Vendors to launch Atom N450-based netbooks on January 11, 2010

From Digitimes -

Asus, Acer, Lenovo and MSI are all set to launch their Atom N450-based netbooks on January 11, 2010, complying with their agreement with Intel to only launch after January 10. MSI had originally planned to launch this month. In addition, the upgraded Atom N470 will be launched in March 2010.

Three versions of the Atom N450-based netbooks using different operating systems will be introduced – Windows 7 Starter, Moblin Linux and Windows XP Home Edition – with the most expensive Windows 7 Starter expected to be the most popular choice. Google Chrome OS will become available mid-to-late 2010.

With the pending launch of the new Atom netbooks, Asus, Lenovo and MSI have all dropped the prices of their current 10-inch models to as low as NT$10,000 (US$311) to clear inventories.