http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/ Engadget Comments for Asus spills more details on the 9-inch Eee http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
"Shen revealed that the low-cost notebook platform will adopt Intel’s Diamondville processor in Q2 rather than VIA’s mobile computing platform."

Even though he actually said that they will continue with Intel, sort of implying that is wasn't VIA beforehand...]]>Mar 9th 2008 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
I bet the price will drop when the NoahPad and CloudBook are out with larger hard disks and cool features. ]]>Mar 9th 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
but on both giz and here, they make it (now its made for here, but giz is still wrong right now) seem like asus is MOVING AWAY FROM VIA, when just about everyone, except those unlucky souls who haven't been keeping up and get swayed from articles like this one, know thats just not the case.]]>Mar 9th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
I suspect it'll have about as good a price drop as the 701]]>Mar 9th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/I assume you mean HDDs as opposed to the flash memory...]]>Mar 9th 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
Flash memory = memory embedded on the motherboard/circuit board.

SSD = Solid State Drive which can be swapped out like HDD. ]]>Mar 9th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
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Ultraportable, more connectivity = none of Apple's bullshit.]]>Mar 9th 2008 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
the MBA is totally impractical. Not enough features to do anything worthwhile, too big to be a real UMPC and too expensive compared to anything in either market.

I love how jobs tries to tout it's big screen as a feature. lol. that's exactly the problem: big screen = awkward to carry. I want something that's like a small novel, not something that fits in a manilla envelope...]]>Mar 11th 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
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If it's UMPC buyers, they failed miserably to meet their needs. it's too big.

If it's the grandma trying to e-mail her grandkids, then they missed the boat entirely. too expensive, and I doubt granny cares if it fits in an envelope.

If it's a mac power-user (aka a graphics/video guy), then the machine is severly underpowered.

Even for the casual user, there's not enough usb, no firewire, and no dvd drive.

The only concievable market is the mac fanboy then that's trying to load songs on his overpriced iPhone using terribly bloated music management software (iTunes). He's got too much of daddy's money to blow, but likes to wear zip up hoodies, graphic tees and ripped jeans to show that he can be "real" and fit in with all the normal people. He thinks that by buying a mac he's special, yet part of a wholesome family.

"you are not special, you are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else." - Tyler Durden, Fight Club]]>Mar 11th 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
They get compared because, prior to the MBA announcement, everyone expected Apple to do something halfway intelligent and ship something borderline-comparable to the EEE, at the very least in form factor. The MBA is actually BIGGER in terms of width and height than the regular MacBooks - a huge let down, IMHO. That said, they could have produced something with comparable specs all around - They could have stripped their OS down to something in between the iPhone version of Mac OS-X and the desktop builds.]]>Mar 9th 2008 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
Having grown up using only Linux I figure I'll figure that I'll feel right at home when I take one of these babys to college in the fall (I just hope they get them out in time). I can't wait to watch the poor students who's rich parents bought them an air carefully carrying the $1,800 sheet of metal in fear of snapping it in half.]]>Mar 9th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
Could you possible make any more stereotypical assumptions in a single sentence? ]]>Mar 10th 2008 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
Talk about a false dichotomy!
Nice list of target users! lol! U chose a bunch of customers who are very unlikely (grandma, powerusers etc) and threw in the fanboy to complete the argument!!!

The Macbook Air is marketed at the rich, overpaid showoff types. People who want to work and have something supercool (thinnest notebook in the WORLD!!!) to boast about and don't really care about the price, expensive equals quality. USB ports don't matter because this is going to be a 2nd computer, to take with them out in their little designer $500 portfolio bags.

There are a lot of people who fit this, maybe not the biggest market segment, but at the top end of the scale, a high price tag and low numbers can be as profitable as a low margin and huge sales figures. Also, it got Apple a lot of press, which gets more people interested in the brand.

While I can understand the dislike it has received from most readers here as it it generally useless for the things we can think of, I think it is shortsighted for people to attack Apple so much about it, when in a business sense, it could actually be a good idea.

I personally would prefer something like the Eee PC, this new 9 incher is sounding like perfection as the 7" model was never going to cut it for me with all that bezel. Throw in a touch screen and have it at ]]>Mar 10th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
@ Simon: I listed the only markets it could vaugely appeal to. (I.E. people who would want something "ultraportable" (UMPC), underpowered (Granny), or just a Mac (Graphics and Video Guys). I even tried to give it a chance with the casual user, knowing sometimes they'll buy any old piece of crap.]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
yeah, im right there with you. i hope they get this out soon enough before college either to:
A) drop the prices in the 701
B) just come out so i can buy one]]>Apr 1st 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
It doesn't NEED more drive space, you just get more for the same money because your not paying for Windows.]]>Mar 9th 2008 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
...but mostly because they'd assume people used windows, like as not. No thanks.]]>Mar 9th 2008 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
It's going to be rather interesting to see people piss on a new XP machine with a 9" screen, 8GB SSD drive, Wifi and is under 4 pounds that retails for less $700 when not too long ago something like that would have retailed for easily over $2000... but then these are the Engadget boards.]]>Mar 10th 2008 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTZ]]>Mar 9th 2008 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/
Seems silly to me!

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Quote from their website:
"ECS, the Elitegroup Computer Systems, has been a pioneer in designing and manufacturing computer motherboards since 1987. It was the first motherboard maker in Taiwan to be listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1994. Today, the company also designs and manufactures barebone and complete systems, such as notebook computers and high-end servers, for distributors worldwide."

Quote from wikipedia:
"Elitegroup Computer Systems (or ECS) is a Taiwan-based electronics firm. It is the fourth largest PC motherboard manufacturer in the world (after Asus, Gigabyte Technology, and MSI), with production reaching 24 million units in 2002. Many of these motherboards have been produced for OEM customers and are used in systems assembled and sold by such brand-name companies as IBM and Compaq."

Just for your information...]]>Apr 1st 2008 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/09/asus-spills-more-details-on-the-9-inch-eee/Mar 9th 2008 8:40PM