Published on 09/18/2007
Looks like the folks at Asus have finally decided to agree on the price of the Asus EeePC 700 computer. You can place your pre-order at Allasus.com by just dropping $260. For that price, you get 2GB of storage space and a form factor of a miniature UMPC - and I thought UMPCs could not get any smaller. Of course, if you fork out an additional $140, you'll be able to pick up the 4GB model (EeePC 701) that has the advantage of twice the storage space and a webcam. What exactly does one plan to do with these tiny UMPCs, I'm not sure. It surely isn't powerful enough to run full-fledged applications decently, but for someone who uses online applications (GMail, Google Docs, Zoho...) and Skype, it could be a formidable (and uber-light) tool
Update: A Russian site reports that the local Eee PC price is $500 (12000 roubles)