Good news American patriots: The long awaited ASUS Eee PC 900 sporting a 8.9-inch screen and a multi-touch FingerGlide track pad will make its US retail appearence on May 12. Both the Linux Xandros and Windows XP versions will we sold for $549.

Two systems enter; one system leaves

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When you go to the landing page for the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC on HP's site, it lists Windows XP Professional as one of the options under operating systems.

ASUS CEO Jerry Shen gave us lots of details on the new 8.9-inch version of the Eee PC a few months ago, but ASUS has finally put out an official press release on the system this morning. It also slapped an offical name--the Eee PC 900--on the machine..

We've written about the pros and cons of businesses purchasing Linux notebooks, but what about individual users? You won't get saddled with crapware, for one, but you will get a more secure platform. ...

I wanted to talk to NPD's Stephen Baker so I could get his take on whether he agreed with me that Best Buy's decision to shun the Linux version of the Eee PC was a momentum-changer for the platform in general. And he happily obliged.

A few months ago Linux was flying high, powering one of the most popular notebooks on the planet in the Asus Eee PC. Then rumors starting circulating that a Windows XP version was on the way.

In the words of Nelly, "It's getting hot in here!" In the low-cost laptop market that is. We can now welcome HP, the number-one PC manufacturer, to the sub-$500 notebook club.