It used to be that the Asus Eee PC ruled the ring in the 7″, sub-1kg arena. So compelling was this baby that everyone from techeads to fashionistas lugged this punchy PC around. But that reign is about to end. Now, a flurry of muscular midgets are muscling into the Asus Eee PC arena- boasting lighter weights, heftier hard drives and more dazzling LCDs. The leading contenders to the Asus Eee PC include the Neo Explore X1, Astone UMPC and Deep Blue.
Check out the blow by blow spec chart:
Chart provided by Yugatech.com
Despite being the first to market, I doubt that the Asus Eee PC can maintain its dominance. Asus is priming an 8GB model for its successor but what’s 8Gb to Deep Blue’s 40Gb? It’s no match. The smart money’s on the Blue.
I love my 14″ 2.0Ghz Core2Duo with 2GB of ram and a GeForce Go. But the thing’s a pain to lug around and battery croaks till an hour and a half. Shame on you Compaq. Looks to me that a Deep Blue is lined up for purchase!
I’m betting that after reading this chart, some of you are already planning a second laptop. Right?
