The new year brought new and improved netbooks on the market, with new design elements and better hardware, based on Intel’s new PineTrail platform.

Asus was one of the first producers to announce a pink version of one of these new mini laptops, the one you can see in the pictures bellow, called the EEE PC 1008P-KR Karim Rashid Special Collection edition. As the name says, it is in fact a 10 inch netbook with some special looks, created by Karim Rashid, a designer know for its great looking work.

New Asus EEE PC 1008P-KR designed by karim Rashid

New Asus EEE PC 1008P-KR designed by karim Rashid

In terms of hardware, the new device brings a 1.66 GHz Atom N450 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 320 GB hard-drive and Intel GMA 3150 graphics. This is enough to run Windows 7 and decently work for your standard everyday activities: web surfing, chatting, listening to music, watching movies, writing, etc. This laptop is in fact the follower of another great looking machine, the EEE PC Seashell 1005HA, and brings over it some other improvements: case is now matte and less prone to scratches and fingerprints, keyboard is better (chiclet style, with independent keys), touchpad and speakers are also of a higher quality, etc.

All in one, this Asus 1008P-KR is quite a machine. For now it is only available in stores in brown, as the pink versions displayed in the pictures is already out of stock. However, it should be available again soon, so check this link for more details and the option to buy one yourself.

Price is right now $499, kind of steep, but remember that this is a special edition netbook you won’t see on every road. So, if you want a good looking more unique mini laptop, this 10 inch Asus EEE PC 1008P-KR by Karim Rashid might be just the one.

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