Asus Eee PC sails into Australia in December

From ITWire Thursday, 01 November 2007 -

The new Asus Linux sub-notebook, the Eee PC, hits Australian shores in December, sporting a 7 inch screen and 4G flash RAM drive. The Eee PC, lightweight in both power and mass, is aimed squarely at the lifestyle entry level market and is not suitable for anyone wanting to do serious work. However, at $499 is Asus asking too much for too little?

With an underpowered 900 MHz Celeron processor, Ethernet port, built-in 802.11b/g wireless LAN, 3 USB 2.0 ports and MMC/SD/MS card reader, together with a pre-installed version of the Xandros Linux distribution, the Eee PC has enough grunt and connectivity for an average Web surfer. It also has the usual bundled open source office productivity tools, as well as some of the lifestyle features that users would expect, such as media player, photo manager, built-in video camera, and a few low-level games.

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Full story can be read at the site. It actually has a negative slant. The negativity aside, hey Vito, isn't this the news you have been waiting for? You just might have a merry Christmas yet, buddy. :)