ASUS doles out gold and blue Eee PCs

With the introduction of the well-received N10, we thought maybe -- just maybe -- ASUS was moving beyond its disgusting obsession with mutilating the Eee brand. Instead, we're now faced with fresh hues of two old faces: the blue 901A and the gilded 900A. Looks as if all the internals have remained the same, though there's no indication what kind of premium (if any) you'll have to pay for your color of choice.

[Thanks, Sascha]

[ac14 @ Sep 27th 2008 8:21PM]

Asus, 1977 called, they want their paint back.

[Sam Zebian @ Sep 27th 2008 8:27PM]

So there were shiny blue laptops in 1977?? I don't think so...

[micklol @ Sep 27th 2008 10:10PM]

They also want their joke back.


....joke's on me I guess....

[sinai @ Sep 27th 2008 10:20PM]

seinfeld called, he wants you to stop using this joke.

[Peter @ Sep 27th 2008 10:28PM]

There were laptops in 1977???

[phoebusdesign @ Sep 28th 2008 2:04AM]

Oh yeah!!! well........I slept with your wife!

[Ricardo @ Sep 28th 2008 9:32AM]

@ac14,

You shouldn't put your age after your nickname, it's bad for your image.

[ac14 @ Sep 28th 2008 10:11AM]

You are just assuming its my age.

[zdravko @ Sep 28th 2008 12:00AM]

The colour is a rip-off of Acer One, which by the way is still the better chiose

[John H. @ Sep 27th 2008 8:45PM]

ac14, your mom called, dinner's ready

[Wolfbane65 @ Sep 27th 2008 8:53PM]

UCLA rejoices.

[Stephen Wilson @ Sep 27th 2008 10:10PM]

UCLA? That ASUS is real blue not baby blue. GO BEARS!

[sinai @ Sep 27th 2008 10:30PM]

you idiot, the colors of ALL the University California colleges are blue and gold.

way to make your school proud.

[Stephen Wilson @ Sep 27th 2008 11:48PM]

And as the original UC, GO BEARS!

What I was trying to say is that although all the UCs are blue and gold, the other ones were at least original enough to choose a new mascot, while UCLA went with a bruin, very creative...

Also, UCLA uses a lighted color blue than CAL (http://www.ncaafootball.com/images/ucla_tylerebell_200w_ap_100403.jpg), which was my original point.

No one cares though.. low rank me for off-topic ranting...

[Jeff @ Sep 27th 2008 8:56PM]

The blue looks like a direct knock at Acer's door.

[SHoe @ Sep 28th 2008 2:56PM]

Holy hell - you're right. The sales numbers show that Acer is the only other netbook with major sales - so Asus is engaging in this funny bit of skinning in an effort to trick some people into buying this. That sounds far fetched but I don't think it is. Asus showed that they are basically not competent (yet) at managing a brand; the way they watered down their golden Eee brand and rendered it meaningless in a matter of months should be a marketing case study taught in schools. Somebody needs to talk to the decision makers at that company and say 'look - let's just sit down, breath, cool our heads, and look at what were doing here before we rush another dozen models out the door this week. okay?'

[Klebbenator @ Sep 27th 2008 9:22PM]

She's a beauty! I just need some money.

[Skazer @ Sep 27th 2008 9:44PM]

And Engadget continues it's immature obsession with Asus's Eee naming system. It's just 2 new colours for god's sakes. Try not to choke on your tongues when eating dinner tomorrow.

[Peter @ Sep 27th 2008 9:54PM]

I actually thought that was an aspire One until I read the title. I guess the Taiwanese like copying of their own kind now.

[Peter @ Sep 27th 2008 9:55PM]

*off their own kind

[j.d.ripper @ Sep 28th 2008 7:04AM]

The acer aspire one is the first thing that came to my mind as well.

[Charles R Hamilton @ Sep 27th 2008 10:03PM]

Any word on the rumored touchscreen version?

[Ian @ Sep 27th 2008 11:19PM]

Does that blue model have glitter on the lid? Effing glitter? Damn.

[Chin-Poh @ Sep 28th 2008 12:49AM]

Holy crap, I also thought it was an Acer Aspire One at first glance, thats exactly the same blue finish! : 0

[ManekiNeko @ Sep 28th 2008 12:59AM]

Wow, I had a Voltron action figure that looked just like that!

[Jash Sayani @ Sep 28th 2008 2:56AM]

Like the 901, Is Asus going to add HSUPA to the 1000H as well...? If so, I'll wait for the 1000H with HSUPA.

[Eli L @ Sep 28th 2008 4:02AM]

I want to try out a few netbook styles, just to see what they feel like. Do readers here know of any places around orange county, CA where they have these small laptops on display? I went to a bestbuy, but all they had were a bunch of sony/HP/apple laptops. I'm using a dell 14.1" right now and it's a bit heavy (600m) for lugging around, and I wanted something pretty light. I did see an HP tablet 12.1" that felt pretty light, but I'm not sure about it, seemed a bit bulky at the moment, and the stylus was missing so I couldn't test it. Not sure if I absolutely need a tablet function, either, which is why these new netbook are enough for class lectures and viewing basic stuff, so nothing powerful needed. The new dell mini computer is looking good, b/c it's really light, but I am not sure if the keyboard is good, which is why I wanted to try it out first.

[Ratnesh Mehra @ Sep 28th 2008 11:59AM]

not going to be worth the price premium IMO.

[adelossa @ Sep 28th 2008 1:42PM]

Hey, now that netbook matches my car.

[LondonConsultant @ Sep 28th 2008 3:37PM]

Asus, Don't bother gilding the lily and, instead, just release the 901 in matte (not glossy) black..