Originally priced at $399, the ultra-portable RazorBook 400‘s price tag has been slimmed down by $100. The Linux powered ultra-portable laptop boasts a less than 8 second boot up time, but unfortunately, the RazorBook 400 isn’t quite up to par with the Eee PC 701 performance wise. Granted neither notebooks can be considered “powerhouses”, however, the Razorbook’s $100 price difference might just be enough to offset its lackluster performance for casual users. Whether or not its sudden price cut is related to its performance woes, it seems 3K Computers is fed up with bloggers comparing it to the Eee PC and has therefore released a statement defending the RazorBook’s measly 400MHz processor:

The latest to land in what seems like a never ending stream of mini notebooks is the RazorBook 400 from 3K Computers. While the RazorBook 400 seems to have a very similar feature set as the Eee PC 701 it is lacking a little in the power department. Similar to the Eee PC, the RazorBook more »