Asus has finally announced details of a version of its cheap Eee PC notebook with Windows XP preinstalled. We were rather impressed by the original Eee, which cost £220 and included a version of the Linux operating system, but (despite much derision from Linux lovers) we also tried installing Windows XP, and found that it worked well.

Interestingly, just as the original Eee PC included OpenOffice, Asus says that the new Windows XP Eee will include "Microsoft Works features" - word processor, spreadsheet and database applications. It'll be interesting to see whether any anti-virus software is included, but we had no problems protecting our Windows Eee with AVG.

We have contacted Asus to request details on how much the Windows Eee will cost and when it will be available, but these will apparently follow "in due course" - we'll keep you updated.