As the new Asus EEE PC 900 reaches the shops and Web shelves, we’ll be seeing the inevitable side effect of second hand and refurbished 4G models appearing here and there. Brad Linder of Liliputing blog has spotted some of these Eee PC bargains on Amazon.com, and it comes as a welcome trend after the rampaging Eee PC auctions seen on eBay, for example.
There’s another factor to take into account, though, and it’s the arrival of 4G Eee PCs with Windows XP as default OS, which are going to cost just a little bit more than today’s Linux versions of the same model. Linux Loop wonders if this new breed of XP-based 4G subnotebooks will mean a price drop for the Linux cousins, or maybe Asus itself will be able to keep the price down thanks to Microsoft’s help. In this latter case, it may appear as an unfair market move and we’ll see a little but meaningful price rise of the XP model in Europe to avoid UE’s acting against a new faux pas by Microsoft.
UPDATE: If it’s not a misprint, it seems you can purchase an EEEPC 4G on CompUSA or TigerDirect now for as little as 349,99$ (check for yourself)
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