ASUS EeePC 900 Release Date

April 20, 2008

asus900, originally uploaded by nooccar.

On May 12th the ASUS EeePC 900 hits the US Market. Now some people won’t give a damn, but there’s definitely a niche market who will. My friend Coop has one of these (an older model) and really loves it. It’s a bare bones midget machine that flies on Linux. It’s flash memory only and most of that is detachable, but I bet as SDHD becomes more readily available the storage will increase (does it even read that type?). This ultra-portable weights just over 2lbs and has a 9″ screen. I wonder what sort of ports it has. I understand that most people who want an ultra-portable won’t want to carry around a 2.5″ HDD, but I don’t mind doing so. I always carry a ton of stuff anyway.

We may go to Europe in Summer 2009 and my wife has been considering taking a computer like this with her. Her graduate degree is all online and she can’t go without working on it for 2 weeks. Such a machine is pretty much an internet computer. It’s like a cheaper MacBook Air with a lot less oomph. Yes, of course only a certain audience would appreciate this machine, and I would, of course, never ever get this with XP (go Linux!), and yes, people will complain about the price, but it’s still a cool little machine. Check out Endgadget for more info!

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