Yesterday we reported that some online stores including 3rd party vendors on Amazon.com started offering the new Asus Eee PC 900. Now Amazon.com itself started to take pre-orders for both new Asus Eee 900 notebooks for $549.99 each.

Amazon.com does not state a shipping date yet for the Asus Eee 900. It is expected that the Asus 900 will ship tomorrow May 12th. Because Amazon ships them its free with Super Saver Shipping.
There were some rumors that the XP and Linux version of the new Asus Eee PC 900 would be different, but this is not true so far. The normal price is $549.99, do not pay more for it. More details about the Asus Eee PC 900.

More details on Amazon about:
ASUS Eee PC 20G with Linux OS
ASUS Eee PC 12G with Windows XP.