Luxury modeled Eee PC S101 coming November 1

The luxury styled Asus Eee PC S101 is confirmed to arrive in the US market beginning on November 1. But if you ask me, that is where the good news stops thanks to the price: a whopping $699. So much for the S101 continuing on the recent path of affordable netbooks. Overall it is not a horrible model spec wise, and to be fair on the price there are others that complete at that level such as the higher end Mini-Note 2133 which retails in the ballpark of $750.

As for the guts, the S101 offers your standard netbook features which includes a 10.2-inch 1024 x 600 resolution display, an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a multi-touch trackpad as well as a built-in webcam and card reader. The Eee PC S101 will also offer what Asus is referring to as “hybrid storage” which includes a 30GB hard drive and a 16GB SSD. As for the operating system, it seems Windows XP will be the only option. Linux will be offered in some areas, but not in the US for now.

Otherwise the S101 is said to offer up to 5.4 hours of battery life, weigh in at just 2.3 pounds and will be available in either copper brown or graphite.

Via [Engadget]