On Wednesday 23 April 2008 12:44:59 David Whyte wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Sebastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've read on a new site that the upcoming Eee-PC 900 will sell for 549 > > US$ starting on 12. May. > > The 900 model hasn't been released in AU yet. It is the one with the > 9" screen I believe and the reports I read had it scheduled for a May > release date here.
The difference from the 701 is pretty simple: Bigger screen (8.9") Higher res (1024x600) More ram (1GB) More disk (20GB if you buy with Linux) > I don't know what the price is, but I would rather > wait for the (hoped) Atom powered EeePC, which should be here in a > couple of months too :) >From what I understand, after talking to a number of industry people, while an Atom version is coming, I wouldn't expect it in the next couple of months. IMO, it'll be at least 4+ months, if not longer. Personally, the thing that was stopping me buying a 701 was the disk space. I've got a LOT of mail, and it just wouldn't fit in the approx 900 meg you have free after installing like eeeXubuntu on a 701 (4GB). And the whole point for me was so that I had something lightweight with all my mail on it, a web browser, and a few other useful tools (eg: ssh, kismet, an IM client, etc). Now the only thing stopping me from buying one is the fact that they're not yet available here. :( -- Stuart Young - aka Cefiar - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au