Between the
Commercial Times and
DigiTimes, no secret is safe within ASUS. The former is reporting (via the latter) that ASUS will launch its second generation ultra-thin Eee PC in April as followup to the
Eee PC S101. The Eee PC Shell, as it's supposedly called would mark a welcome departure from ASUS' staid alphanumeric naming convention and is said to be easier to carry than the S101 while bringing higher specs and a longer battery life for just NT$17,000 - 20,000 ($486 - $571) -- that's well below the S101's $699 suggested retail price. The name Shell, of course, would seem to imply a curved, clamshell design. Now, with one of ASUS' favorite events, CeBIT, starting next week, we'd expect an announcement to be days away if the rumor is true -- a high probability what with the launch of yesterday's
Eee PC firesale and Intel's new
CULV processors for ultra-slim laptops prepped for a March launch.
posted Feb 27th 2009 6:59AM
No!
Two more models and we can ALL try to figure out what to do with the three shells.
+1 LOL
Ultrathin cheapo laptop? Looking forward to that.
It will be a flop it looks anything like a shell.
iBook G3 ?
i love the sand brown colour for laptops. The S101 is one of the best among the EEE series.
S101 Unboxing Video-
http://www.techreviews4u.com/2009/02/27/asus-eee-s101-hands-on/
"Shell" probably refers to a mother of pearl style finish.
I was thinking maybe like a clam shell cellphone, maybe it refers to how the top and bottom taper and meet.
I wish they'd make a good looking netbook without the eeepc logo... I'm thinking of getting a 1000HE and putting a sticker over the logo, haha........I'm so sad. I wish I wouldn't get so caught up in aesthetics, but I can't help it.
Yeah, that Eee logo needs to go. Now.
Yeah... and if they don't want to get rid of it, at least change the font, haha, and maybe position it better...
They do, why don't you go to ASUS's website and see what laptops they have to offer? They make plenty of great looking notebooks.
http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=5&l2=64
when you say clamshell, i cant help but think of the 1st-gen iBook. that was kinda the opposite of ultra-slim
ASUS is emerging so fast with products I almost dont wanna get a netbook too early..... I havent quite found one that really suits what I want.....