Asus Eee PC 900 Press Launch Highlights
This morning, ASUS held a press launch for their latest ultraportable, the Eee PC 900. It is the newer version of the original 701 series, sporting wider screen and higher resolution. It also stands with higher disk capacity, 20GB and 12GB for Linux and Windows versions respectively. Both versions will have base SSD capacity of 4GB and the extra volumes are Flash Drives. Other advantages of the Eee PC 900 over the 701 are the FingerGlide touchpad, higher RAM capacity and the 1.3 MP camera.
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During an interview with Ethan Hung, one of the Execs, he announced that there will be several versions of Eee PC 900 coming up this year, including the multi-touchscreen version, longer-lasting battery version and the Intel Atom in June, which I believe will be quite expensive. [ Read ]
Black Asus Eee PC 900. Rare.
Hung also said that while Microsoft
Will Asus release a real EEE PC with touchscreen?
Digitimes Displays News reported Asus Eee PC to boost touch panel demand in 2nd half of 2008, as well as other low-cost notebooks.
“Low-cost notebooks, such as Asustek Computer’s Eee PC, are expected to boost demand for medium-size touch panels in the second half of the year, as adoption of touch panels by these systems will grow fast, according to industry players and observers.” – Source
While it’s going to be cool, people might probably think that this is another rumor only and would not believe until it becomes real. Like the Eee PC 900, which was rumored to have touchscreen feature but has come out with none.
Brad of Liliputing said that there’s no use of adding touchscreen to Eee PC unless it gets redesigned like other UMPCs.
“Honestly, I don’t see the point in adding a touchscreen to the Eee PC unless you redesign the laptop display so that it can fold over into tablet mode.” – Brad Linder
That’s one good point.
