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Hands on the highly anticipated 8.9" Asus Eee
PC 900, featuring a bigger screen, bigger SSD drive, more memory and Windows XP.
Available at Amazon.com $555
Tech Specs: 1 GB of RAM
- 8.9-inch 1024×600 LCD - 1.3 megapixel webcam - 3.5 hours
battery life - Price US$549 Available: May 12, 2008.
The Eee 900 series dimensions are a little larger than the 70x models - measuring 225 × 165 × 35 mm and weighing around 2.2 lbs (1 kg). The machine has a multi-touch trackpad that allow two-finger scrolling and zooming via a "pinch" gesture. The Linux version is named the EeePC 900 and comes with a 20 GB SSD, while the Windows XP version is named the EeePC 900 Win and has a 12 GB SSD. The Windows version comes with Microsoft Works and Windows Live Suite preinstalled. The EeePC 900 has the same Celeron CPU as the Eee PC 700, running at its full 900 MHz clock speed (rather than the 630 MHz speed seen in the EeePC 700).
The Eee 900 series dimensions are a little larger than the 70x models - measuring 225 × 165 × 35 mm and weighing around 2.2 lbs (1 kg). The machine has a multi-touch trackpad that allow two-finger scrolling and zooming via a "pinch" gesture. The Linux version is named the EeePC 900 and comes with a 20 GB SSD, while the Windows XP version is named the EeePC 900 Win and has a 12 GB SSD. The Windows version comes with Microsoft Works and Windows Live Suite preinstalled. The EeePC 900 has the same Celeron CPU as the Eee PC 700, running at its full 900 MHz clock speed (rather than the 630 MHz speed seen in the EeePC 700).
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