Eee PC 1008HA gets cracked open, ASUS' obsession with Scotch tape revealed

We won't go so far as to say that the innards of ASUS' sexy Eee PC 1008HA are literally held together with tape, but man, there's an atypically high amount of sticky strips in there. If you're curious to see the ins and outs (but mostly the ins) of the first member of the newly created Seashell family, give that read link a look. Just be fully prepared to have your confidence shaken.

[(Unverified) Posted May 28th 2009 3:40PM]

That's how they fit the CPU heatsink on.

[Crazy J Posted May 28th 2009 4:31PM]

So it's true when they say that duct tape holds the entire world together...

Or else the earth's crust will fly apart into outer space... Weeeee~

[ZeroCorpse Posted May 28th 2009 7:38PM]

My ASUS G50Vt-X5 has quite a few strips of tape in it, too.

ASUS likes tape... But they make damn fine computers.

[KyleHase Posted May 28th 2009 11:36PM]

In related news, other PC makers start to use excessive white tape to get on Engadget and trigger two pages of comments about tape.