Despite any feelings that you may have regarding netbooks, it is hard to argue against their popularity. And if there is any doubt as to how popular they really are, you may want to ask Asus. The whole netbook revolution is just barely one year old, and Asus CEO Jerry Shen has just given up some details on the sales figures for the Eee PC.

It turns out that they have already sold nearly four million Eee PCs, and have plans to reach the five million mark by the end of 2008. Given the lower pricing that we have been seeing lately, coupled with the never ending lineup of new models, it seems only safe to believe they will reach that goal of five million. Of course, that belief is coming from a regular netbook user. I cannot help but wonder how many of those four million sales came from buyers (like myself) who started with an Eee PC 701 and moved on to other models in the Eee PC lineup as they were introduced. Continue reading after the break.

Thanks to some recently surfaced images, it looks like we are going to see yet another model in the Eee PC 701 lineup. This latest model is the Eee PC 701SDX and assuming these images and information are accurate it looks like Asus is returning to the low pricing that made the Eee popular in more »

It was just one year ago that Asus unveiled the Eee PC and created what has become the netbook craze. It was October 16, 2007 when the Eee PC 701 first became available, of course at that time the availability was limited to Taiwan. But how quickly and drastically things can change in just one year.

Since the release of the 701, we have seen netbooks take off. Not only has Asus continued to expand in this market, but countless others including HP, Acer, MSI and Dell have rolled out their own models to compete. More on the Eee after the break.

The original Eee PC 701, its an almost forgotten model of the Eee lineup, which is sad because its not a bad model, but Asus has since taken the Eee name and filled it to the breaking point with newer, better, slightly bigger and of course more expensive models. However it seems there is some more »

For anyone who may have been holding out for an Eee PC because it was too expensive, is there anyone that really felt that, can now rest assured in that Amazon has begun offering some refurbished units at a discount. Amazon currently has the black Asus Eee PC 701 available for as little as $341.29, more »

Asus has finally announced that the Eee PC 900 will be hitting US stores on May 12. Retail price will be $549 for both Linux and Windows XP versions. I would say this is a good deal already and we should all thank Asus for not putting too much on the price tag of the Eee PC 900, considering all the upgrades that it has put into the little machine.

U.S. consumers would be treated with all the good stuff that we reported a couple of days ago:

Well the international roll-out has begun for the Eee PC 900. The new ultra-portable has already been launched in Hong Kong and the UK, with France getting theirs on April 17 and Taiwan on either April 22 or April 24. No word on release dates for other areas, hopefully they will follow shortly.

While it would be nice to have seen, or at least confirm a US release date, we can confirm that many of the expected specs held true. The Eee PC 900 features an 8.9-inch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, a 900 Mhz Intel Celeron processor, 1GB of RAM, 12GB SSD, a 1.3-megapixel webcam and the multi-touch trackpad.

The long rumored Windows XP-based Eee PC will soon be hitting the market here in the US. With all the recent commotion about the Eee PC 900, the XP rumors had seemed to die down just a bit. The updated Eee PC will keep the same specs as the current Linux-based model, except for the more »

Asus has unveiled plans to include touchscreens in the next generation of the Eee PC. These will be included in the Eee PC 900 which will feature the 8.9-inch display, and is sound like these updates will make most current Eee PC owners just a little jealous. According to Kevin Lin, who is the vice more »

While we still have not seen any press release or formal announcement from Asus, we have found what seems to be a fairly good confirmation of the existence of the Eee PC 900. The guys over at Engadget have posted some images of the 7-inch Eee PC 701 side-by-side with the newer and larger 9-inch more »