Asus EEE available for Preorder

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Asus finally opens up the preorders for this sleek (and cheap) sub-notebook.

To cut costs, Asus decided to include the Xandros Linux distribution instead of Windows. It supports WiFi b/g, uses SSD for its storage and has a mutli-card reader (full specs). Even with a seeming low battery life (3 hours probably at max) I’m looking forward to owning one because of it’s extreme portability. As one of my friends described it, it’s a cross between a smartphone PDA and a laptop but definitely more attractive than both.

You can place your preorder with Asus.

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Written by sylv3rblade on September 27, 2007 at 4:38 am. Follow responses to this entry via the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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  • Karlo.PinoyBlogero on 27 Sep 07 at 18:37:25 said:

    Thanks for the heads up. Been waiting for this baby for the longest time. ^_^ Happy blogging!

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  • sylv3rblade on 27 Sep 07 at 18:50:57 said:

    Same here. I’ll be getting the 4GB version since I doubt it’ll be easy to swap the solid state drives.

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  • issai on 08 Oct 07 at 11:12:27 said:

    i checked out the link for pre-order, the cheapest was $250, did they bump up the price recently? I was planning to get one so I can have a toy laptop… i’m wondering if it can handle if i install a server(apache to be specific) in there? i was assuming if it’s linux, apache would be ok… hmmm… but yay, i’m excited to get one!

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  • sylv3rblade on 08 Oct 07 at 12:41:15 said:

    I think the additional price is due to it’s pre-order status. On Apache, yes I think it can handle it well. Enjoy your cute EEE soon. XD

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  • issai on 09 Oct 07 at 02:00:04 said:

    are you getting one too? coz it seems it’s not available for international shipping… was interested in getting someone in the philippines one too

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  • sylv3rblade on 09 Oct 07 at 04:37:09 said:

    Yes I plan on getting one too. One of my relatives already placed an order for me, it’s a sort of pre-graduation gift.

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  • issai on 13 Oct 07 at 03:02:55 said:

    grrrrrrrr… they moved the shipping to november… i might not wait for this anymore… i’ll go get another laptop :(

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  • sylv3rblade on 14 Oct 07 at 23:14:10 said:

    There’s are some companies trying to compete with the EEE. If you want a sub notebook ASAP, I suggest comparing prices and features first before settling for one.

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