The Chinese version of Engadget is reporting that ASUS has officially the new all-in-one PC – the Eee Top – in Taiwan. Going for around 18,900 Taiwanese dollars (or around $580 U.S. dollars), the Eee Top is a touch-screen PC featuring an “Easy Mode” UI running on top of Windows XP. Not surprisingly, if you launch a non ASUS application, you’ll quickly leave the user interface and be presented with the standard Windows XP UI – which isn’t quite finger friendly. What would be interesting is to take this system and install Windows 7 on it!

Make sure to check out both Engadget and Engadget Chinese for lots of pictures and coverage of the Eee Top. The announcement today was for the Eee Top 1602. This system features the following specs:

• 15.6 inch 16:9 widescreen panel
• Windows XP Home
• Single touch touchscreen display
• 1GB DDR2 memory
• 160GB SATA 5400 RPM HDD
• Wi-Fi 802.11n support
• Integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam with microphone
• 26 dB of noise
• Splendid Video Intelligence Technology
• SRS technology
• Integrated graphics
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 4watt x 2 speakers + SRS Premium Sound System
• 2 USB 2.0 ports, card reader

There’s also an Eee Top ET1603 which has yet to be rolled out. The specs for the ET1603 include the following:

• 15.6 inch 16:9 widescreen panel
• Windows XP Home
• Single-touch display
• 1GB RAM
• Intel Atom N270 processor
• Intel 945GSE chipset
• 160GB SATAII 5400 RPM HDD
• Wi-Fi 802.11n support
• Integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam with microphone
• 26 dB of noise
• 16:9 display
• Splendid Video Intelligence Technology
• Discrete ATI Mobility Radeon HD450 graphics
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 4watt x 2 speakers + SRS premium surround sound
• 2 USB, card reader

[Check it out via Ian Dixon’s blog]

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