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Asus continues to expand its Eee PC line. The latest addition has been surfaced in Europe in the form of Eee PC 1001PX. The netbook boasts carbon-fiber design and echoes the specs of most of the netbooks available in the market like a PineTrail 1.66GHz N450 Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, Ethernet VGA-out etc. Asus will sell the 1001PX in two variants – one being loaded with Windows 7, a 250GB HDD and 6-cell battery (1001PX-WHI006S) and the other running Windows XP and featuring a 160GB HDD and a 3-cell battery.

The netbook is expected to arrive in Italy soon for 241 euros ($325; XP version) and 300 euros ($406; Win7 version).

[Via Slashgear]