Seattle (WA) - The new Asus Eee PC 900 is now available for order at Amazon.com.  The online retail giant has a price set at around $550 - $580, depending on specs.

The "Eee" brand has made waves with its light-weight design, reliance on solid-state drive memory and a Linux operating system.

The 900, a second generation version of the Eee PC, features a larger 8.9-inch wide screen capable of displaying 1024 by 600 pixels and dual solid-state drives capable of storing 12 GB in Windows XP and 20 GB in Linux.  

Available in either Pearl White or Black, the computer will also feature a new FingerGlide touchpad that can recognize two finger gestures for zooming and scrolling.

The 900 also features a 900 MHz Celeron M CPU from Intel, a UMA graphics chipset, one gigabyte of DDR2 RAM, and built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi.

The laptop is available with Linux or Windows XP pre-installed.

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May 12, 2008 12:12     

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Too expensive....

May 12, 2008 21:14     

Sorry, the form factor is nice, but for $500-$600 you can get a MUCH fuller better system. For this price it should have higher resolution and faster cpu.
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bad price.

May 13, 2008 15:52     

for $600...I got a full blown laptop. for 900 I can get a M1330 which is light and fully equiped. laptop with this spec should cost at most 400
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