Is the world ready for a fancy Netbook?
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A high-end luxury Netbook? Seems like an oxymoron, since Netbooks are supposed to be simple, stripped-down, low-cost laptops. (If this is all news to you, check out our Building the Perfect Netbook feature for a primer.)
Asus, the company that single-handedly built the Netbook category with [...]
Asus ditches Eee name for high-end Netbook
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments
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Get a whiff of Asus’ scented laptops
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Go with Floral Blossom…
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Something to note about Eee PC maker Asus’ new line of fragrant laptops: the lifespan of their scent depends on how much you use the computer. If you make an F6 your primary machine, therefore, chances are great it will gradually lose its invigorating ocean-at-dawn aroma and end up smelling like [...]
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ASUS Complicates Eee Family Further With 903, 904/905, and 904 HD Models
July 12th, 2008 · No Comments
ASUS Eee PC 904/904HD/905
ASUS Eee MonitorASUS’ Eee PC family continues to grow
It seems as though “too much of a good thing” is not something that crossed ASUS’ mind following the success of
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Update: 10″ ASUS Eee PC 1000 Officially Launched, Priced from $649
June 19th, 2008 · No Comments
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ASUS Eee Family to Expand at Computex, Eee Box Gets Dissected
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
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12 Asus Eee PC Clones
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments
1. Low-cost Ultra-portables Roundup
This year has seen the emergence of a new category of portable PC the low-cost ultra-portable. In these times of diminishing purchasing power, users seem to feel (rightly or wrongly, but were not here to debate that) that todays PCs are over-sized and overpowered, and manufacturers have gotten the message. After [...]
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Report: ASUS Looks to Tame Rivals With Atom-based Eee PC 901
May 18th, 2008 · No Comments
ASUS readies yet another addition to the Eee PC family
Yesterday, DailyTech reported on MSI’s new Wind notebook which will do battle with ASUS’ Eee PC 900. The MSI Wind has a slightly larger footprint than the Eee PC 900, but adds such features as an 80GB 2.5″ SATA HDD, 10″ display, and Bluetooth (on the [...]
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Asus to embed Linux on all motherboards
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s not exactly how devotees foresaw Linux reaching mass-market desktop PCs, but it could be a turning point nonetheless. Taiwanese giant Asus is to embed DeviceVM’s Splashtop Linux on millions of mainstream motherboards.
Splashtop is the polar opposite of the philosophy that created Windows. Loading from cold in a claimed 10 seconds from a flash chip [...]
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MSI Gives ASUS Eee PC a Taste of Its Own Medicine With $399 Wind
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments
MSI breaks Wind on ASUS Eee PC for $399
Yesterday, DailyTech reported that ASUS’ new Eee PC 900 is available now from a few online retailers — albeit at prices higher than the MSRP. In the case of ZipZoomFly,it wascharging $50 more than MSRP yesterday for the Windows XP variant of the Eee PC 900.
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Asus to launch Eee PC with Intel’s Atom in June
April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Asustek plans to launch a new version of the Eee PC armed with Intel’s Atom microprocessor at the Computex trade show in Taipei this June, Asustek’s CEO said Monday.
Atom is the name of the processor formerly called Diamondville. It was designed for low-cost laptop PCs, ultramobile PCs, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and other small devices [...]
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