No, no -- this isn't the
Eee-branded HDTV. That's
another Eee monitor. Seriously ASUS, you deserve some kind of award, nay, banquet to celebrate this crowning achievement. You've single-handedly managed to drive a lust-worthy name six feet below the surface, and now the mere mention of "
Eee" just puts us in a foul mood. Nevertheless, we'll attempt to crack something of smile while taking a look at the Eee Monitor, which -- unless that assortment of ports 'round back is completely for show -- isn't just a monitor at all. Rather, this looks to be some sort of all-in-one PC, or a totally fruity docking station at the very least. As with every other ASUS product, there's no pricing or release information coming until who knows when, but you can burn the Eee logo even deeper into your brain by checking out the gallery in the read link below.
posted Jul 1st 2008 5:57PM
Eee is the new i
Well if there's ever an Eee that can play Crysis on VERY HIGH, for less than $800, you can count me in.
Eee i Eee i... oh :(
@Flashpoint
Dumbest comment ever?
@Flashpoint:
Go to newegg.com search for these parts, and you'll have a $700 system that can play Crysis on Very High, albeit needing some overclocking of the CPU.
Intel E2160, GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L motherboard, Radeon HD 4850, Seagate 250GB HDD, Vista x64 OEM, 4GB (2x2GB) RAM, and an Antec Sonata III. Of course, you have to build it yourself, but that's the fun part. Oh, throw in some Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste to help with the overclocking, but that's only $5.
@Flashpoint:
Go to newegg.com search for these parts, and you'll have a $700 system that can play Crysis on Very High, albeit needing some overclocking of the CPU.
Intel E2160, GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L motherboard, Radeon HD 4850, Seagate 250GB HDD, Vista x64 OEM, 4GB (2x2GB) RAM, and an Antec Sonata III. Of course, you have to build it yourself, but that's the fun part. Oh, throw in some Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste to help with the overclocking, but that's only $5. If you want to go up to $800 you can get a much better processor, maybe even splurge for a Q6600. So really, if ASUS wanted to, they could make something like what you want, especially since they have greater economies of scale, it's just that they're too lazy.
@Pochi: No, I think yours is dumber.
well i would be the new i for me if i wasnt so poor
oh shit there goes the.....eee :-/
@Pochi,
that's the Flashpoint we know
Except Asus doesn’t rip you off like Apple. They are tying to intro products the average guy can afford.
it is fine if they really really want that 80ish typeface for their logo but how about the outlined, italic, capitalized script E........
ASIs said they we gonna make an all in one, tv, desktop, monitor with the eee name. So why call it milking the name. Ohhhh. The 13 modles of eeepc now I rember silly me
Makes sense to me. They use the Eee name on anything using their new combination of Motherboard and Chip that the EeePC Laptop and all that use.
In this case what I see is a trend they have already been working on with their motherboards. They have that little mini Linux boot from PROM thing on the motherboard that allows you to not load your bulky OS and boot to the prom and do simple things like web browsing and stuff.
What I see here is they took that idea and put it in a monitor. So instead of booting from a PROM on your motherboard, you can have the Mini PC inside the monitor running (at very low power requirements) that allows you to surf and check your mail and simple crap like that.
Then if you need the power of your desktop PC, you boot it up and either press a button (or better yet auto sense) and the same Monitor with the build in PC goes back to just being a dumb monitor and shows your desktop and away you go. Then you could even switch back and forth.
Makes ALOT of sense for Corporate environments using Thin Client Terminals as well. Use the low power mini PC to establish connections to web servers, Terminal Servers, Citrix, SSH, etc and they don't even need a PC. Then for power users, slip a PC under the desk and now they have all their big apps at their fingertips too.
PS: I understand the hatred of bastardizing the name, but I think the article was a little harsh based on (what I perceive) as a really cool idea as far as the technical merits go.
Way to take a winning trend and kill it Asus.
Eee is the new fail.
Now now, you'll think different when Asus reaches beyond the computer world with this and the likes of:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2629698534_68bc741c3e_o.jpg
So, when are they going to come out with a real moniter? I need one for my MacBook, so far all I am doing with my DVI adapter is playing Stepmania (ddr-simulator on macs and PCs and linux) on my TV. That 20 dollar overpriced adaptor has to do SOMETHING?
What are you asking? Asus, and lots of other companies, already makes monitors.
not often you see a monitor with a modem, at any rate.
