Not all models everywhere :(

I have wanted to see how much the price in Slovenia, where I come from, is. I was surprised that the price is the same as in other EU countries and not a Euro higher. So it is higher than in US, but the same as in Europe. Great.

I have investigated further to see what model I can buy for this price. I have realized that in Slovenia there are only 4G EEEs available, and (for now?) only in black color. I wanted to have it in white, but I think black is nice as well. So there were no 2G, 2G Surf or 4G Surf models. Interesting. That also means that the price is not 33% higher, because the price $299 was for the 2G Surf model. 4G (no Surf) was more expensive.

I have checked the prices in Austria and Germany and they were the same as in Slovenia. However, I was able to find white model in Austria, so I guess they'll ship them to Slovenia as well, eventually. But I'm not sure I want to wait for the white model :)

The price is right!

When I knew what I was looking for and how it is called the next step was to see how expensive it is and whether I could afford it or not. It was small, so I thought the price will be high. In fact I thought the price would be too high for me - I already have a notebook, so why buy another one (smaller one) and spend $1000 for a double notebook? Well, I was surprised when I learned that the Eee was a low price notebook! In fact, it was one of Asus' priorities to make it inexpensive. Great! The price was only $299 for the first model! The next one was $50 more, and the next one another $50 more. These were the prices that I found in different shops that Google found. I tried Amazon and the price was the same.

I am from Europe, so I wanted to see what are the prices over here. Disappointment here - the price was 299€, which is basically one third more expensive as in the US! Yes, $100 more if you buy it in Europe. Where is the logic of that?!