Asus 901 And 1000 To Hit UK

Asus has announced British sale date for its two newest Eee laptops, although they've yet to set a price for the 1000.

If you’re in the UK and you’ve been salivating over the specs of the two new Asus Eee laptops, the 901 and the 1000, you won’t have long to wait before you can own one. The company has announced that they will both go on sale in Britain on July 1.

Both will be available with either Linux or Windows OS, and upgraded six-cell battery, and 1GB of RAM. The Windows 901 will have 12GB solid-state storage, the Linux model 20GB. Move up to the Eee 1000 and the Windows version has an 80GB hard drive, but 40GB for Linux. There will be 20GB free, encrypted online storage for both models.

The Eee 901 will retail at £319 (about $620), which is a little cheaper than the 900 on its release. Asus hasn’t released a price for the Eee 1000 yet.