tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570502188048368592.post-24368818492911391062008-03-08T22:17:00.001-05:002008-03-09T21:20:00.309-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/eee-pc-to-get-intels-diamondville-hard-drives-and-fashion-forward-style"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sNJ6915d4oc/R9GqJyT-7aI/AAAAAAAACSA/eRvG2qo92tc/s320/701+v+900.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Laptop Magazine scored an hour-long <a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/eee-pc-to-get-intels-diamondville-hard-drives-and-fashion-forward-style">interview with Asus CEO Jerry Shen</a>, and while most of the details they got out of him were already unveiled at CeBIT this week, they did manage to squeeze a few interesting nuggets out of him:<br /><ul><li>The US pricing for the <a href="http://eeesite.net/search/label/eee%20pc%20900">Eee PC 900</a> will be around $499 at launch, with plans to drop the price within a few months</li><li>While initial reports have suggested that the Windows XP model will sport a 8GB of flash memory and the Linux version will have 12GB, Shen says the Linux model might have as much as 20GB of storage</li><li>Asus is looking into offering a hard drive option, but any units the company releases between now and June will have SSD only</li><li>Asus is not abandoning its custom Xandros operating system</li><li>Units with built-in WiMax and HSDPA could be released in Q3 2008</li><li>Future models could use Intel's Diamondville processor</li><li>More color options are coming in a few months</li></ul>Brad Linderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18390619155094201350noreply@blogger.com