ASUS Eee Top launched, loved by product waifs and the children who raise them
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 20th 2008 4:54AM
posted Nov 20th 2008 4:54AM
Update: Today's announcement is only for model ET1602. The ET1603 with better graphics and battery (whose existence is in dispute based on contradictory press reports and product specs) is still not available.
Update 2: Added ASUS promotional video after the break -- only thing it's missing is Bruce Lee. [Thanks, Sascha]
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Read -- Hands-on
Read -- Announcement with more pictures
Do you have some kind of a defect if you refer to your self in plural?
Well, to be honest, and in my own opinion, not having Vista on that machine is a deal breaker for me and for anyone that will take my advice. XP is too limited for my taste now, these companies should start teaching people to use Vista instead of building some crappy UI over an old OS, and OMG, that UI reminds me of Linux, which makes me almost puke.
I would love to try Windows 7 on that thing.
I don't see how a GUI can remind you of a kernel, but whatever.
Well, to be honest, and in my own opinion, your comment is worthless.
I personally think this is a great product,
For 580 (tax inclusive), its a pretty good price too
I think it is a perfect product for wife and kids.
its easy to use, attractive appearance.
most people posting comments on engadget are "Power Users"
sometimes its a bit hard to thing in other perspective for them.
like the earlier comment saying why not just get a laptop for 499..
just go ask ur wife or kid which one they prefer..
Is she.. is she drawing what I think she's drawing?
What... A heart with an I above it?
That's what I see
Yeah well I have a sense off humor roughly equivalent to a twelve year old boy, so I see a wang.
It's severely deformed if it is.
obligatory: you should get that checked out
She's obviously drawing an apple; it's even got the stem. Subliminal?
Seriously people - can't you remember being children? She's obviously drawing a FLOWER. The two loops at the bottom are the leaves - the line is the stem, and she is about to draw the blossom.
Get your mind out of the gutter. The kid is like 4!
Yeah and I'm joking. And smiling right now. Lighten up?
now 10yr olds can get porn right from their own room.
Wish I had one back in the day...
As opposed to regular 10 year olds with plain old PCs?
Man, I wish Microsoft would allow Media Center Extender to ship on EEPCs like EEEBOX and this touch thing. It's be perfect for my kitchen.
Seriously Microsoft, the MEdia Extenders are flopping, so why are you choking off your own supply of cash? Let the consumer decide what form factor and hardware he wants to buy please. The customer is always right.
Completely agree. The obvious place for this is as a kitchen PC. Forget the keyboard and mouse, and live with just touch or a remote. Stream music and TV shows. Look up recipes. Have a way to see the weather and traffic quickly. This would be a great product.
If Asus were to create a good touchscreen jukebox program for this, I would pick this up without a second thought.
I've been scanning through Ebay for a good DLO touchscreen monitor to build my own with old parts, but this is too slick/convenient to pass up.
Because it doesn't look nice? What kind of professional are you?
The kind that uses a Mac because its shiny, pretty and trendy it seems.
What?
"As a proffessional``
I hope you use spell-check in your profession...
I believe she is drawing a pretty flower and not a pair of sweaty bollocks.
That's just you trying to wish the Freud out of your system. At the end of the day, everything is just a sweaty pair of bollocks.
Yes, of course, and you're being totally serious right now as well...
Fusion you got owned by a hated Mac fanboi.
No numeric love on the keyboard Asus? I wanted to buy that keyboard, too bad.
FUGLY
Nah, that marketing woman acting as a 'parent' is defiantly a Milf :)
It looks a lot like the iMac G4 + isight.
It's a good product for conserving space.
Dibs the one with the flower in her hair.
dibs on your mom.
by the way, there's no way the premium model (ET1603) has a battery. it makes no sense at this price point and the ASUS site doesn't mention it. CIO.com isn't exactly the world's foremost authority on low-end PCs.
with those nail how can she wipe her @ss?
that is SO not what anyone else thought when the saw that picture.
answer... she doesn't :-s
Japanese toilets these days give you rimjobs
I love the Eee netbooks and I was really indifferent about the Eee Top. But after seeing that video, I could totally see my mom (who really can't seem to get the grasp of keyboards and mice) using it. Might be a product to look into.
I'm surprised by everyone's reaction to this. I think it's great that you can have this simple, cheap all-in-one touch screen computer that you can leave on your coffee table or in the kitchen for casual computer use that anyone can do. Isn't this what the future of computing is suppose to be?
Huge kudos to Asus for starting another great trend.
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whats with the commercial? I had a hard time reading the captions while trying to see the video.
Ok so I absolutely have zero idea what she's drawing, but the photo confirms for me yet again that the coolest high-tech gear in the future will continue to be used in the most juvenile ways.... life-long juvenile that I am, that makes me very happy.....
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I would purchase it if it could hang on the wall.. I am looking for a small nice machine with touchscreen that can act jukebox for internet radio and flac/mp3 files.
Steve did it again. Up your's PCs and microsoft.... Best computer ever!
Um, where's the apple logo?
It isn't a mac?!?!
It sucks!!!
its not a mac but its not mac priced either. i'm a keeeeen mac fan but can see a place for this. when gbp recovers against the dollar it will be loverly.
Am I the only one that lost confidence when she calls the system "Linux" at the :20 second mark (referring to the eee easy menu) - when you can clearly see the Windows XP toolbar at the bottom of the screen?
If the ET1603 can play COD5, I am in!
hopefully it is scratch resistance cuz look at her fingernails