The Asus 10-inch Eee PC 1000 has at long last been made official and will be available soon. Pricing has also been released which could see the 1000-series starting at $625.
The new sub-notebook is being shown at the Computex Information Technology show in Taiwan which began today.
It will offer screen size and resolution superior to that of the first Eee laptop as well as a keyboard that is 92% the size of an average laptop keyboard which should please users who found the keyboard on the first model too small.
Asus claims the new model will offer up to 7.5 hours of battery life (3.2 hours min.) thanks to a new 6-cell battery.
The Eee PC 1000 will have a maximum capacity of 40GB on its SSD and will be Linux based.
The Eee PC 1000(H) will offer a choice of either a 40GB SSD or an 80GB traditional hard disk and will run on either Windows XP or Linux.
Both models will support a maximum of 2GB DDR2 memory and feature Intel’s new 1.6GHz Atom CPU. They will include 802.11n wireless networking as well as Bluetooth connectivity.
A 1.3MP webcam will be included and they will be available in a wider range of colours than the previous model.
Asus has sold more than 1 million Eee PC units since the Eee’s launch in October 2007.
“With constant innovations and implementation of the latest technologies in the new Eee PC range, we have since expanded the original 3 ‘E’s into ‘Easy’, ‘Excellent’ and ‘Exciting’. ‘Easy’ will still encompass the core value of Easy to learn, work and play, ‘Excellent’ will highlight the Eee PC’s role as an Excellent mobile Internet device, and ‘Exciting’ entails utilizing the Eee PC for Exciting multimedia enjoyment.” says Jerry Shen, CEO of Asus.
Sources:
Engadget
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