Asus has finally begun shipping the Eee PC 1004DN netbook that it first showed off at CES in January. The only catch is that this netbook isn’t available outside of Taiwan yet. If you do happen to be in Taiwan, you can pick it up for the equivalent of about $608 from PC Home. There are a few things that…

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The Asus Eee PC 1004DN is one of the first netbooks to sport an optical disc drive. But that’s not its only claim to fame. It’s also the first available mini-laptop to utilize the new Intel GN40 chipset. When paired with an Intel Atom N280 CPU, this chipset is designed to offer better graphics performance than you’ll get from Intel…

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The Asus Eee PC 1004DN may not have started shipping yet. But Asus has begun uploading drivers, software, and support documents for its first Eee PC model with an optical disc drive and fingerprint scanner. You can currently download the latest version of the BIOS, drivers for most of the computer’s hardware, and user manuals in English or Chinese. There…

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The official line from Asus is that the upcoming Eee PC 1004DN (you know, the first Eee PC with an optical disc drive), won’t be released in the US. Instead it will be made available in Asia and other markets first. But a recent FCC filing makes me suspect Asus is at least thinking about bringing the 1004DN stateside. In…

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We already knew the upcoming Asus Eee PC 1004DN was going to be the first member of the Eee PC family with an optical disc drive, an ExpressCard/34 slot and a fingerprint scanner, along with an SD card slot and 3 USB ports.  But it looks like Asus is also throwing in a contingent of new and shiny software to…

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File this under things I should have noticed right away but didn’t. But if you take a look at the press shots for the upcoming Eee PC 1004DN, you’ll notice that the DVD drive isn’t the only unusual thing about this netbook. It’s also one of the first netbooks I’ve seen to have a built in fingerprint scanner. It’s hiding…

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Asus first showed off the Asus Eee PC 1004DN at CES in January. This is the company’s first mini-laptop with a 10 inch display and an optical disc drive. While Asus still hasn’t confirmed a release date, rumor has it that the netbook should hit the streets in April. And Asus does seem to be preparing to release the laptop…

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The Asus Eee PC 1004DN is the first Asus netbook to sport an optical disc drive. Heck, it’s one of the first netbooks from any company to make room for a disc drive. While I’d originally heard that this model wasn’t scheduled for release in the US anytimesoon, Asus filed documents related to the 1004DN with the FCC in February,…

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When I spotted the Asus Eee PC 1004DN at CES, I was told that there were no immediate plans to bring this netbook to the US. But as Jeff from Netbook 3G discovered, Asus filed documents with the FCC this week, which seem to indicate that the company is at least considering selling the netbook in America. The Eee PC…

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You know that Asus Eee PC 1004DN I told you about earlier today? The one that comes with a DVD drive? Yeah, that one. Well I took another look at the spec sheet and had to do a double take. Virtually every netbook on the market today has an Intel Atom N270 CPU, so I kind of assumed that’s what…

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There are a few things that typically set netbooks apart from larger computers. They’re smaller, lighter, and cheaper. And up until now, they’ve tended to lack optical disc drives. But it looks like that’s about to change. Asus is showing an Eee PC model with a disc drive at CES. The Asus Eee PC 1004DN looks an awful lot like…

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