ASUS Eee PC 1005P/PE PineTrail Netbooks [EeePC 1005P & 1005PE Netbooks to Feature Atom N450 CPUs & 12.5hr Battery]

A lot of netbooks are coming out this holiday season, making for one of the most sought-after gadgets this year. However, if you’re in the market for one these days (maybe as a Christmas gift), there is a high chance to end up kicking yourself, maybe a month later. Why? Well, in January a whole range of new netbooks based on Intel’s new Atom PineTrail platform will be coming out, bringing more performance at a lesser price.

Among those to bring the new systems to the market, ASUS is set to release new PineTrail models in their EeePC range of netbooks. We’re talking about the new ASUS EeePC 1005P and the EeePC 1005PE. Both units will be powered by an Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz processor, have 1GB of DDR2-RAM and will come preloaded with Windows 7 Started Edition.

They also pack and Intel GMA 3150 GPU, which is a slightly improved version of Intel’s G31-based GMA 3100. The 1005P will be the lower end model with a 160 GB hard drive while the 1005PE model will have a 250GB hard disk along with a 6-cell battery which is supposedly capable of providing up to 12.5 hours of runtime.

The Asus Eee PC 1005P was listed early on a UK webstore for £242.95 (some $395 at today’s rate) while the 1005PE was listed at £270.94 (~ $440). More details about the availability as well as confirmed pricing should be announced at CES 2010.