I have talked a number of times in the past about the highly successful and revolutionary Asus Eee ultra sub notebook. This has a very small form factor (7”), a functional keyboard despite its small size, a reasonably good screen, and runs a customized version of Linux rather than windows and all for a nice small price to match its size. If you’re were looking to find faults or at least things to improve you would probably come up with some of the following;

Increase the size of the screen - the screen really wasn’t that great to use, hampered as it was with an 800 pixel resolution.

Increased Memory - Even on a machine this size 512 Mb of RAM is really not enough these days, more memory would allow you to better use the multiple process ability of Linux.

Increased Storage - The 4 GB of storage was not really enough, especially if you wanted to store a fair amount of digital content, and lets face it, these days who doesn’t.

Well obvious Asus have listened to some of these wishes and have just released the Asus Eee PC 900 which does provide good improvements in all these areas.

Screen - The screen resolution has been improved to a very nice 1,024 x 600, which also means you’ve got a modern type wide screen aspect ratio. The news screen also takes up more of the lid improving the Eee’s overall looks.

Memory - Memory has been increased to 1 GB

Storage - The storage has also had a significant increase with the Linux version having a respectable 20GB of storage. There will also be a Windows XP version with 12GB of storage. Asus decreasing the storage to pay for the XP operating system!

There are a number of other small changes also, such the on-board cam which has been improved to a 1.3 Megapixel unit, while the touchpad features multi-touch capability ala the MacBook Air. All in all the new Asus Eee 900 has improved the capability of the Eee brand, all for a small increase in price. I for one think that price is worth paying! How about you?