Asus to launch MacBook Air ‘killer’
The PC manufacturer Asus have decided it’s time to take on Apple in the super-slim computer market. The new Eee PC S101 is said to be a much cheaper alternative to the hugely popular MacBook Air and, according to Asus has a better spec.
Here’s what’s on offer:
- Intel Atom processor
- Intel 945 Express (GMA 950) graphics
- 10.2-inch screen (1,024 x 768)
- 3 x USB ports
- built-in 4-in-1 card reader
- Ethernet port
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
- Battery life of about five hours
- weight - under a kilo
- 18-25mm thick plus multitouch trackpad.
The S101 will come in two flavours - crappy old Windows XP Home versions (16GB SSD), with two Linux versions featuring 32GB or 64GB of SSD. Following in the Asus tradition of not quite giving the users all they want you’ll find the S101 fitted with a 0.3-megapixel webcam!
The S101 will be available in a range of colours to suit all, well, just about all. The latest Eee PC should be with us in November with a rumoured price tag of about £449. Not as cheap as my Akoya mini, which I really like. We’ll test run it when we get hold of the S101.
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