Here Comes the Asus 'Freee PC'

Jun 05, 2008, 19:30 (4 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Mike Elgan)

"Asus shook up the industry with its $300--$600 mini notebook last year. Asus continues to dominate the market for super small, super cheap mini-notebooks. It may sell as many as 5 million Eee PCs by the end of the year--far more than all other competitors combined.

"It wasn't supposed to happen this way. Microsoft and OEM partners Fujitsu, General Dynamics Itronix, HTC, OQO, Samsung and even Asus have been planning, designing and building Ultra Mobile PCs that were supposed to be so good people would pay $600 to $2,000 for them..."

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