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Sure enough, it’s finally for sale here in the US. The flagship 4GB model with half a gig of RAM, a 900MHz processor, and b/g wifi will run you $400. Honestly, that’s pretty much a jack, I mean Wal-Mart right now is selling a laptop with a 1.5GHz processor, half a gig of RAM, 60GB of hard drive space, and a 15.4” screen tack on a DVD burner, the same wifi as the Eee, and Vista Home and that makes the Wal-Mart PC not only a better performer, but $2 cheaper.
Sure, if it was really rugged, or if it looked really cool, it might be worth it. But anyone looking at a photo set of the laptop can see its fairly ugly, and there have been reports of this thing feeling a little like a milk jug running computer hardware. So why all the hubbub for an overpriced hunk of junk?
It could be the light weight, small size, fairly decent battery life, and the flash storage, but I don’t even think that is enough to make me want to pay more for less. However if you are interested, they are for sale at Newegg and the Surf models, and likely the 8GB model will probably be added soon.
ASUS Eee on sale in US [via electronista]
3 Responses to “ASUS Eee PC for sale”
terd fergason November 1, 2007
how can you say this is a hunk of junk haven not ever seen it? ass//
-4also why would i buy something from walmart. even if there laptop was 20$ i wouldnt give my money to them.
Orclev November 6, 2007
I want one for basically the reasons you stated. It’s got a solid state HD (was hoping it was a CF card but no dice, they dismantled it and it’s actually 4 1g flash ICs soldered to the motherboard), it’s running a Linux based OS (so no hardware compatibility issues), and most important of all, it’s one of the smallest laptops I’ve ever seen (for less than 2k, Sony makes some Vaios that are comparable but they start at 2.5k).
So what if the hardware specs are a little skimpy, I’m only going to be using it for web browsing, a little on the go e-mail, and possibly some minor dev work (very minor).
+1suck my eee December 30, 2007
its da bomb bitches
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