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Asus Eee PC 4G $488 from OfficeWorks
scotty on 02/01/2008 - 22:41 (www.lasoo.com.au)

It is in their latest “Get set for back to school” catalogue, which can be found by click on “View Catalogue” at the bottom of the page, which brings you to Catalogue Central. Asus Eee PC (Wikipedia entry here) started on sale in Australia last month through Myer for $499. I think Myer is no longer the exclusive channel so other retailers can start selling them at lower price now.

For $488 you get

  • Asus Eee PC
  • 512MB DDR2 RAM
  • 4GB SSD
  • 7” LCD 800x480
  • Fast Ethernet + Wifi
  • 0.92kg

Definitely one of the hottest toy released last year.

Edit-scotty: Change URL to point to Officeworks catalogue on Lasoo.

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noneother on 03/01/2008 - 11:34

is this better than the one laptop per child laptop?

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Moderator scotty on 03/01/2008 - 12:20

Can you buy OLPC in Australia? Spec-wise I think Eee is better than OLPC (except for the LCD, which I am hoping Asus will release a higher resolution LCD sometime this year). You can check the spec on Wikipedia:

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kogi on 03/01/2008 - 21:07

JB hifi will be stocking the eee soon,

Also there is a 8.9” LCD version coming

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/01/nextgen_asus_eee_pc_packs_...

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Steve on 06/01/2008 - 04:06

Toy!? Maybe I’m just a big kid, but I really want one of these myself! Be nice with a larger screen, bigger SSD and XP lite (or whatever its called). Although I’m guessing the price would increase significantly?

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Moderator scotty on 06/01/2008 - 19:10

I think they do have a built in SD card slot which can take SDHC. A 8GB SDHC can be had for less than $70 on eBay which will hopefully increase the useful storage.

I think I will think twice if it is more than $500 (if the newer model is bigger, faster and more expensive), which might end up not buying it. The beauty of Eee is really its cheap price.