Asus officially released an ultra-thin netbook at a price not higher than $200

Various online retail stores are accepting Asus slim netbook Eee PC x101 online reservation

 

Who said the netbook is dead? That is definitely not Asus. Asus officially launched the meego-based ultra-thin netbook Eee PC x101 last week. As promised earlier this year, the netbook is priced at $199 and will be officially delivered in May, at present, many online retailers such as pcsuperstore and directro can start booking.

 

In a beautiful appearance, you will find that this netbook is equipped with Intel Single-core linging n435 or n455 processors, 1 GB ddr3 memory (max. 2 GB), 8 gb ssd storage, 2 GB Dropbox cloud storage, 10.1 inch GHz band 802.11a/B/G/n wireless network card, a 0.3mp camera and a 1024 LED Backlight wsvga (600 x) screen.

 

Other features include a three-core battery that can provide up to 4 hours of power, Two USB 2.0 ports, one SD/sdhc/MMC card reader, Bluetooth V3.0, stereo speaker and headphone jack. The netbook is only 262x180x6mm x 2.3. It does not contain battery weight of LBS, including white, red and brown colors.

 

So what makes this netbook so cheap (instead of installing a drive less )? This is because it was originally developed by Nokia and Intel based on the Linux open-source operating system and is now officially hosted by the Linux Foundation "meego system.

 

"The meego software platform provides developers with a variety of market segments including netbooks, tablets, portable devices, and on-board entertainment systems. It is completely based on the unified qt api, "A description from the meego Website" for consumers, meego will provide innovative device-to-device application experiences."

 

At the same time, Asus will also provide a Windows 7 OS version. It also mentions that this version will provide more memory and larger storage capacity, a vga interface and a 6-core battery may be used, but the company still keeps its mouth secure.

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