public? I’d definitely get one!!!
chris

June 7th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
2

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?
Miles

June 8th, 2007 at 3:57 am
3

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 :)
Wilmer

June 25th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
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I am tryng to buy an cheper portable