It's so you can add new monitors with VNC!
It's about time someone decided to make a $500 all-in-one computer. Simplicity is nice sometimes, but spending $1200 on an iMac is just not an option for most people.
Unfortunately, Asus doesn't really have a great track-record of pricing things correctly or actually getting products into the market in a timely fashion. I guess we'll have to wait-and-see on this one.
Asus just got RAZR'D! Hey-oh
The Asus company created flamed a new market segment with the Eee brand and (P)Eee'd on it ....
I guess since ASUS wasn't in the retail PC business before (they only made motherboards and graphics cards and manufactured laptops for others, including Apple) it sort of makes sense for them to use the EeePC branding across the board, but it is really diluting their brand strength. Especially with EeePC 903, 904, and 905... are they trying to kill any support they still have?
The thing is that they WERE already in the personal computer market, eg. Asus U2.
Que Clak with some crazy mac ripoff claim.
Pretty nice, for general consumers, all-in-ones are the best. Id like one of these for a guest bedroom (if i had one).
I don't even see that guy anymore. Just people like you and Haikibutsu saying his name reminding me he ever existed.
clak died didn't you hear. He was replaced by those fail-at-leet kids
Clak stopped commenting when the 3G articles stopped showing up.
Trust me, he will arise to bitch and Q_Q when another Apple product comes up. And I will be there to stand strong against him and give him all the shit I possibly can, even if I have to make a total fool out of myself.
Yeah, except you get less performance since you pay for the monitor as well, and the monitor is built in which in my mind is a drawback because you are stuck with the monitor as long as you use that computer.
THIS IS A TOTAL RIPOFF OF THE iMAC. THEY SHOULD BE SUED AND BE FORCED TO WORK FOR APPLE. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M CALLING JOBS RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE GONNA BE SORRY.
sorry but all of u FAILED
Looks like an expensive digital photo frame...
What the hell asus,, I told you to stop milking the eee brand?!?!
I don't understand...so ASUS use their brand power to produce various decent products under that moniker and people get annoyed, but (and I'm sorry to bring them into this discussion, but its the way of things) someone like Apple bandies the Mac brand around 10 times more, and that's all nice and warm and fuzzy?
Double standards, lads, and ASUS are well within their rights to extend the Eee name to just 3 product types (fretting about all the variations within each type is as silly as fretting about there being too many Macbook variants)
Seconded. Asus is trying to build an extensive design range around the core value of cheap, easy-to-use and stylish hardware.
Apple has already done it for expensive, there's nothing wrong with doing it for cheap.
Anyway this idea that they are killing the brand is bullshit; if you don't build on first-mover advantage, it evaporates. How long will they remain top dog in sub-notes with all the competion that has come out in the last few months?
Apple don't just make ipods, why should Asus only make Eeepcs?
it's a double standard.
The thing that bugs me is that everytime ASUS comes out with a new thing, it goes farther and farther away from the original Eee PC which was supposed to only cost $100...
Now we've got an Eee PC that costs $650.
Un-freaking-believable.
Typically when people are buying a desktop, space isnt too bad of an issue. All-in-one's are nice but you mine as well build or even buy a normal, if not better, PC with approx. $500+!
Am i missing something?
yes, buying this isn't like buying a full on desktop machine
Also: "build or even buy"
Yeah you sound like a typical person..
@David: Actually, in the $500 range it can often be more cost effective to buy prebuilt since economies of scale work to OEMs' advantage at that low price range.
Also, the typical person likely has never heard of Asus or the EeePC, and in fact most idiots on engadget probably don't even know Asus makes anything else.
All i know is that Asus makes some 'pretty gnar' mobos and nice' lappies'.
[Im hip]
If it's an all-in-one-PC, why on Earth would they call it an "Eee Monitor"? That's bound to create some confusion...
I thought it was only a monitor too until I read the article.
wow.
way to embitter an entire population.
indeed ... EEE is totally the new RAZR.
Now I think you're just being bitter....it's not like they have the EeePhone or the EeePod, etc and it's not like you HAVE to use EeeTunes to be able to utilise any of their products or pay Asus an extortionate amount just to have your battery replaced in any of your Eee product (which for any Microsoft competition would result in a law suit but not for...)...and it's rather refreshing there's no Eee/Microsoft slagging match, with lots of Eee Fanboys desperately trying to save their dignity because they've sold their souls to Asus.
