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Asus Eee PC to be available in Australia
By Martin English | November 5, 2007
Originally,, Asus advised that Eee PC would not be distributed via retail channels, but only via the tenders for bulk orders. However, due to overwhelming demand, this appears to have changed.
Asus has four variants of the Eee PC. However, we are only getting the 4G. Expected to be priced at $499 AUD, it should be available towards the end of December 2007.
The machine is standard PC technology starting with an Intel 900MHz Dothan-class Celeron M processor, 512MB of RAM, 802.11g wireless plus 10/100 Ethernet, three USB ports, a multi-format memory card reader and a 4GB solid state hard drive.
The OS is believed to be Xandros-based variant running KDE, but with two user interfaces: a tab-based �Easy Mode’ for beginners, and a more conventional Windows XP-like desktop. Pre-loaded software includes Open Office, Firefox, Skype and dedicated links to Google Docs and Wikipedia. There’s a few articles about the device at downloadsquad.com.
The biggest issue is that you can find full-featured Acer notebooks with Windows, 80gb hard drive and 15.4″ screen for just over $600. Why would you buy a limited machine like the Eee for a little over $100 less?
Topics: *nix, Australia, Hardware, Toys | 1 Comment »
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January 14th, 2008 at 11:34 am
[...] For comparison, you can now buy (at time of writing) full featured acer laptops in Australia for less than $600 after cashback, or for the kids, refurbished IBM thinkpads for $350, compared to $499 for the Asus eee pc. [...]