How? I understand the viewpoint that they should have launched at $200, like they said, but it's not as if they are killing the low-end models of the Eee, they are simply introducing larger ones. The 10-inch eee isn't that bad of a machine at all, and it comes with the upgrades that most Wind or Lenovo users add later anyway (6-cell battery, decent touchpad, 1GB ram). Plus, the build quality is rock solid, and it'll do about 90% of what the average user needs out of a computer, the other things being Gaming and Video editing.
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Its sad to see how asus completely went from win to fail.
How? I understand the viewpoint that they should have launched at $200, like they said, but it's not as if they are killing the low-end models of the Eee, they are simply introducing larger ones. The 10-inch eee isn't that bad of a machine at all, and it comes with the upgrades that most Wind or Lenovo users add later anyway (6-cell battery, decent touchpad, 1GB ram). Plus, the build quality is rock solid, and it'll do about 90% of what the average user needs out of a computer, the other things being Gaming and Video editing.
I still don't understand how the Eee was ever a win......
As a buzzword or product moniker, Eee was tolerable.
As a brand-defining product line, it's abysmal.