Asus Eee (low cost notebook) pre-oder offer sighted

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

The Asus Eee appears to be aimed vaguely in the direction of the OLPC XO.  
It is a low cost, low-feature notebook that comes with Linux.  It has been 
touted as coming this month for US$200.

It seems that you can now preorder it from Anitec (Vancouver) for C$290: 
http://www.anitec.ca/promotion/asus_eeepc/

Or maybe from NCIX (Vancouver) for $260.  But the page has been partly 
taken down (it says "EMBARGOA5): 
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=25881&vpn=EmbargoA5&manufacture=ASUS
Apparently Asus asked them to take it down (subject to an NDA).

If you actually just want a cheap notebook, this demo from TSCC is 
probably a better deal:
http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/Product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&product=2515753
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