Comments on: Is the Eee PC still an impulse purchase?

The Eee PC 900 is $550--still cheap, but a big jump over the original model's $399.

[kelvlam]

I actually agree with you, that the $499.99 spot is sort of the barrier for me. buying the Eee is all a cool factor and convenient to have a UMPC only, cause it's not all that powerful to do any movie viewing or gaming, but good enough to surf the web~

[markntravis]

You most certainely can view movies on the EeePC. $550 isn't too much for me.

[7aji88]

If it had a new faster processor, then I would might consider buying it for 550$. Also since they got rid of those empty spaces around the screen, I guess you can't "pimp" this EeePc like the old one. I mean fitting a GPS chip on the side with an extra USB hup for a touch screen and a bluetooth adapter inside. (I didn't do these things but I saw them on YouTube, it's some crazy work to do)

[jeugenio]

I have an eeePC 701. It's been great with the memory upgrades and the SDHC card and I use it as my email, browsing and ipTV machine. Even though the 900 has a larger screen and more memory...I just can't justify spending more money than the original investment I've made. The storage and larger screen are really icing on the cake. I'd like to see the machine do more, and also I would like to see Asus blow minds by offering a better machine at a lower cost than their competition. However, I highly doubt that they would do that. I suppose that would be a pipe dream.

[cant_get_enough_tech]

The EEE 700 should be 300-350 and the EEE 900 should be 400-500, definitely.