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Following news of the announcement of the Dell Mini-Inspiron and the Acer Aspire One, ASUS has quickly responded by the release of the 10-inch EEE PC the next week (though won't be sent to markets by November it seems.)
Anyone else notice the Christmas gift packaging on the MSI-Wind? :tongue:
ASUS positively, definitely launching 10-inch Eee PC 1000 at Computex
Anyone else notice the Christmas gift packaging on the MSI-Wind? :tongue:
ASUS positively, definitely launching 10-inch Eee PC 1000 at Computex
Asus to launch 10-inch Eee PC on Tuesday: Confirmed
by Donald Melanson, posted May 29th 2008 at 4:13PM
There hasn't exactly been much mystery surrounding this one, but Crave's UK arm has now gotten word straight from ASUS that the company will indeed be launching its new Eee PC 1000 series laptop at Computex in Taiwan next Tuesday and that, yes, it will a 10-inch model. This one won't actually be available for sale until November, however, at least in the UK. Unfortunately, ASUS apparently isn't quite ready to confirm if the laptop will be Atom-based or not, but everything certainly seems to be pointing in that direction.
We've just been on the phone to a spokesperson for Asus, who confirmed that the company will launch a 10-inch version of its popular Eee PC on Tuesday at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
The spokesperson said that the larger-screened model should be on sale in the UK in November. No other details are confirmed at the moment, but we would be amazed if the new Eee didn't use the new Intel Atom chips, which are due for launch at the same time.
This is significant, as the lack of Atom was our one big complaint with the last-generation Eee. The processors promise to consume considerably less power than previous generations and Intel hopes they'll be used in everything from slim desktops to mobile phones.
