Video: ASUS Eee Top gets touched, chatted about

We haven't heard too much about ASUS' all-in-one touchscreen PC on this side of the drink, but folks overseas are apparently having a field day with it. For your eyes only comes a hands-on / impressions vid showing off the user interface, the design and the overall touchability of the so-called Eee Top. Not too many surprises are in store, but you've got to watch for the accent if nothing else. It's after the break, of course.

[aegzorz @ Oct 17th 2008 9:14AM]

Nice idea, but would be better as a tablet.
Would also like to see multi touch outside Apple's products.

[chefgon_ign @ Oct 17th 2008 9:20AM]

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.

[aegzorz @ Oct 17th 2008 9:29AM]

How about one running Linux? or Android for that matter, I'd really like to see a web tablet with multi touch.

[Martin Greenberg @ Oct 17th 2008 11:15AM]

Every XP-based Eee model (which is like 6 or so) has multitouch.

[diego cruz @ Oct 17th 2008 4:42PM]

don you know about the dell latitude xt tablet and the hp touchsmart

[Alex @ Oct 17th 2008 11:05AM]

Looks like an old Mac model

[Muhammed @ Oct 17th 2008 9:18AM]

will it run Mario ?

[fred @ Oct 17th 2008 9:44AM]

1, yes. 2 and 3, not so much.

[iEye @ Oct 17th 2008 9:26AM]

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...

[raul @ Oct 17th 2008 9:33AM]

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.

[digitallysick @ Oct 17th 2008 9:37AM]

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

[CraigJ @ Oct 17th 2008 10:30AM]

it would be cool for a media center or something like that, but I agree, as a desktop pc touch screens make little sense.

[matthew @ Oct 17th 2008 9:37AM]

i'd hang that in my kitchen

[doug @ Oct 17th 2008 10:12AM]

haha looks nice, but seems to completely suck!
bad move from linux to xp too

[adrian @ Oct 17th 2008 12:03PM]

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.

[frankXchange @ Oct 17th 2008 10:16AM]

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).

[Jason @ Oct 20th 2008 6:49PM]

I believe it's "wacom-style variable pressure sensitivity."

[Mr. Ford @ Oct 17th 2008 11:08AM]

Did he just pick his nose and put it behind his ear while the computer was booting?

[Boarderwoot @ Oct 17th 2008 11:34AM]

Looks like a retro POS.

[bjsguess @ Oct 17th 2008 11:48AM]

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?

[ilh @ Oct 17th 2008 12:05PM]

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.

[Rajarshi Nigam @ Dec 20th 2008 12:58AM]

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?

[thedesolate1 @ Oct 17th 2008 12:05PM]

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.

[Dhanford @ Oct 17th 2008 3:26PM]

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!

[Sherry @ Nov 19th 2008 1:30PM]

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.