If this is indeed encroaching on the same market as the Eee, then a whole bunch of people over at Asus should be fired for pissing away a brand name. Currently, the general public knows the Eee brand better than any other netbook. So if they have squandered that very, very valuable lead for the sake of some very short-term gain then that is pretty damned stupid. I guess this is Asus's first time with a consumer brand - so we'll consider it practice.
On the other hand, its entirely likely that this is meant as a pricier, non-competing product. Still doesn't change the stupidity of watering down their Eee name to the point of making it meaningless.
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If this is indeed encroaching on the same market as the Eee, then a whole bunch of people over at Asus should be fired for pissing away a brand name. Currently, the general public knows the Eee brand better than any other netbook. So if they have squandered that very, very valuable lead for the sake of some very short-term gain then that is pretty damned stupid. I guess this is Asus's first time with a consumer brand - so we'll consider it practice.
On the other hand, its entirely likely that this is meant as a pricier, non-competing product. Still doesn't change the stupidity of watering down their Eee name to the point of making it meaningless.