Not so long ago, we told you about the new Eee PC 1201N, a 12.1 inch Eee PC which will be equipped with NVIDIA ION graphics. We’ve even gathered the complete specs of this unannounced Eee PC. But since then we’ve not heard anything about it anymore, until now. Electricpig is reporting that the Eee PC 1201N is about to hit UK stores in December.

So what makes this Eee PC extra special? Of course the NVIDIA ION graphics render it capable of trotting out HD video. The Eee PC 1201N is also listed now at the Asus support site, another indication that it is indeed coming to us soon.

And the official specs of the Eee PC 1201N are now as follow – NVIDIA Ion chipset, HDMI, Windows 7, 320GB HDD, 3GB of RAM and Intel Atom N330 processor.

Price? It will go for around 510 EURO.

Well, it didn’t take Asus that long to make the new Eee PC 1001HA available for pre-order at the Amazon UK site. We were just telling you that this netbook’s specs have been spotted on the Asus global site.

The Eee PC 1001HA is available for $328. Due to its cheap price, you’d get a decent Eee PC with basic features. These include – 10.1-inch display (1024×600), 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB of HDD, 3-cell battery, 0.3 webcam, 3 USB ports and Windows XP (sorry folks no Windows 7 in this one).

Design wise, the Eee PC 1001HA looks like it’s sporting a textured lid design. It will be available in black and white color.

Now here’s the clincher and could determine whether you would want to get this netbook now – it will ship within 3 months upon order. Now that’s too long to wait.

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We all know what it means when an upcoming product starts showing up on it’s mother company’s global site, right? It means that product is now being prepared for international launch. Well, that seems to be the case for the new Eee PC 1001HA which we covered recently.

The Eee PC 1001HA is now appearing on the Asus global site. This new member of the Eee PC Seashell family looks like a toned down version of the Eee PC 1005HA. It’s features and specs speak well of what this new netbook can bring when it comes out.

• 10.1-inch 1024×600 display
• 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU
• 1GB of RAM
• 160GB HDD
• Wi-Fi 802.1 b/g/n
• 0.3MP webcam
• 3 USB ports
• Windows XP or Linux OS
• 3 cell/6 cell battery.

No words on pricing and release date yet.

Here are some more photos:

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A couple of weeks ago, we reported that the Eee PC T91MT was already available for pre-order at the Amazon.de. But guess what? It’s also now available for pre-order at the Amazon U.S. site.

To make it more exciting for U.S. consumers, Asus has bumped up the SSD of this tablet netbook from 16GB to 32 GB. And of course it will still run Windows 7 Home Premium and will support multi-gesture function.

Other specs that you should look out for in the Eee PC T91MT include:

• 8.9-Inch Touch LED LCD Display
• Bluetooth
• 5 Hour Battery Life
• Intel Atom Z520 Processor 1.33GHz
• 1GB-2GB RAM

The Eee PC T91MT sells for $549 at Amazon.

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Look what we have here, after plummeting on top of the Amazon bestsellers lists, Windows 7  Eee PCs have been suddenly pushed down by a non-Windows 7 Eee PC. And guess what it is? – the Eee PC 1005HA running Windows XP instead.

Did that surprise you a bit? The Eee PC 1005HA running on Windows XP sells for $358.89 while the model with Windows 7 sells for around $376.99. It’s around $18 difference in price and you’d already have a faster Eee PC with better specs and features and yet the inferior model is still preferred by users?

What could be the reason then? Users still not convinced that Windows 7 is better than Windows XP? Users still want to buy some time before upgrading to Windows 7? Price is certainly not an issue since the price difference is not that much.

Let’s see if this trend continues as more and more reviews of Windows 7-powered netbooks come out. In the meantime go check out Amazon’s bestsellers and find out if your netbook is among them.

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Is Asus preparing to release two new Eee PC models soon? Liliputing is reporting an FCC filing for two new Eee PC 1008 with appended P and PGO on their names. If you’ve been closely following the development of most Eee PCs, you’d know that Asus is fond of appending the “G” for their Eee PCs which have 3G wireless modems.

Details of about the Eee PC 1008P/1008PGO are still scarce although based on the documents filed with the FCC, these Eee PCs will have the Intel Atom N450 CPU, 1GB rRAM, 160GB HDD, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, and 1.3MP webcam. These Eee PCs might also have a 10.1-inch display like the Eee PC 1008HA.

The question is will these Eee  PCs be released in the U.S.? And which carrier will most likely get it.

Here’s one good reason why you should upgrade your netbook’s Windows XP to Windows 7. Netbook News was able to compare the battery performance of two Eee PC 1008HA, one running Windows XP and the other running Windows 7.

And guess what? The Windows 7-powered Eee PC 1008 lasted for 7 hours 7 minutes and 30 seconds. While the one running Windows XP was able to last only for 5 hours, 3 minuteds and 18 seconds.

Both netbooks were at maximum power with the following settings – full brightness, Wireless LAN and Bluetooth both ON and under the super performance mode.

The new Eee PC 1008HA with Windows 7 sells for $464 while the old model sells for $379.

Here you go folks, if you’ve been wondering what netbooks and nettops are going to support Windows 7, Asus has officially released its Windows 7 product line up. Actually practically all Eee PCs netbooks as well as the Eee Box will have Windows 7 together with upcoming models announced previously.

So here goes, Asus Windows 7 product line up. Which one are you going to get to have a taste of Windows 7?

• Eee PC 1005HA
• Eee PC 1005HR
• Eee PC 1008HA
• Eee PC T91MT
• Eee PC 1101HA
• Eee PC 1201HA
• Eee PC 1201N
• Eee Box EB1501
• Eee Box EB1502
• Eee Top ET2002
• Eee Top ET2002T
• Eee Top ET2203
• Eee top ET2203T

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Following our recent posts about the pricing details and release date of the Eee PC 1201HA, Netbook Italia has unearthed the manual of the said netbook right from the Asus Taiwan site. And the said manual revealed that there will be two other Eee PC 1201 models – the 1201N and 1201T.

The Eee PC 1201N will have an Nvidia ION platform and HDMI output while the 1201T will have a slightly different design and will have no HDMI capability.

As for the Eee PC 1201HA details, it’s still the same Intel Atom Z520 CPU, 2GB of Memory, 250GB of HDD and of course Windows 7.

In addition, the Eee PC 1201HA will have the following ports on its sides – memory card slot, headphone output jack slot, microphone jack and 3 USB ports.

The Eee PC 1201HA will be available next month in Italy for around 399 euros.

If you’re looking to upgrade from XP or Vista on your netbook, or perhaps you already have, then here’s some great news for you. Some netbook makers have already updated the driver download pages to include Windows 7 drivers which should work better than Vista drivers you may be using instead. Most Asus netbooks now have drivers for Windows 7 from their support page.

Other companies have updated their support pages but, not all companies support many netbook models. There is support from Toshiba for the NB205, while Acer are providing Windows 7 drivers for the Aspire One 751 and AOP531h with AOD250 to follow. Dell are listing drivers for the Mini 10v and Mini 10 but not the Inspiron Mini 9 or 12. HP on the other hand have support for discontinued netbooks, such as the HP Mini 2140. They’ve also got support for the 110, 5101 and other models. Lenovo have also updated their support page to include manuals but, no drivers yet. This could change soon though.

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