Video: ASUS Eee Top gets touched, chatted about
By Darren Murph 
posted Oct 17th 2008 9:02AM
posted Oct 17th 2008 9:02AM
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Nice idea, but would be better as a tablet.
Would also like to see multi touch outside Apple's products.
I don't think anybody is going to bother with multitouch until they start producing these novelty machines with specs capable of running Windows 7.
How about one running Linux? or Android for that matter, I'd really like to see a web tablet with multi touch.
Every XP-based Eee model (which is like 6 or so) has multitouch.
don you know about the dell latitude xt tablet and the hp touchsmart
Looks like an old Mac model
will it run Mario ?
1, yes. 2 and 3, not so much.
This would be great for my parents and older people who are not comfortable with a computer but just want to send emails and check bookmarked web pages and digital photos... moo ha ha
Good bye. MR Bond...
Nice... it broke on the second touch... it's a pre-production ok, but on the demo going like this... reminds me of a certain mr. Gates a few years back.
interesting concept tough... I'd like to see some browsing on it.
Too pricey though... pity.
Not sure what i think about it, i think if i had it, i would never use it, a laptop seems better to me. I dont see myself sitting down at a desk to touch the screen. So i think touch screen technology would be far better in laptops/tablets
it would be cool for a media center or something like that, but I agree, as a desktop pc touch screens make little sense.
i'd hang that in my kitchen
haha looks nice, but seems to completely suck!
bad move from linux to xp too
Seems like Asus may have used Linux to gain leaverge against Microsoft in the begining with the Eee. Now they got what they want, Linux is no longer required.
What is the difference between this and a regular tablet PC? I'd like to cast my vote for multitouch as well AND a wacom-style variable pressure sensitivity (can't recall the term for that).
I believe it's "wacom-style variable pressure sensitivity."
Did he just pick his nose and put it behind his ear while the computer was booting?
Looks like a retro POS.
Just to clarify.
There is a Linux based version of this PC. Estimated price is $450. This device clocks in at $650 but comes with bumped specs (XP, Web cam, larger HD).
This device is ideal for POS systems for small businesses. Cheapest touch monitors for 15" run close to $300 by themselves.
And enough with the multi-touch. It's a novelty at this point. Once apps are rewritten to take advantage of it I really can't see any practical use for it. How different is your life because you don't have multi-touch?
I find it hard when I use any other laptop because I use the multitouch on my 1000H so much, so yea it is quite different when I don't have it. Scrolling, right click, middle click, page back, page forward, zoom and maxinise/minimise don't have to have applications written specifically for it.
Are you sure about the Top also having a Linux option? If so, will they provide the touch screen support under Linux? Hopefully it just shows up as a regular mouse... Can anyone confirm how it shows up under XP's device manager?
This would be great for a video phone/PC for people that are not power users. I am considering buying this for my mom for the holidays.
This is the device I have been waiting for. Most other all-in-one touchscreen PC's cost upwards of $1,200. At about half the price... this is awesome.
I plan to use one as a client for Maestro LSX (www.harmony-home.com OR www.media-maestro.com)
Pretty cool to have a touchscreen hanging in the kitchen or in the living room to:
Control iTunes or WMP remotely
Control lights, fans, drapery, etc
View my IP cameras, check the weather, browse the web...
Thank you Asus!
As a small business owner I second the concept of using this for a point of sale (POS) system. That's the first thing I thought when I saw it. The description for what my POS requires is nearly perfect.