In November, Asus will ship a $400 Windows-based "nettop" that includes an integrated touchscreen and Linux-based "Express Gate" quick boot technology. The "Eee Top" reportedly has a 15-inch display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a gigabit Ethernet port.
While Asus hasn't formally announced the Eee Top, the device has popped up on the websites of two U.K. resellers. There was no word about a Linux version, but the Windows XP Home based device displayed on the two sites is said to offer Asus's Express Gate technology, a stripped-down Linux environment stored in Flash ROM. A version of DeviceVM's Splashtop technology, Express Gate reportedly allows users who are in a hurry to bypass Windows, loading the Firefox web browser, Adobe Flash, Skype, and a photo viewer "within a few seconds."
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