Electricpig stumbled upon leaked videos of the Eee PC 900HD, one of the many variants of the Eee PC netbook that was reported to have the chassis of the 10-inch Eee PC and the insides of the Eee PC 900. It could probably be the next best thing to owning an Eee PC 1000 and Eee PC 900/901. If you don’t mind having a bigger netbook that doesn’t have the computing power of the Eee PC 901, meaning no ATOM processor, then the Eee PC 900HD is your thing. But honestly, I would not believe that anyone would actually buy this Eee PC. Unless of course if it will have a lower price than the Eee PC 900/901.
Anyway, here’s the video showing some PC hardware specialists exposing the innards of the Eee PC 900HD. Tell me what you’ve seen after watching the videos.
So, it looks like, we are off to see the newest Eee PC 900 model soon. German online retailer ComTech currently has the Eee PC 900A on pre-order status. From its listed price of around $464, it looks like the Eee PC 901 is a low-end version of the Eee PC 901 which is currently retailing at $599 (12GB) and a slightly high-end version of the Eee PC 900 which retails at $399 (16GB).
In considering the price difference, we must look into some factors and the most obvious of which is of course the Atom processor which will be present in the Eee PC 900A. Likewise, the Eee PC 900A has an 8GB SSD and runs on Linux. No words yet as to whether a Windows XP version will come out.
The Eee PC 900A has the same chassis as the Eee PC 900, so those who are looking for a faster version of the the Eee PC 900 might actually go for the Eee PC 900A instead. But if you’re budget can still afford a few hundreds of dollars more, you might as well take the Eee PC901 instead.
Our ever resourceful friends at Blogeee managed to grab some exclusive photos of the Eee PC 900A. If you would recall, the Eee PC 900A was one of the 900-series models that were listed in the leaked Eee PC timeline we featured recently. The timeline listed the Eee PC 900A having an 8GB of storage media. Aside from this storage capacity, the Eee PC 900A which was previously known as the Eee PC 903 would most likely have 1GB of RAM plus the other specs and features of the other Eee PC 900 series models.
What is not yet known is whether the Eee PC 900A would have an Atom processor or Intel Celeron, knowing fully well that the original have the Celeron CPU while the 901 have the Atom processor. Should the Eee PC 900A have the Atom processor, then Asus is like killing its own product as certainly those looking into getting an 8.9-inch netbook might opt to buy the 900A instead. But of course the battery would still be another issue, although users can always opt out of the standard battery and buy a third-party battery instead.
Pricing, and other infos about the Eee PC 900A are not yet available.
Our friends in Taiwan were treated by Asus with the release of the Eee PC 1000HD, 1000H and 904HD. All Eee PC models come with 80GB of SATA Hard Disk. While both the 904HD and the 1000HD boasts of built-in Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g support, the 1000H nonetheless boasts of Wi-Fi 802.11n capabilities.
All three Eee PC models come with a pre-installed Eee Connect application for remotely connecting several PCs together. In addition, these three Eee PCs comes with Asus Super Hybrid Engine that greatly enhances the machines’ energy efficiency features. Best of all, the three Eee PCs come bundled with the Asus Eee Stick remote control. Both the Eee PC 904 and 1000HD comes with the slower Intel Celeron M CPUs while the 1000H is powered by Intel Atom’s processor.
All right, here’s a quick review of the features of these Eee PCs.
Engadget posted a leaked image of Asus Eee PC timeline where the list of previously released Eee PC models are listed as well as still “to-be-released”, “status-uknown” Eee PC models. All, in all there are 23 Eee PCs in the said timeline.
So help me out here and let’s see how many Eee PCs have been released or announced by Asus so far. 5 variants of the Eee PC 7 series (700, 701, 701SD(30GBHD), 701SD, 701SD-4G), 900, 901, 900A (16GB), 900A(8GB), 900(16GB), 900(30GB), 904HD, 904HA, 900HD, 1000, 1000HD, 1000H, 1000HV, 1002, 1002HA, T101, S91, S101.
Those certainly are a lot of models. Most of them are variations in storage. Interesting to note is the T101, S91, S101 which are being touted as high-end models, specifically becomes they are located on top of the list. But as to when and where these new Eee PC models will come out, we have yet to find out.
