Black Pentium Asus Eee PC Coming in December

Philippine-based online reseller PC Corner is now advertising a black Pentium Asus Eee PC due out in December -



EEE PC 8G (701): black beauty lappy ... end-December incoming ... are you in for another blockbuster 7in. mini-laptop from Asus ?
EEE PC 8G: black beauty laptop ... end-December incoming ...

Really really masculine !!! comes in 100% BLACK !!! -----------in either 1Gb or 2Gb Transcend memory !


option A:
Intel® mobile CPU Intel® 910 / Pentium®-M 1024Mb RAM Transcend Linux (Asus customized flavor) 8.0Gb** solid state device 300Kb cam. / 7in. profile ! 4-cell, Li-Ion, 5200 mAh, 7.4 Volts, ~ 3.5 hrs (3hrs. 30min) Battery life 8.9 in. x 6.5 in. x 0.82 in. - 1.37 in. 3 USB ports, 1 VGA out, SD card reader, Ethernet, headphone out, mic in

NOTE: NO Optical Drive / NO Modem

Price: PhP 24,888.00 (roughly USS578.90)

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option B:
Intel® mobile CPU Intel® 910 / Pentium®-M 2048Mb RAM Transcend Linux (Asus customized flavor) 8.0Gb** solid state device 300Kb cam. / 7in. profile ! 4-cell, Li-Ion, 5200 mAh, 7.4 Volts, ~ 3.5 hrs (3hrs. 30min) Battery life 8.9 in. x 6.5 in. x 0.82 in. - 1.37 in. 3 USB ports, 1 VGA out, SD card reader, Ethernet, headphone out, mic in

NOTE: NO Optical Drive / NO Modem

Price: PhP 27,888.00 (roughly USD648.68)

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Have to admit option B sounds tempting - 2G RAM/8 GB flash - in ebony black? But at nearly $650, it is no longer the initial $199 "throw anywhere, throw away" kind of subnote. Plus I can buy a more powerful unit for that kind of money, although admittedly it won't have that Asus Eee PC feel. Besides the 4G at 512Mb running Xandros is zippier than my Fujitsu P7010D at 1GB running XP.