Eee PC 900 - Arrival of Ubiquitous Computing?
At last it is confirmed. Asus Eee PC 900 will be on sale in the USA starting on May 12. If you don’t know what an Eee PC is, this Wikipedia entry will help you know every thing you ever wanted to know about Eee PC.
The earlier Eee pcs (the 700 series) had 7 inch display. This new 900 series Eee PCs will boast a 9 inch screen size and a price tag of $549. If you can perform your computing chores under Linux, you will be rewarded with a 20GB of flash storage. If you prefer Windows XP, you have to live with 12GB of solid state memory.
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What is so exciting about Eee PC? Being a 2lb sub-notebook, it is the cheapest in its class. The runaway success of Eee PC has created a new market segment for this low cost, ultra light notebooks. Other PC makers are racing to enter this newly created market with their own offerings.


