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Wow, the netbooks equipped with the new Intel Atom Pine Trail aka N450 processors are appearing fast, even faster than rabbits breed!  Today, we have the new Asus 1005PE as well as the Samsung N210 and N150.  Let’s talk about the Asus eeePC 1005PE first.  As mentioned, it comes with an N450 processor, running at 1.66GHz, with 250GB of hard disk, 1GB of RAM, and Windows 7 Starter Edition.  It retails for RM 1,499, which is still RM 200 more expensive than its competitors.  Asus probably still thinks that its branding and the fact that it “invented” the netbook industry still commands a premium that consumers are willing to pay for.  Either that, or they can claim that their netbook runs longer than competing models from Acer and Dell, both of which are selling for RM 1,299.

Rather unsurprisingly, the 1005PE is not even on the Malaysia website.  It’s not even on the Singapore nor UK websites, so it must be really new.  And the webmaster must have been sleeping on the job, and is probably still napping away, with no time to update the site.

Click here for a review of the eeePC 1005PE.

Next up, we have the new Samsung N210 and N150, both equipped with the N450 processor as well.  The former sells for an RRP of RM 1,499, while the latter sells for RM 1,299.  Both come with 250GB of hard disk space, 1GB of RAM, and Windows 7 Starter edition.  The only difference that I can see between the two models is the screen – the N210 probably comes with a better screen technology because its battery is capable of lasting up to 12 hours (!), while the N150 can only last up to 8.5 hours.  Samsung netbooks are renowned, just like Asus’ for their long battery life.

Detailed reviews for both models are still in progress because they are very new, I presume – I couldn’t find any authoritative reviews on the internet.

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