Active Media, known makers of solid state drives for notebooks and netbooks has recently announced a new line of SSDs geared specifically for Eee PC netbooks – the SabreTooth S3.   Specifically, these SSD units will be compatible with Eee PC S101, Eee PC 900, Eee PC 900A and Eee PC 901.

Specs of the SabreTooth S3 SSDs include read speeds of up to 95mbps while write speed is up to 70mbps. Available storage capacities range from 16GB, 32GB and 64GB.

These SSDs should fit the Eee PC Mini PCIe card slot. The 32GB goes for $89.99 and 64GB for $159.99 at Amazon.com.

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Asus have been phasing out their 7 inch netbook models for a while now, with 8.9 inch models speculated to follow, in favour of 10 inch display models. Digitimes have reported that both 7 inch and 8.9 inch models have received a price cut to “clear inventory”. The 7 inch model is available for $4,999 TWD ($153) instead of $6,999 TWD ($214). In China, the Asus Eee PC 900A price has been slashed to 1,499 Yuan ($219).

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If you’re still in the hunt for that elusive highly affordable netbook, well you’re in luck as Newegg might have what you are looking for. How about this – an Eee PC 900 for $169.99?  And you won’t have to pay for shipping cost as well.

If you have forgotten already, the Eee PC 900 used to be one of Asus’ mighty netbook, before the likes of the Eee PC 1000HE and the Seashell variants came out.

Anyway, the Newegg deal offers the Eee PC 900 with the following specs:

• 8.9″ LED-backlit LCD
• Intel Celeron-M ULV 353 900MHz processor
• 512MB RAM
• 4GB SSD
• Linux OS
• SD card slot
• 4-cell battery

Not bad for a netbook priced that cheap right?

If you’re interested, head over to the Newegg product page before supply runs out.

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With more and more netbooks being announced or released almost on a daily basis, it’s surprising to see some netbooks go over $400 when similar speced machines go for less. If you want to keep your netbook cheap and portable, Liliputing have put together a list of 19 netbooks which all fall under $350 and come with a 9 inch display or 10 inch. The Asus Eee PC 1000HA, Lenovo IdeaPad S10, Acer Aspire One D150 and MSI Wind U100 are all available for $349. The MSI Wind U100 is also available for $299 and comes with a 3 cell battery. The $349.99 U100 comes with a 6 cell battery and in pink. Likewise the MSI Wind U120 comes in under $350 with a price tag of $319.99 and a 6 cell battery.

The HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition is available in a 10 inch or 8.9 inch model, priced at $279.99 for the 8.9 inch and an additional $40 to upgrade to a 10 inch display. The standard HP Mini 1000 comes in at just under $300, priced at $298.97, along with the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 ($299) and the Asus Eee PC 900HA ($293.99). The upgraded 904HA is available for $15 more at $308.40 bringing with it a larger keyboard like you’d find on a 10 inch model. The Acer Aspire One with a 160GB hard drive teeters on the $300 mark with a 3 cell battery, but a 6 cell battery model will add an extra $30 to the price tag. Where as the 8GB SSD version with Linux will set you back $273.28. Interestingly, the XP model is cheaper at $239.

Other 9 inch netbooks noted in the list include the Dell Inspiron Mini 9n ($249), refurbished Eee PC 900s which sell for $180 and the Eee PC 901 ($279.99).

Well, if you have been closely following this blog (I hope you do), you’d remember that two weeks ago, I got my Eee PC 1000H  thinking that the Eee PC 1000HE won’t be available in our region until the next couple of months. But a few days after I got my 1000H, I saw an online distributor offering the 1000HE already. To cut a long story short, I ended up getting the 1000HE as well.  I hope you’ve read my review and unboxing post of the 1000H.  And now, here’s my full review of the Eee PC 1000HE. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally, what eveyone has been waiting for a long time now, a sub $200 netbook, courtesy of  Woot online store. Woot, which is actually a partnership between Woot and Yahoo is offering the Eee PC 900 for $180 + $5 shipping. This simply means that we now have a netbook at sub-$200 price mark.

There is a catch though – this offer is good for today only. So you now have from now until 12 midnight tonight to grab this offer from Woot.

Although the Eee PC may not be the most powerful and power-packed netbook today, but still, getting it a price lower than $200 is definitely something to get us all excited.

If you’re thinking of getting the Eee PC 900 from Woot, here’s a review of its specs and features:

• 8.9-inch display
• 900MHz Inel Celeron Processor
• 4GB SSD
• 512 AM
• WiFi
• Linux OS (optional Windows XP)

That’s the end of this post. You still have few hours to think it over and a few hours more to order the Eee PC 900.

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If  Acer is still keen on maintaining its 8.9 Aspire One netbooks despite the availability of its 10-inch brother, Asus for its part is all set to say goodbye to their 8.9-inch Eee PCs.

None other than Benson Lin of Asustek Asia Pacific Division said that since the 10-inch netbooks are now the standard in the market today it is but the right time to start phasing out their 8.9-inch Eee PCs.

Asus is alloting 95% of their 2009 netbook shipments for the 10-inch Eee PC models, while the remaining 5% will be allocated to the 7-inch models.

Is this a right market strategy? Do consumers really prefer the 10-inch Eee PCs than the 8.9-inch models?

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In a partnership that aims to raise as much as $250,000 for breast cancer research and education, Dell have joined up with breast cancer charity ‘Susan G. Komen for the Cure’ and intend to raise funds by donating $5 for every netbook and laptop they sell in their newly released “Promise Pink” variation.

The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and Mini 12 series of netbooks will both recieve the Promise Pink color variation along with models from the Studio, Inspiron and Latitude laptop ranges and the XPS M1330 and M1530 models, according to a press release from Dell. The Promise Pink line up is available now from the Dell website.

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ABI Research has conducted a survey in the US of over 1000 adult consumers. The survey focuses around how people view netbooks and MIDs.

From the survey, a huge 79% said that they viewed netbooks as an accompaniment to laptops or desktops. While only 11% said they would use a netbook as their primary device.

Shane from Ars Technica seems to agree with the results from the survey as he himself uses a desktop primarily. While his MSI Wind is used as his secondary device, it is noted that it has however, replaced his laptop. Personally, I would be amongst those 11% of consumers that use their netbook as their primary device – an MSI Wind clone replaced my laptop and is used more than my desktop computer, which is used for the only thing traditional netbooks can’t do – read or burn disks.

Would the survey results have been different if you’d answered the questions? Tell us if you use your netbook as your primary device and why or why not.

The HP Mini 1000 isn’t the only netbook you can mod to your heart’s desire for a touchscreen display. Turns out, even older model, such as the Asus Eee PC 900HA, are susceptible to this kind of minor hackery. All that was needed in this Eee PC 900HA touchscreen mod were the following: a screwdriver, some tape, a plastic card, a solderless touchscreen kit and some extra wires. Even a person with “very little knowledge on computer things” managed to make it work. So, if you’ve been wondering how you can do this to your netbook yourself, you should check out the instructions on the Eee User Forum.

Eee User Forum via Gizmodo