Rumour: Asus EEE PC 901 Launching June 20 for $649
UPDATE: Despite the lack of information available from Asus’ PR rep, tipster Adam has sent through a screengrab from the Ingram Micro’s website which clearly states a $649 pricepoint and a June 20 availability. Have a look for yourself below…
The Eee PCs are falling thick and fast these days – only a few weeks after the EeePC 900 landed in Australia, we’re hearing that the Eee PC 901 will be hitting shelves on June 20 for $649 in both black and white models.
The 901 is the one powered by Intel’s new Atom processor, which should make for better battery life for the same sort of power. The $649 price tag also equates roughly to the pricing we saw coming out of the US the other day.
We’ve put the question to Asus to see if these details are correct and will update when we hear back. In the meantime, we’d love to know – do you guys think that $649 is too expensive for the new Eee PC? Considering its original claim to fame was that it cost less than $500, is the new $649 pricetag too much to bear? Let us know in comments.
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Sounds good to me. I thought I might get the 900 when the Australian date was announced, but then the details for the 901 surfaced, and the better processor and bluetooth made waiting a better option.
Is the $649 price for the 20G Linux or 12G Windows XP version? Or Both? I’d be happy with either.
I find it difficult to make a good decision about what UMPC to get as there’s so many different ones with varying degrees of good features and prices…. and I guess the other thing is how soon they make it to our shores.
The Eee 901 (like the iPhone 3G) is very very tempting, but I have to weigh up the drawbacks against the benefits.
However, I think this pricepoint is pretty good… too much more and it’d be worth getting a full powered albeit heavier laptop in the $1000 range.
I think it’s a little high. I’d prefer not to spend more than $600.
Given the sudden price drop of the 900 immediately after its release and with other products such as the MSI Wind and the Dell E soon to come also.
Wise decision by Asus to get the 901 out quickly, before the end of the financial year. I might consider paying more than $600 to include the eee in this years tax.
Well is the rumour smashed?
http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=asus+901
Seems some AU stores are already listing the 901 around the $699 mark, with some as cheap as $625.
This is for the 12G Windows XP version.
Couldn’t find any info on the 20G Linux version
My girlfriend got the 900 for $570 from Bing Lee. She’s very happy with it, and the price. And it does everything she wants – I doubt that she would benefit substantially from a slightly longer battery life
Here is the ingram micro wholesale price for them:
Your Buy (ex. GST) $556.00
Your Buy (inc. GST) $611.60
Too expensive. Sub 500 was a no-brainer. Now I have to start comparing lots of coming models. The moment has passed. Asus has made an error. Like Apple.
I would just like them to justify any price that is more than 10% greater than the US price seeing the current strength of the dollar. The only other factor could be transport but surely that wouldn’t be more than 5% of the total.
I just hate getting ripped off especially seeing the current strength of the Australian dollar.
I think the $649 price is way over the top.
The base, Linux powered MSI Wind is expected to sell for US$399 soon. It also has the Atom 1.6GHz processor but also a 10″ screen and a larger keyboard but weigh only a smidge more than the Eee PC 901.
Within the next few months I expect the 900 to disappear altogether and the 901 price to tumble but I still think the MSi Wind will come out on top.
They’re charging 650 now on the asus website for the 900s – this is the 20 gig linux – nowhere ive been able to find online has the smaller xp versions of the 900..
Hmm considering that cost price to the stores ($611) if they sell them for RRP ($649) that’s only a $38 profit…
Ok, I guess it’s a bit more once GST is taken into account, but still… I can’t forsee many retailers marking them down much below $650.
It’s a little more than i would want to pay for a UMPC. Come on MSI… bring on the Wind!
I’ve seem them advertised for $612 inc gst due 27th june, XP version (see shopbot.com.au). If you believe the Oz articals then asus says by the end of june so that fits. Linux and XP versions same price just more ssd for linux. Perhaps some stores will stock the linux version once they’re out? I’m going to get the linux as I’ve already payed for XP once and I’ll just install it (actually legal if you own both computers And you care about such things – not me, I just use MS because I have to for work (Photoshop) and games). Price will definently drop as soon as all the other umpcs hit in days to months. I like the specs and look of the acer aspire one. It is cheap though well built but has only 512 ram. Still I remember XP was happy on only that much despite what people seem to think.