The first Asus Eee PC notebooks will ship to the United States in late September and will be priced from $269 to $399, according to the source at Asustek North America, whose statement was posted at Eeeuser’s forum.
The source says there will be the Eee PC $269-$299 configuration with a 7-inch display, 512MB of system memory, 2GB of Flash memory-based storage, and a wireless connection. There will be options of four-cell or six-cell batteries.
The initially announced $199 Asus Eee PC configuration, which has “the smaller two hour only battery”, will not be sold in the U.S. reportedly. On the other side, there will be $369-399 version for the USA market with the same specifications as $269-$299 configuration, except the increased storage to 4GB.
According to the forum post, in the beginning there will be black and white Asus Eee PC color options.
Although the source in North American Asustek says these small and affordable laptops will be available in the US in late September, the information poster feels it will more probably be in October.
[…] Regarding the U.S. market, the earlier report says the Asus Eee PC will start selling in late September with prices from $269 to $399, depending on configuration. The cheapest $199 model will not be available in the United States accordingly. […]
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