Comments on: Eee PC 901 goes on sale in US, Amazon offers deep discount?

By: artrafael

artrafael — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:31:18 +0000

The $399/$449 (Linux/XP) prices are for the new 16G models of the 900 series. Amazon misprinted the reference to an Atom CPU. The 16G models have Celerons, as is the case for the earlier 900s (12G/20G). See Asus' own webpage for the 900, which lists the 16G along with the 12G and 20G:
Note that the Asus webpage doesn't show the 16G as having storage split into 2 “drives”. This seems to indicate they removed the 4G of primary (faster) SSD storage present in the older models.

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:34:30 +0000

Looks like they're going to offer a rebate to anyone who paid $549 for a Eee 900, starting today.

http://www.zareason.com/ASUSEeePCMIRJuly08USA.pdf

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:52:58 +0000

At Newegg, they also have the same 900 with the same price and specs. This should confirm Amazon's “typo”.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item…

By: Dean M.

Dean M. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:29:02 +0000

I ordered mine last week from PortableOne. They said they had them in stock, but unfortunately I did not clarify my question enough. They had the XP verison in stock, but I ordered the Linux version. I was excited, I thought I might have my new EEE early this week, but unfortunately it won't come until next week. I'm bummed, but it looks like no one else has the Linux version up yet anyway, so I'm going to leave my order in with them. They seemed to have their ducks in a row, and when i asked about a shipping date they actually contacted ASUS and I got a reply from them, which was comforting to know they were tight. They said Linux versions are due out this week or early next week.

By: artrafael

artrafael — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:31:18 +0000

The $399/$449 (Linux/XP) prices are for the new 16G models of the 900 series. Amazon misprinted the reference to an Atom CPU. The 16G models have Celerons, as is the case for the earlier 900s (12G/20G). See Asus' own webpage for the 900, which lists the 16G along with the 12G and 20G: http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm
Note that the Asus webpage doesn't show the 16G as having storage split into 2 “drives”. This seems to indicate they removed the 4G of primary (faster) SSD storage present in the older models.

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:34:30 +0000

Looks like they're going to offer a rebate to anyone who paid $549 for a Eee 900, starting today.

http://www.zareason.com/ASUSEeePCMIRJuly08USA.pdf

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:52:58 +0000

At Newegg, they also have the same 900 with the same price and specs. This should confirm Amazon's “typo”.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item…

By: artrafael

artrafael — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:31:18 +0000

The $399/$449 (Linux/XP) prices are for the new 16G models of the 900 series. Amazon misprinted the reference to an Atom CPU. The 16G models have Celerons, as is the case for the earlier 900s (12G/20G). See Asus’ own webpage for the 900, which lists the 16G along with the 12G and 20G: http://eeepc.asus.com/global/900.htm
Note that the Asus webpage doesn’t show the 16G as having storage split into 2 “drives”. This seems to indicate they removed the 4G of primary (faster) SSD storage present in the older models.

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:34:30 +0000

Looks like they're going to offer a rebate to anyone who paid $549 for a Eee 900, starting today.

http://www.zareason.com/ASUSEeePCMIRJuly08USA.pdf

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:52:58 +0000

At Newegg, they also have the same 900 with the same price and specs. This should confirm Amazon’s “typo”.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item…

By: Dean M.

Dean M. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:29:02 +0000

I ordered mine last week from PortableOne. They said they had them in stock, but unfortunately I did not clarify my question enough. They had the XP verison in stock, but I ordered the Linux version. I was excited, I thought I might have my new EEE early this week, but unfortunately it won’t come until next week. I’m bummed, but it looks like no one else has the Linux version up yet anyway, so I’m going to leave my order in with them. They seemed to have their ducks in a row, and when i asked about a shipping date they actually contacted ASUS and I got a reply from them, which was comforting to know they were tight. They said Linux versions are due out this week or early next week.

By: bostonirishguy13

bostonirishguy13 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:02:05 +0000

Newegg just posted the Eee PC 901 for sale (XP version). I just got mine from HK yesterday, and am pretty impressed so far.