Thursday, May 29, 2008

The Eee PC Killer?


The blogosphere is awash with links to the latest Dell sub $500 mini-laptop. If small and ultra-portable is what you've been waiting for, this is a definite contender. It is supposed to come with a "choice of both Windows XP Home or Ubuntu Linux, 8-in-1 card reader, integrated webcam, direct media playback buttons, and a 'host of wireless access options'." The official release may occur at Computex Taipei next week. I wonder why Michael Dell is leaking this all over the place? See links on engadget and gizmodo.

Compare also with HP's mini-notebook: The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC starts at $499 and is expected be available later this month.

1 comment:

Raj said...

I'm more excited about the MSI Wind. 10" screen, 5.5 hours of battery life, available for $500 (XP) or $400 (Linux, but with smaller battery and no bluetooth, boo).

Quite impressive:

http://gizmodo.com/5012578/msi-wind-priced-to-kick-assus