Tony Smith of The Register reports:
ASUS has launched its MacBook Air-style Eee PC 1008HA in Taiwan, and will do it all over again over here early next week, Register Hardware has learned.
The skinny netbook measures between 18mm and 26mm top to bottom, has a footprint of 262mm x 178mm and weighs 1.1kg - one of the lightest 10in, HDD-equipped mini laptops out there - though it's up against some tough competition from Acer's still-to-ship inch-thick Aspire One D250.
The 1008HA uses Intel's 1.66GHz Atom N280 processor, though ASUS is keeping mum on the chipset - and hence the netbook's graphics capability. It has said the machine has 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 10/100Mb/s Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports, analogue audio and VGA ports, all hidden behind contoured flaps on the sides the machine.
The new Eee - also called Seashell - comes with 1GB of DDR2 memory and a 160GB 5,400rpm 3Gb/s SATA hard drive.
ASUS claims the on-board battery's good for six hours' usage. The netbook will offered with a choice of colours: white, black, blue, pink, "Sapphire Blue" and "Ruby Red".
Although availability details remain sketchy, Amazon.co.uk has the system up for pre-order at a cost of £379.50.
