its being released in april?  where's this from?  i dunno why, i just really cant see it happening. would be good if it does though.

Chocolate Cake wrote:

garyk, read the news threads on the 900 in the General forum. It's supposed to be due in April.

It's not official news. Just what the jkkmobile guy wrote.

Fingers crossed nonetheless.

can you link us please, i may order mine from Asia then lol

if the 8g has been delayed so much and delayed regional releases to go along with that. do you really expect not to see delays with the 900 models?  it seems that they are having another price increase from the 8g and imho the 8g was already overpriced but when your looking at the same internals and all you have is a better webcam/larger screen/larger ssd do you really think it is worth that much of a price increase? i left out ram because it is so easy to upgrade ram right now for 30$

I think the main attractiveness of the Eee PC is the price, it's almost like if it is dropped/damaged/stolen etc. you just wouldn't care/worry, just get another one (just £219 !).

Now for double/triple that money I have a lot more options for UMPC/Laptops and more (don't need it anyway - I already have a laptop/desktop/smartphone/....).

But unfortunately like everything else in this world, as soon as something is cheap and popular the buseness can't resist, add a few things and push up the price/profit !?

I bet in 6 month time we wouldn't be able to purchase a £219 Eee PC at all (will be discountinued !!!? That remind me to put a few more orders.....).

It will only cost 1/4 more

Last edited by Friko (2008-03-05 12:21:21 pm)

That's exactly my problem, they will NOT be supplying the 701 once they release a more expensive one when people falling over themselves to get them - it's a matter of percentage profit and earnings.... !

Also I think you are dreaming of 1/3 or 1/4 price rise for all that, the simple 701 is already being happily puchase for £270+ by many !? (from RRP £219)

Aeron wrote:

That's exactly my problem, they will NOT be supplying the 701 once they release a more expensive one when people falling over themselves to get them - it's a matter of percentage profit and earnings.... !

Also I think you are dreaming of 1/3 or 1/4 price rise for all that, the simple 701 is already being happily puchase for £270+ by many !? (from RRP £219)

Is this fact ot speculation? Asus is making a killing off the 701 models and I don't see why they would stop supplying them before th forst wave of demand is met. Personally, I have no interest in a 900 because I can get a regular laptop for the same price. I can't imagine the 900 perfomring as well because it will have a lot more competition in the price bracket. They haven't even released the accessories for the 701 model line yet. I don't think we need to worry about them stopping supply just yet.

Well just to get this thread back on track.

I'll pre-order as soon as I can (I'm in the UK) in fact I've already emailed a couple of retailers to express just that.

Thanks

Yeah it seems they are just putting a ridiculous price until Asus confirms the RRP to them.
If reports are correct, the XP version with 8Gb will be more expensive than the 12Gb with Xandros.

This looks like the probable price:
£300-£320 for Xandros and 12Gb SSD
£399+ for XP and 8Gb SSD

Last edited by Friko (2008-03-09 7:14:16 am)

clove and super gps are taking pre-orders. way to expensive though.

Sunni wrote:

This is the first UK pre-order I have come across

http://www.superetrader.co.uk/asus-eee- … -3277.html

Its funny the picture they use is a photoshopped 701 i think