Asus Philippines to Launch EeePC 1000 on July 29th
Tuesday
Jul 22, 2008
According to Asus Philippines, they are set to launch the upcoming EeePC 1000 this July 29th. I earlier ranted that Asus is launching the 1000 here, but not the 901. I’m betting Asus here still wants to clear its stock of EeePC 900 units (as the 901′s price difference is just about $50, or even reportedly zero in some parts of the world).
At any rate, the 1000 is a completely different line in terms of form factor, since it sports a 10-inch screen, and is therefore a bit larger and heavier than the 90x and 70x EeePCs. The 1000′s direct competitor is the MSI Wind. Most probably, pricing will be approximately same as with the MSI Wind’s PhP 26,000. Note that the EeePC 1000 retails for US$550 elsewhere (price recently dropped from $650), which is about PhP 24,750.
It’s the year of the netbooks, people! There’s more to come, with Dell’s “E” series to be launched this August, and the HDD models of the Acer Aspire one, also to be introduced come August. Who’s next? Apple?
J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.
Comments
Noemi
July 24th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Hi Angelo!
There is such a proliferation of netbooks, no? I’d say that the MSI Wind is really a good buy, though, especially for those who cannot wait like me. I am really loving mine.
Thanks for all the info I got from your blog!
carlos e; francisco
April 9th, 2009 at 12:49 am
i find it very light thats why i buy the eee pc notebook recently in varna, Bulgaria and less cheapear.easy to bring along whereever in the world i travel.