First Dell. Then MSI. You knew it was only a matter of time until you heard about Asus's offering with Intel's new Pinetrail Atom CPU under the hood. And here it is, though not quite live and in the flesh, the Asus Eee PC 1005PE. Announced alongside the Asus 1005P in Italy, this new netbook comes with Intel's new Atom N450 processor and offers no less than 12 hours of total battery life (or so Asus says). And it is quite believable considering how the new Pinetrail processors from Intel offer about 20% less power consumption by virtue of design.
As usual with Asus netbooks, the 1005PE will come with free online storage/backup space that goes up to 500GB and something new: ASUS Express Gate, a feature that enables a user to boot and operate the netbook in mere seconds, though not into Windows, but to a limited pseudo-OS which shows a user's photo gallery, e-mails and an option for a quick Internet search.
The new Seashell netbooks are expected to become available in January 2010 in five different colors (white, black, blue, red and pink) for 279 Euro or about 18,500 Pesos before taxes and subsidies.
Source: [Eee PC Italia]
