Ready for a 'high-end' Eee PC?
The new S101 next to an Eee PC 901.
(Credit: hkepc.com)We first caught a glimpse of this model last week as part of a slide show on 23 new Eee PC models from Asus. Now the high-end Eee PC S101 has been spotted in real life, under the arm of Asus CEO Jerry Shen.
It's got a 10.2-inch screen, but the basic components are the same as those found in the current 9- and 10-inch versions of the Eee PC--the 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor and 945GME chipset, paired with a solid-state hard drive.
What makes this different from previous editions of the popular Netbook is its thin design--only marginally thicker than a MacBook Air at 21mm thick, and its SSD options, which reportedly go all the way up to a 64GB drive. That highest-end version pushes the boundaries of the Netbook category at $899, and we hear that the S101 might end up losing the Eee brand altogether, to be better marketed as an upscale product.
New York native Dan Ackerman, a former radio DJ turned journalist, has written about technology and music for publications including Spin, Blender, The Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. He hosts the weekly Digital City podcast and the New York edition of Editors' Office Hours. Dan's new album, Tales Out of Night School, is available now. E-mail Dan. 
- by ferretboy88 August 9, 2008 4:32 AM PDT
- I will just stick with my Lenovo X61 that is 3.0lbs.
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