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The 10.1-inch Asus Eee PC 1015B and 12.1″ Eee PC 1215B AMD Fusion-based netbooks are now in stock at select e-tailers in the US.

The available Asus Eee PC 1015B-MU17-BK model features the AMD C-30 1.2GHz single-core APU that includes the AMD Radeon 6250 graphics, as well as 1GB of system memory, a 250GB hard drive, 1024 x 600 display resolution, a battery life of “up to 8.5 hours”, and Windows 7 Starter OS. The Asus Eee PC 1215B-PU17-BK has the dual-core AMD E-350 1.6GHz chip with the Radeon HD 6310, 2GB RAM, a 320GB HDD, 1366 x 768 screen, “up to 8 hours” of battery life, and Windows 7 Home Premium.

The min-laptops have support for 1080p HD video playback via the embedded UVD3 decoder and HDMI output, built-in webcams, and stereo speakers. Both offered models have black cases.

The Eee PC 1015B-MU17-BK is priced at $289.99 (Newegg) and $315.76 (Amazon), while the 1215B-PU17-BK is currently in stock only at Newegg for $449.99.

Asus is also expected to release the 1015B and 1215B netbooks with the AMD C-50 1GHz dual-core APU.

The Asus Eee PC 1015B and 1215B mini-laptops with AMD chips won’t ship in the US until April, but the company has been showing the computers off for a few months. Now Asus has posted official product pages on its web site for each model.

As expected, the Eee PC 1015B features a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and Windows 7 Starter Edition. It will be available with either a 1.2 GHz AMD-C30 single core processor or a 1 GHz AMD C-50 dual core chip. Both models feature AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphics.

The 10 inch netbook supports 1-2 GB of DDR3 memory and will be available with up to 500GB of hard drive space, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 or Bluetooth3.0 and a 0.3MP camera. The laptop also has HDMI output in addition to the usual range of netbook ports including VGA, USB, and audio jacks. Battery options will include a 3 cell, 23W/h battery and a 6 cell 56W/h battery.

The Eee PC 1215B features a larger 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and runs Windows 7 Home Premium.

Interestingly, it looks like Asus will offer three different processor options: the same AMD C-30 and C-50 chips available in the 10 inch netbook, or a more powerful 1.6 GHz AMD E-350 dual core processor with Radeon HD 6310 graphics.

The Asus Eee PC 1215B will be available with 2 to 4GB of RAM, up to 500GB of hard drive, space, and all the other goodies that you get with the smaller version including HDMI, WiFI, and Bluetooth. It will ship standard with a 6 cell, 56W/h battery.

Both computers are available for pre-order from a handful of US retailers including ExcaliberPC and Abe’s of Maine.

At the ongoing 2011 CeBIT Show in Hannover, Asustek is showcasing the Asus Eee PC 1015B and Eee PC 1215B netbooks, both based on AMD Fusion “Brazos” platform.

The 10.1-inch Eee PC 1015B features the AMD C-series C30 1.2GHz single-core or C50 1GHz dual-core APU and 1GB of RAM, while the 12.1″ 1215B has the AMD E-series E-350 1.6GHz dual-core chip or the C50 and 2GB RAM.

Besides these CPU cores, the APUs include AMD’s Radeon integrated graphics and UVD3 1080p high-def video decoder.

The netbooks sport HDMI outputs and Windows 7 OS and will be available in various colors.

There’s no word on pricing and availability.

Back at CES at the start of this year, ASUS was pretty quiet about it’s AMD Fusion powered Eee PC 1015B and 1215B that many didn’t even notice them.

It was initially reported that the 1015B would have a Zacate E-350 APU like the 1215B, but that’s been growing increasingly suspect given that we’ve only seen the Ontario C-50 APU announced in the 10-inch form factor. Today, I can confirm that the 1015B does indeed come with the AMD C-50 and not the Zacate E-350 APU through Ascii.jp. The whole AMD netbook lineup appeared at AMD’s Fusion Tech Day in Japan the other day. The 1015B gives a Windows 7 WEI score of 2.8 with that being the processor. Memory scores 4.5, graphics 4.2, gaming graphics 5.5 and hard disk 5.9.

When I spotted the Eee PC 1215B laptop at the Asus booth this weekend I had no idea that the AMD Zacate-powered machine had a little brother. But the folks at Notebook Italia dug up some info on a related model called the Asus Eee PC 1015B.

The 1015B has a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a smaller case and keyboard design. But it has the same 1.6GHz dual core AMD 350 processor and AMD Radeon HD graphics, which should offer an overall speed boost over a typical Atom-powered netbook and a much better graphics experience (on par with what you would get from a machine with NVIDIA ION graphics).

There’s no word on pricing or availability yet.