Why Eee?

Evan Leibovitch evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org
Wed Dec 19 16:23:08 UTC 2007


Giles Orr wrote:
> The latest Walmart flyer I received has an ad for an Acer laptop:
> 15.4" widescreen, 1 Gb RAM, 80 Gb HD and $398.88.  I couldn't find it
> on their website.  Processor and optical drive unstated, but I imagine
> it has both :-) .  It comes with Windows Vista Home Basic.  The point
> is, despite obvious(?) deficiencies (probably a Celeron processor - or
> AMD if you're lucky, but it must run at over 1 GHz) and a
> substantially greater weight, the price is the same as the Eee and the
> horsepower and screen are hugely better.
Weight counts. Portability counts. That's why laptops are on pace to
outsell desktops in the next year or two. The lack of moving parts
because of the SSD is an added bonus, leading to something that should
run cooler and quieter. Added bonuses include small things such as
faster bootup times.

(And you wouldn't need all that horsepower if not for the bloat of Vista ;-)

In any case, Asus has stated that they're working on an EeePC desktop.
Let's see how that compares. There's also a rumour that the next
generation EeePC will have an option of a larger screen; the price may
not drop as volume increases, but features will certainly be added.

- Evan

PS: I don't know anyone who would voluntarily buy Acer. Their quality
reputation is not good.

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