Hello Kitty claims two more Epson laptops

It's bad (or good, depending on perspective) enough that Hello Kitty has claimed one Epson laptop as its own, but now fanboys and girls can select two other A4 machines to flesh out their collection. Aside from touting heaps of monogrammed cuteness, these machines reportedly weigh in at 6.6-pounds and include a 1.73GHz Intel Celeron M processor, 80GB of hard drive space, 1GB of RAM, and Windows Vista. Seems a little weak considering the ¥189,000 ($1,640) price tag, but it's hard to assign a dollar value to such a design scheme, right? Click on for another color.

[blade417 @ Sep 19th 2007 1:42PM]

oh my god, please don't let my fiance' see this...

[strider_mt2k @ Sep 19th 2007 1:42PM]

Nuke 'em from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

[andi @ Sep 19th 2007 1:58PM]

true, true...

question: do they come with a Super Mega Cool Hello Kitty Cuddly Bubbly Pink Vista Theme?...

damn, there's no limit to gay

[paragraph @ Sep 19th 2007 1:48PM]

didn't a study find that women and girls are less likely to buy a pink device than a neutral device (eg grey or black) if the only thing differnt between the two devices is color?

it's too niche to suceed in the US, but i guess over there where epson acctually makes somehting other than pretty-good to good quality printers it'll catch on (they seem to like hello kitty there... for some reason or another...)

anywho, i think that this is a gross misuse of design. Why can't we have laptops with good designs on the covers? like the apple logo (i kid of course)!?!?

[humpty @ Sep 19th 2007 1:52PM]

lol .. imagine pulling this out at a BoD meeting..

[Jonathan Keim @ Sep 19th 2007 1:58PM]

I can always count on engadget for all my Hello Kitty news :-)

[darkzero63 @ Sep 19th 2007 2:13PM]

I will never understand the facination with Hello Kitty.

[ssuk @ Sep 19th 2007 3:26PM]

Could it be because you're male?

[MARSHAK @ Sep 19th 2007 3:41PM]

shut it, bitch

[allaina @ Sep 19th 2007 2:35PM]

so, when you're a ceo or just another semi-important person at a board meeting, all of your coworkers will have something to laugh at...


then again, i wonder how a CEO's underlings would react? you NEVER poke too much fun at the boss.

"hey, nice laptop. GAY." best way to get fired.

(followed by the, "did I say "gay?" what i meant was.. amazing, and soo savvy...")

[allaina @ Sep 19th 2007 2:36PM]

oh, and:

i don't know what's worse/gayer, all the hello kitty news there is to cover, or that engadget covers it ALL.

thanks engaydget, for all our day-to-day hello kitty coverage.

(screw apple news, can i opt out of hello kitty? there's FAAARRRR too much! or, can i just go the distance and opt out of 'gay'?)

[Argot @ Sep 19th 2007 2:47PM]

Is that the new Macbook Pro?

[Alex @ Sep 19th 2007 4:06PM]

Yes, it is. And Steve Jobs thinks its gorgeous.

[dv @ Sep 19th 2007 3:05PM]

i don't get it.
1. buy your own regular laptop
2. get sticker paper from any stationary store.
3. print out your favorite background.
4. stick it on!
why does one have to pay for these extra schemes?

[MARSHAK @ Sep 19th 2007 5:02PM]

fangirls/boys will pay more for official merch. its not all about how something looks.

[ssuk @ Sep 19th 2007 3:25PM]

I still love that Leipzig "Halo Kitty" shirt, Master Cheif with a bow in his helmet? Win.

http://ssukstudios.co.uk/nucleus/media/1/20070824-halo3_halokitty.jpg

[Patrick Moody @ Sep 19th 2007 3:56PM]

Wow...just wow

[wakka_wakka @ Sep 19th 2007 6:06PM]

oh no... another two laptops falling victim to the merch

goodbye, kitty.

[Alex @ Sep 19th 2007 8:29PM]

well judging by the immense success of other epson computers...this should be a flop.

[tchiseen @ Sep 20th 2007 2:39AM]

but does it run doom? lawl no really.

The only thing worse then having one of these is having one of these with Vista on it.

[engadget @ Sep 20th 2007 8:19AM]

um, Epson makes laptops? wow. this is so '12-y/o' ... i can't understand the fascination. Give me a BLACK laptop ... make it shiny please.

[libby @ Sep 20th 2007 9:25PM]

FCC clears low end Sirius Stratus 4 radio
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[yoinkgush @ Sep 27th 2007 2:41PM]

I am in the tech industry, and I love Hello Kitty! I would definitely buy that here in the U.S. if the cost wasn't too much higher than a neutral colored laptop. I don't understand why there aren't more color and design options as it is! I'm so over black and silver.