According to a post on Gizmodo Dell’s answer to the likes of the ASUS Eee PC and the MSI Wind, the Inspiron 910 is to be released this Friday, September 5th 2008. No word on what the source of this information is nor on whether the pencil will be included in the package nor on in which markets the Inspiron 910 will be available.
According to a post on Engadget the new MSI Wind U90 netbook will be available here in Europe (no info abut specific markets) for €339 with SUSE Linux. Shipping should start by the end of September.
Engadget also has a new gallery of pictures.
I just noticed an useful page in Wikipedia. A comprehensive comparison of the various current and upcoming netbooks/sub-notebooks. If you’re in the looking to buy one of the many variants of netbooks on the market, this will certainly help you decide which one to get.
Here to accompany the 10″ MSI Wind U100 is the U90 with an 8.9″ inch screen. Specifications on this particular netbook (or sub-notebook, depending on how you see things…) are as follows:
Unfortunately no word on whether this will be available with Linux as well, the MSI site on mentions Windows XP (which is a damn stupid OS to run on such low-spec machines).
TechGadgets.in is reporting that the price for the Acer Aspire One sub-notebook is being cut to $329 USD (for the Linux version) in the states. This is the price before sales tax or VAT. at the moment the Aspire One seems to be retailing for about €299 here in Finland and if one adds VAT to the new price of the Aspire One it comes to about €272, so not a large cut in the end, but it still places the Aspire One at a very attractive price point (IF we see a similar price cut here in Europe).
And here’s my math, if anyone’s interested:
329 USD = 222.86 EUR [1 USD = 0.677 EUR]
222.86 * 1.22 = 271.54 EUR [22% is the VAT here in Finland]
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