By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net
TAIWANESE computer maker Asus has unveiled the Asus Eee PC, which weighs barely a kilogram and is no wider than an eight-inch hardbound book. Its thickness is about two inches and it has a seven-inch (diagonal) LCD monitor.
Unlike normal laptops, the Eee PC’s size limits its functions such as the memory storage and the absence of an internal drive. Instead of a hard disk, the Eee PC uses flash memory, similar to small USB thumb drives. There are no optical disc drives but it has three USB slots to allow for connecting USB devices, including external optical drives and hard disks.
Here’s a video interview I did.
Other features of the Eee PC are an Intel Celeron Mobile processor, 256 MB RAM (upgradeable to 1 Gigabyte), 2 GB up to 8 GB flash memory, and either the Linux or Windows XP operating system.
For communications, it has a wireless network, built-in microphone and webcam. It has a battery life of up to four hours.
Asus Philippines sales manager Peter Chua said the Eee PC will be targeted at extremely mobile executives, students and home users who have neither the space nor budget to have a notebook PC.
Chua said the Eee PC comes in 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB models. The 4 GB model will be rolled out in the market in November and will have a suggested retail price of P19, 800. The other models will be introduced in early 2008.
January 8th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
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