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

mehmet — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:41:35 -0000

it is bad for sony and this is good writing

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

loozegear — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:13:18 -0000

Thanks I will look into getting one of these laptops as toshiba satalite is a bit past it now

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

betty — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:44:35 -0000

Um... yeah they should all be worried, something cheaper and fits someones needs is always better, thanks for the info.

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Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:18:21 -0000

and everyone keeps getting upset when microsoft ups their min req... don't get me wrong - i do as well...

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

Katherine — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:00:51 -0000

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.

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dude — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:03:24 -0000

yea we'll it's even more "ultra cheap" because tiger direct is liquidating these for close to nothing.

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

GreatSnapper — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:09:52 -0000

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...

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

jaylar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:05:37 -0000

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.

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

Stop Smoking — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:03:38 -0000

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.

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

DebtSettlement — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:59:51 -0000

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.

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

imbalanced — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:18:11 -0000

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).

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

Revital — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:07:52 -0000

Well written!

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

pauldone — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:37:43 -0000

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.

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

Nick — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:11:41 -0000

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.

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

paresh — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:43:29 -0000

nice list

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

kevin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:14:13 -0000

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.