Announcing the Asus EEE 900 seems like a slap in the face to everyone, including yours truly, who is still eagerly awaiting the Asus EEE 701.

At first I was slightly disappointed, because I have already ordered my eee 701. Of course, I had the choice of canceling my 701 order, but I’ve just been waiting for so long… I therefore sat down and read all the information about this new release in it’s entirety(1), and you know what, I no longer ‘really’ care about the eee 900. Yes, the screen is bigger, but so is the computer and the price. 12GB SSD Option as-well, but does that really matter? I mean, sure, it’s a nice feature, but will it really make a difference to your overall everyday use of the eee? No, it won’t. You’ve already got your 8gb/16gb SDHC.

There’s a camera upgrade, which you’ll probably only need if you went into debt purchasing the 701, and need to prostitute yourself over the internet to afford the 900. Besides, any gadgetfile worth his salt owns a decent digital camera. And let’s not even bother to mention the probable lower battery-time, shall we? But what’s with the choice of OS? If you stick with your 701, you’ll be able to say: “Yeah, I got one before Asus sold out(2)” – You would be the hipster of subnotebooks!

All in all, I wouldn’t be surprised if the 900 ships with World of Warcraft preloaded. What else would you use your 8gb-extra, windows-running and bigger-displaying chunky 900 for?

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(1) eeeuser.com 901 thread – I recommend the French blogee link.
(2) Pun intended