http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/ Engadget Comments for ASUS confirms intent to drain Eee brand with Eee Monitor 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/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
Dumbest comment ever?]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/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.]]>Jul 1st 2008 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/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.]]>Jul 1st 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/oh shit there goes the.....eee :-/]]>Jul 2nd 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/that's the Flashpoint we know]]>Jul 1st 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Sep 17th 2008 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
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.]]>Jul 1st 2008 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
Eee is the new fail.]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
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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.]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
Pretty nice, for general consumers, all-in-ones are the best. Id like one of these for a guest bedroom (if i had one).]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
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.]]>Jul 1st 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
What the hell asus,, I told you to stop milking the eee brand?!?!]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
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)]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
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.]]>Jul 1st 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
Now we've got an Eee PC that costs $650.

Un-freaking-believable.]]>Jul 1st 2008 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
Am i missing something?]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
Yeah you sound like a typical person..]]>Jul 1st 2008 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
[Im hip]]]>Jul 1st 2008 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
way to embitter an entire population.

indeed ... EEE is totally the new RAZR. ]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
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.]]>Jul 1st 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/
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)]]>Jul 2nd 2008 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/asus-confirms-intent-to-drain-eee-brand-with-eee-monitor/Jul 1st 2008 6:46PM