Asus hasn't started shipping the Eee PC X101 netbook in the US yet, but our friends at Eee PC.it in Italy got their hands on one the $200 mini-notebook powered by a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom N435 processor and MeeGo Linux operating system. They've posted a detailed reivew, along with a few videos that include English subtitles.
Here's the short version: The hardware is pretty much what you'd expect from a cheap netbook, with a somewhat cramped keyboard, a 3 cell battery that's good for a little under four hours of run time, and a matte display. The unit featured in the review also provides easy access to the RAM, solid state disk, and other internal components which should make the netbook easy to upgrade. It's possible some models might not include an access panel.
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