And there you have it people – the touchscreen Eee PC from Asus is finally available for pre-order from Play.com in the UK. With a scheduled release date of November 20, this discount all-in-one has some real potential. We first heard about this touchy feely Asus back in July but people were pretty unclear as to what it was. Mystery solved. Specs please:
- Intel Atom processor (1.6GHz/533MHz FSB/512K Cache)
- 1 GB DDR2 667 RAM
- 160 GB SATA II 5400rpm hard drive
- Graphics Card: Shared Graphics (128MB)
- Windows XP Home (SP3)
- 15.6″ (16:10 Wide Panel) touchscreen
- Graphics: Shared Graphics (128MB)
- Webcam: 1.3 Mega Pixel
- Mirophone: Digital Array Microphone
- Audio Chips: 2 x 4W Hifi Speaker + SRS
- Communication: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
- WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g/n
- IO Side Ports: Memory card slot (SD/SDHC/MS/MS Pro) / USB ports x 2
- IO Rear Ports: Audio Ports x 3 (Microphone, Line in & Line Out) / USB ports x 4 / Gigabit LAN port
- Ships with: StarOffice, Adobe Reader 8.0, Norton Internet Security (90 day trial version), Express Gate, Skype, Eee Memo, SoftStyles, Eee Cam and Eee Cinema
Play.com lists the all-in-one Eee PC at £399.99 which works out to $678 US at today’s exchange rate. Not bad at all.
[Via Engadget]
