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Asus Confirms Specs, Price of Eee PC 904 and 1000

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the of-course-it's-in-pounds dept.

Ken E. writes "Asus seems to have completed its Eee PC laptop line-up, at least for the time being. The Taiwanese manufacturer has now confirmed both specifications and UK pricing of the Eee PC 904 and Eee PC 1000 — its two latest models. The Eee PC 904 is essentially an Eee PC 900 in an Eee PC 1000 chassis (big keyboard, 8.9in screen, Celeron-M 900MHz, Windows XP) and will cost £269 inc VAT. The Eee PC 1000 will cost £349 inc VAT for an Intel Atom (1.6GHz) chip, 10in screen, 80Gb HDD and Windows XP. Looks like those early Eee PC 900 adopters (£329 inc VAT, initially) have been stiffed. Still, that's progress, I guess ..."

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  1. Re:Where's my $200 laptop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, but most Americans are too stupid to understand that the world does not revolve around the US dollar.

  2. Re:Enough with the "I got ripped off!" whining by SeePage87 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Given that you choose to live in Silver Spring, I'm guessing the low price was a major selling point for you. Christ, I hope you're not another underpaid IRTA who can't afford to live in Bethesda, let alone somewhere fun on the red line in DC. My heart goes out to you.