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Ubergizmo: Why Are PC Manufacturers so Afraid of the Asus Eee?

  • kevin · 1 year ago
    I don't think sony knows how to make a good computer. I have heard good news about Asus and I have never had many problems with HP. All i hear from Sony owners are complaints about how crappy there laptops are.
  • paresh · 1 year ago
    nice list
  • Nick · 1 year ago
    It makes perfect sense that the computer hardware industry is now racing towards low prices. Computers made by these companies are generally overpriced, compared to their components, and people do not need nearly as much computing power as they have now. The only real reason people keep buying new computers is because the increasingly bloated Windows OS slows anything more than a couple years old to a standstill. I have a feeling that either OS X or Linux will make the turnaround towards smaller devices much faster, unless Windows puts a lot of work into it.
  • pauldone · 1 year ago
    It seems as though a marketing team sat around and said, "Consumers have discovered they don't /really/ need an expensive laptop do do most of their activities.'
    It is true, most people use a computer for internet, email, word processing and maybe watching a DVD. You don't need much computing power for that.
  • Revital · 1 year ago
    Well written!
  • imbalanced · 1 year ago
    The race for the bottom is nothing new. PC manufacturers started selling low budget computers years ago because hardware prices were dropping, and their only way to recoup the drop was to invest in laptop sales. Once again, hardware price is dropping, only this time it's in the laptop market. Manufacturers need to realize conduits for information, such as computers and the Internet, will always eventually drop to zero. The real long-term money is in content (aka software).
  • DebtSettlement · 1 year ago
    This is true. i think its because now a days you need a new computer every 1 or 2. Lap tops can get pretty spendy.
  • Stop Smoking · 1 year ago
    Really interesting point. From a consumer standpoint, this is huge because the ASP's for the laptops we really want will drop while people continue to buy these cheaper generic laptops.
  • jaylar · 1 year ago
    Let me be blunt, I want a computer to do what I want. I don't need all the crap that
    the OS manufacturers think I need. 90% of us want a computer to do our word
    processing...(help with school, jobs, mail, etc) connect to the internet...(we'll
    down load the plug ins we want, thank you).

    The $100 laptop which would give the user the option of manual power would
    be just fine for us who need that ability to continue when there is no connection, and as I'm not composing music, movies, etc. It would be all we
    need.

    To my mind, to keep the price up more unused peripherals are slapped on
    for no purpose, and jack up the price.
  • GreatSnapper · 1 year ago
    You could never use this as your sole computer. Just not feasible. And honestly I can do enough on the road with my cell phone that I doubt I would ever use this when on the go. But perhaps there's a use...
  • dude · 1 year ago
    yea we'll it's even more "ultra cheap" because tiger direct is liquidating these for close to nothing.
  • Katherine · 1 year ago
    I've looked at the Asus computer, and though it wasn't really "good enough" for what I do with it, it is for my husband 90% of the time outside of work. I hope these catch on with the mainstream public.
  • z · 1 year ago
    and everyone keeps getting upset when microsoft ups their min req... don't get me wrong - i do as well...
  • betty · 1 year ago
    Um... yeah they should all be worried, something cheaper and fits someones needs is always better, thanks for the info.
  • loozegear · 1 year ago
    Thanks I will look into getting one of these laptops as toshiba satalite is a bit past it now
  • mehmet · 1 year ago
    it is bad for sony and this is good writing