Asus-laptop for 300 Euros
After many speculations makes Asus known that its announced Eee PC in the beginning of 2008 finally in the European store rack lies.,. In contrast till earlier messages, the apparatus will not be for two hundred dollars (approximately 140 Euros) for sale, but for about three hundred Euros. The system gets standard Linux with, but sturdily enough Windows XP is to turn.
In such a way it is gets no full laptop, you source an interesting apparatus that just no kilo is heavily. The hard disk is a SSD (flashmemory) of four gigabyte. The RAM-memory amounts to 512 MB.
Inside stretch an Intel-chipset where temporarily no details of known are and a thread lynx and bekabelde internet connection. The screen has a size of seven inch, just no eighteen centimeters. Here on top we find a webcam of 0.3 megapixel and a gentegreerde microphone.
The Eee PC is conscious limits till the base needs, but that holds back to not to close you self material on. Behind we find to close an exit an extra screen on. He who an external mouse or larger hard disk connect want, can do this on an of the three USB-gates.
Two target groups
The Eee PC ago was proposed a half year on the Computex-purse in Taiwan. Temporary appeared here source single the black version. Asus addresses with the light notebook on two target groups. “The Eee PC is for the user that on seek is to a pocket computer as addition on the pc or laptop. Only also hopes Asus a target group to reach that no or little experience has with the use of a pc or notebook”, according to Steve Chang, region manager of Asus Europe.
Asus misses through the introduction in 2008 the end years period, but the expectations for minilaptops its high team. The questions remains source or the intended target group for this apparatus most delicate. The prices of budgetnotebooks fall each day.
As noticed we this week that the electronics chain Saturn in Antwerp a 1.6 Ghz Celeron P530 with 80 gigabyte hard disk for only 444 Euros sells. Asus makes a statement with its special laptop, but is a lightIs -computer still a hole in the market as the difference with a full machine so small”