Asus Japan has announced that their beloved little lappie, the Eee PC, is heading to Japan. Normally we don’t care too much about one of our toys touching down by there, but they’re plus getting a new 16G(B) model, whereas our rainbow of options ends at 8G. additionally, it’s rumored they’re getting Windows XP as a pre-install option.

You can pretty much add whatever OS you want, but so far only the Fresno school system has gotten Eee PCs pre-loaded with Windows XP and

Microsoft apps, per a specific arrangement. The hardware and (probable) price are a good fit for the general Japanese computer market, but not having Windows might prove to be an entry barrier, so it’d produce sense for Asus to have it at bat for public looking for a work notebook. We wouldn’t mind having the additional choice (or the 16G model) by here, either. [Akihabaranews]

Original post by Matt Buchanan