We’ve heard a lot about the upcoming Asus Eee PC 900A over the last few days. We’ve found out that it’s virtually identical to the Eee PC 900 but that it swaps out the 900MHz Intel Celeron CPU for a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor. But one thing that we haven’t seen is an official price. Sure, at least one German store said the computer would cost €299, but you never know if those first prices are just the actions of a rogue retailer or the official list prices.

Now it looks like Asus is spilling the details on the Eee PC 900A price. The PC will indeed cost €299 in Germany, although it’s not clear if it will be available for the same price in other parts of Europe and/or the US. €299, by the way, is about $446 US.

In other news, it looks like a member of the Hong Kong PDA User Group got his hands on an Eee PC 900A and shot some video showing off the computer’s features. Nothing too spectacular here. It looks pretty much like an Eee PC 900, but with a faster processor, new BIOS, and 8GB of storage. You can check out the video after the jump.

[via Eee PC News.de and jkkmobile]

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We already knew that the MSI Wind laptop would be available for $399 to $549 in the US this summer. Now it looks like we’re getting some European launch details as well.

MSI says the laptop will be available in mid-July for about 300 Euros. That’s about 100 Euros less than the Asus Eee PC 900, which could make the MSI Wind an attractive proposition — especially since the laptop will pack the new Intel Atom CPU, while the Eee PC 900 has an older Intel Celeron chip.

Europeans will also have a choice between models with an 8.9 inch display or a 10 inch screen while US customers will only be able to get the 10 inch version. The 10 inch version will apparently be labeled the MSI Wind U100, while the smaller version will be known as the U90.