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

[James Knott]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> 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).
>
>   

Hmmm...  Considering the virtual parity with the $U.S., I wonder why the
significant price difference?

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