Asustek’s EEE PC has opened the floodgates to the entry of many new truly affordable sub-notebooks.

One of them is the Acer Aspire One which is now available in Europe, and the MSI Wind which should now be selling like hotcakes in Gilmore. Read more about the MSI Wind here. HP will also release its HP Mini real soon.

If you visit Compex stores in malls, you’ll find other, lesser-known brands competing for everyone’s attention.

This is good news for students and professionals who really need such notebooks very badly but used to can’t afford to buy small, really mobile notebooks some years back because they were all obscenely priced.