ASUS Eee PC 1005HR comes with Windows 7 Starter

Posted on Thursday, October 22 2009 @ 20:13 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Engadget reports ASUS will soon ship the Eee PC 1005HR, a new netbook with Windows 7 Starter. The site says this series will be launched in Japan in mid-November, availability in other parts of the world is unknown. Edition:
Both machines sport your standard Atom N280, 1GB memory, IEEE802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, and customary 10.1-inch display. Of the two, the 1005HR-WS sports WXGA, a 250GB HDD, and will run you ¥49,800 (about $546). The 1005HE-WS, however, is WSVGA and comes in two capacities: 250GB HDD for ¥46,800 ($513) or 160GB HDD for ¥44,800 (about $490). In addition to that jive Starter edition of Windows, battery life for these guys has decreased to about 8.4 hours.


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