Comments on: Asus Eee PC 900 Priced And Dated For Australia

By: Leanne

Leanne — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:40:16 +0000

Can anyone tell me if this would be a good option for a high school student to work on or would I be better off to purchase a “normal” laptop?

By: rainbowsix99

rainbowsix99 — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:52:24 +0000

This 900 has just arrived on Australian soil. Too bad it’s pretty useless though, with the Eee Pc 901 released next month running an Intel Atom processor :)

By: ilox

ilox — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:27:55 +0000

Gizmodo, your writer got it slightly mixed up on retail outlets.
Gizmodo says: "As far as distribution goes, the XP model will be through retailers everywhere and the 20GB Linux model will be through selected computer resellers, so it may be a little bit harder to find."

What the press release actually said: "The Eee PC 900 XP version will be available through selected retailers and the Linux version will be available through computer resellers."

Selected retailers will be the big boys, MYER and the like. Like the release of the 701 model they will have a monopoly on the XP version. Us little guys can only get the Linux version and there is very little margin in the pricing so don't expect big deals from the smaller shops.

By: Nyarlathotep

Nyarlathotep — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:05:22 +0000

You can get the 4GB linux version for $395, which is a pretty good deal.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:34:58 +0000

Yeah what’s up with the white and no option of black? maybe they’re holding off till they offer more colour options..

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:15:03 +0000

@Matt

This is incorrect, the storage works as such: 4gig is soldered to the motherboard (and is used soley for the OS and related.

the 8 or 16 gig drives are SSDs connected to the internal PCI-E Mini port (and are used for user files).

So technically there IS 12 or 20 gig, just not all together.

It's just the same as a company like, say, seagate advertising a 250gig drive, where only 230gig is user available.

By: Adz

Adz — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:58:21 +0000

If you search aussie web sites for the eee PC 900, you will find preorders for Black ones.

These sites say they will be available by the end of the month.

By: rainbowsix99

rainbowsix99 — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:16:46 +0000

The keyboard is said the be larger but the pics don’t prove to be. Also, didn’t Asus say they wanted the price to be the same? Even though the XP version is cheaper then the Linux version? And where is the date? I want me EEE now! :D

By: vince marsh

vince marsh — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:44:20 +0000

hey is the keyboard any larger?? or any ideas on whether they may eventually bring one out with a bigger keyboard??

builders fingers are my problem....

By: fjw

fjw — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:40:25 +0000

Priced and dated? I see a price, but not a date. Please clarify…