It is show of surprise when people can afford to have their budget laptop with a trendy design and decent performance. Asus has launched its latest piece of surprise - limited edition Eee PC Seashell 1008.

This 10.1 inch netbook comes straight from the hands of the New York based designer Karim Rashid. It is powered with Intel Atom Pine Trail processor and a Digi-Wave chassis which embeds stylish rippling lines. It shows off its digital wave design in Indian stores at price tag of Rs. 26,990 excluding taxes, aiming at the young-at heart people who are looking for luxury at an affordable rate.

It comes with a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom 'Pineview' N450 microprocessor coupled with Intel NM10 Express chipset and 2GB DDR2 memory. It speaks of a massive capacity of 500GB web storage with 250 GB HDD storage capacity. It is a compact device which is pre- loaded with Windows 7; it has an Express Gate interface that provides instant access to Internet without booting from Windows.

Apart of all the regulars like 2 USB ports, card-readers et al, it comes in coffee brown Colour with a sprinkle of gold glitter.

This is a netbook which is highly scaled on looks but performance is one thing which shall give a high. It is bound to face the ruthless trials of performance.