Obviously it goes without saying that I retract all my comments and whole-heartedly agree with the comments about pissing on the Eee brand...IF...they bring out the EeeBox 360, EeePhone or EeePod.
...and it's not even a very nice logo to begin with.
I am definitely getting the 21 inch version! By the way these will not run XP so it will have Vista or Linux......or OS X *cough*
i don't think there will be a 21" soon.
The one pictured above is clearly an Eee-esqe 15" modell. Why? Its simple: the whole damn thing is about 1269 pixels in one the posted hi-res pics at flickr.* The USB jack at the same picture is about 41 pixels. In reality, a USB Typ A plug ist about 12mm/0.47in.
So, after some math,** the display (which is 85% of the width as you can see at the front) is 32cm/12.6in wide (witdh, not diagonal!) or, assuming a 16:10 ratio, 15″in diagonal.
*http://www.flickr.com/photos/22046787@N03/2629151368/sizes/o/ (for example)
**http://www.eeepcnews.de/2008/07/01/fotoserie-asus-eee-monitor/#comment-9804 (sorry, only in german)
I cant wait for The WEee Game console and the Eee cell phone and the Eee Gaming Handheld.. Im just bursting with excitement...
@Mike - don't you see? it was just another opportunity for a pretentious Mac user to talk about his Mac.
Hey not all of us Mac users are pretentious.
Get a life and stop assuming everyone is the same that happens to enjoy a product line.
I am hoping for a touch screen on that. It would be the perfect kitchen computer.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
If that's an AIO count me in.
Apple better snatch up the iEee name!! Oh wait, these guys beet them too it: IEEE....
I'm tired of netbooks and I've never even seen one in real life.
these should come with the atom duo for multitasking
and does anyone know when they will be available?
much like Stephen smith and his journey to change his name to Microsoft Zune, I feel like I need to change my name to Asus Eee...
They lost goodwill because of the rapid introduction of what seemed like seven different iterations of the eee Pc. That came from releasing he first one just before Atom came out, and having to go with a 7" monitor initially for cost reasons.
In principle using eee PC branding for anything with the guts of the netbook, whether in a laptop, monitor, TV, or mini-PC form factor, gets a free pass in my book since in addition to the common hardware, they share the common spirit of compact, quiet, energy efficient, inexpensive and ubiquitous computing.
i can't believe how incredibly gay the imac looks compared to this modern glory. cough cough, piece of crap makes me want to say Eeenough
How is this milking/killing the Eee name? Eee stands for easy to learn/work/play, or in other words a computer that is centered around ease of use. They could offer hundreds of different laptops and desktops under the Eee name and it would just mean more selection centered around a core concept. Generally, when I think of Asus I think of premium and niche products, and now their Eee line is the complete opposite of that. If you ask me, adding Windows XP as an option is watering down the Eee name since that makes it no different from any other PC out there. But again, it is a choice, and in my opinion different options are good.
I think we all know where this is going:
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6793/eeepeerm5.jpg
I wouldn't say this is killing or polluting the Eee name in any form.
No one bitches that Dell has umpteen machines in the Inspiron line, or the XPS line.
No one bitches that Apple has "Mac" in the name of every computer they've made in years (that was solidified, I believe when the PowerBook became the MacBook, and before that point, damn near everything else was some kind of *Mac - eMac, iMac, PowerMac, etc).
So yeah, there are a boatload of models in the Eee line now, but I don't see any difference from what Apple, Dell, HP, and others have been doing for years. They've created a product line that has a specific intent and market, and they have every right to include new models and new products in that line if they wish.
If you don't like it, don't buy the damn thing. It's that simple.
Is it just me or did engadget already reveal this at that taiwanese tech show a month ago?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/asus-intros-the-eee-monitor-all-in-one-pc-says-more-eee-models/
Call me crazy...
I don't care what you haters say. I think its a great design. I just hope they keep it affordable and competitive.
So it is called.... iEee?? (As iMac...) Lol
I KNEW when they created teh 900 series Eee PC's and even before hand, that they were going to milk this thing into the grave. Come on ASUS, you were doing so well with it! Why did you have to sell your nice product to the Vietnamese prostitution ring? Now this? Stop before CPR isnt even an option on your Eee branded line of portables. The 2nd gen Eee (whatever the model was after the first Eee) was fine enough...it had a bigger HDD and a little upgrade. Oh ASUS, the pain!!!
@Wicker24 Maybe not pretentious, but certainly sensitive.