The new ASUS Eee PC 900 is finally available in the United States. Like its release earlier this year in Asia, the 900 version is selling like hot cakes in the U.S. too. I have been using the 4G version of the original ASUS Eee PC since November 2007 and wrote a few articles about it that can be found here. I originally bought it to try it out and see what all the fuss was about, but quickly became attached to its ultra portability and usablity.
The main differences in the new 900 model versus the older model are a larger screen (9″ vs. 7″) and a larger hard drive (20 GB vs. 4-8 GB). The larger screen brings a higher resolution which will make working with some web applications easier and require less horizontal scrolling. The hard drives are solid state (no moving parts) flash drives. These little gems aren’t meant to completely replace your computer or main laptop…although they could. The target market is travelers, kids, and computer enthusiasts who wouldn’t mind a second computer for traveling or for kid’s web surfing and document creation. The keyboards on these machines are small, but easy to adapt to with a little practice.
The Eee PC’s I linked up in this article come pre-installed with a Linux operating system. Which means, you won’t have to worry about installing, configuring, and keep updating anti-virus and anti-spyware software. However, if you must have Windows, the Eee PC also released the same Eee PC 900 version with Windows XP and a 12 GB solid state drive (the drive is smaller to make up for the cost of Windows). Once you see one of these little marvels and see it properly demonstrated, you will realize how functional they really are for a significant segment of the computing population.
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