Buffalo will release new 32GB and 64GB PCI-E SSDs for the Asus Eee PC 900 and 901 models. The SSDs are Windows standby compliant, measuring 32.1 x 69.5 x 3.5 mm and weighting 8.6g.
With this option you will be able to add more storage for your favorite Eee PC but the prices still can be problem. Estimated price for 32GB is about $157 US and 64GB about $313 US.
The release is scheduled for September in Japan but seems that Conics will ship them worldwide.
If there’s one measurement of how popular the Eee PC is right now, it’s got to be Amazon’s Computer and PC Hardware Bestsellers. The Asus Eee PC models have been dominating the charts with its different Eee PC models, with the Eee PC 901 (12GB XP Black model) receiving the most number of sales. The Eee PC 901 and Apple’s MacBook have been battling it out in the number one position (currently the MacBook is at number one).
Other Eee PC models which are in Amazon’s top ten lists are:
Eee PC 900 (16GB Linux White model)
Eee PC 900 (20GB Linux White)
Eee PC 901 (12GB XP White)
Eee PC 900 (16GB XP white)
Eee PC 1000h (80GB HD XP)
Interestingly the only other netbooks which are slowly inching in to the top ten are the Acer Aspire One at number 13 and the HP Mini-Note way below down the line at #23.
Likewise Apple’s MacBook laptop got two spots in the top ten, while the remaining spot was taken by Nokia’s tablet 810 and Sony Vaio laptop.
The list is updated on an hourly basis, so you’ll get to see variations in the listing once in a while. But the Eee PC products are so steady in the top ten positions. Which only goes to shows that more and more Amazon buyers are placing their orders for the Asus machines.
What do we have here? We all know that Asus has already made available the Eee PC 901 with a 20GB and 12GB SSD. We also know that Asus is about to ship the Eee PC 1000 with a 40GB SSD, and the 1000h with an 80GB HDD. Plus there was also the announced Eee PC 904 and 905. With all these Eee PC models that advances from the Eee PC 900, we wouldn’t expect Asus to retract a bit on its product strategy and release a new Eee PC 900 model.
But it seems like Asus maybe prepping up that model after all, if an Asus China product spec would be the basis. In fact, the Asus China has even listed three variants of the Eee PC 900 with 30GB HDD, black and white models with Linux OS and a Black model with Windows XP.
The price for the Linux version was said to be around $512, while the XP version would sell for around $612.
No words yet on when this Eee PC 900s will be released as well as where it will be released. Stay tune for updates.
If the Eee PC 700 series’ LCD screen was way too small for you and was keen on getting the Eee PC 900 because of its bigger screen but then you were hesistant because its a bit on the expensive side for an ultraportable netbook - then now is the right time to buy it.
Just when the Eee PC 901 starts hitting US stores yesterday, some online retailers are now offering a $100 rebate when you buy the Eee PC 900. Amazon has listed the Eee PC 900 Linux Powered with 20GB SSD, for $449.99 from the previous $549.99. This of course is necessary since the Eee PC 901 is selling for $599.99. So with the price difference between the Eee PC 900 and the Eee PC 901, online retail stores must lower down the prices of the Eee PC 900 if they want to deplete their inventory of the product.
With the rebate, the Eee PC 900 is now cheaper than the MSI Wind U100 which incidentally is currently on stock now at Amazon for $499. But of course the MSI Wind has the Intel Atom processor plus a bigger screen display.
If you’re not took keen on getting the Asus Eee PC for your next netbook, the MSI Wind is definitely a better choice.
Amazon made a rather confusing product listing for the Eee PC 900/901. If you will take a look at the image, the headline says its the Eee PC 900. But if you will take a closer look at the product specs, it was actually referring to the Eee PC 901. Even the listed price of $399 is not the published price of the Eee PC 901.
The question is, should you order this model, would you really get the Eee PC 901 or the Eee PC 900? Would these be enough grounds to trick Amazon into getting an Eee PC 901 for the price of the Eee PC 900?
Any risk takers out there who want to try this out? We would be glad to report how it would turn out. :-)
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