Digital Home Thoughts: Dell E Rumored at $299

"The upcoming Dell E mini notebook may finaly make its appearance next month and may be one of the least expensive, claim alleged insiders. The 8.9-inch portable will have the same 1.6GHz Atom processor, Linux, and flag storage storage of many similar devices but will purportedly sell in August for just $299, or $80 less than the Acer Aspire One that has held the price crown in the class for just a matter of weeks. The most recent leak suggests Dell will reach the low price through a model known as the E Classic, which will have just 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, and Linux; the more popular model will likely be the more expensive E Video with doubled RAM, storage, and a built-in webcam."

Well unless this baby sprouts some warts, I think I'll be picking one up to replace my Eee. Since the specs are equal to or better than the Eee in every way, I imagine it will outperform it as well as have a much better screen. It is really all down to the Linux distro then end up with and how well they optimize it.