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The ASUS S101 netbook went official last week and is already parading its super-skinny form to the admiring crowds. Engadget China grabbed some hands-on photos of ASUS’ so-called luxury “fashion” netbook, and it certainly looks to be thinner – 18-25mm in fact – and a more mature design than we’ve seen in other ASUS budget ultraportables.
The ASUS S101 is based on Intel’s Atom 1.6GHz processor, partnered with a 10.2-inch WSVGA display with LED-backlight, WiFi 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0. Availability is predicted as October 8th in Asia-Pacific, in approximately two weeks for Europe and later in October for North America (where numbers will be limited to just 1,000).
Pricing is expected to be in the region of $699 to $799, depending on OS and storage capacity.
At the 600 to 700 price, what makes this under-powered wanna be laptop a bargain? While in circuit city an HP TX series 12″ passive touch screen, 4gb ram, 320 sata hdd, built in DVD+- writer @$679.00. Thanks, but, no thanks.
The laptop ways a bunch less than the HP TX series, and also has a longer battery life, solid state hard disk and linux support.
Thanks, and yes thanks.