Has Asus set off a new price war in the mobile computing landscape? It was only a few years ago that brand-name laptops started to slide in under the $1,000 mark.

Then the Taiwanese company released the Eee PC. Its super-compact size and weight, surprisingly decent feature set, Linux OS and $499 price tag all ensured the Eee PC found favour well outside its intended target audience of school kids. Travellers and tech tinkerers alike have adopted the Eee PC as a brilliant little ‘second PC', and in some cases even a second laptop.

This has ignited interest in the mini-notebook form factor and proven that if you get the formula right - if you nail the correct mix of size, features and price - you'll find plenty of buyers.

Now HP is coming to the party, and it's dressed to steal all the attention away from Asus.

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