First Look: Asustek's $199 Pc

[Thaising]

Asustek Computer's $199 Eee PC is turning out to be one of the stars at Computex 2007, grabbing attention for its small size and even smaller price.

Asustek gave me the chance to use an engineering prototype of the Eee PC 701 on Wednesday, one day after it was announced by Jonney Shih, the company's chair, and Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's sales and marketing group.

Since Shih revealed few details of the machine's specifications, I was looking forward to a closer look. And I came away impressed: this little notebook has a shot at making a big impact on the market for ultraportable computers. And competitors like Palm, which recently announced its $599 Foleo ultraportable notebook, should pay attention.

Continue here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132622-page,1/article.html

[astral]

Wow, a 7" monitor

I remember those 20 years ago.

[Phil Conners]

Article with pictures: http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/asus-ne...ay-with-a-bang/

Looks nice! For 8K baht I'd get one.