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Here is what amazes me about this: an iPod touch costs ~$230, and it is considered by some to be cheap for what you are getting (compare it to small Android tab
by piinbinary 15y ago
Here is what amazes me about this: an iPod touch costs ~$230, and it is considered by some to be cheap for what you are getting (compare it to small Android tablets).
This is a whole laptop for less than that price.
Also, I don't think that comparing it to the MacBook Air makes much sense - this is not the laptop designed to be the thinnest, it is designed to be the cheapest.
- evilduck 15y agoThe iPod also fits in your pocket, exists in a much richer ecosystem and its specs come dangerously close to being the same. $30 for that level of miniaturization is a steal.
- Derbasti 15y agoI guess they want to market it as if it were competing with the Air, though. But that is comparing Apples to Oranges, if you ask me. Comparing a tiny SSD (SDCARD?) and a wimpy Atom and a plasticky case and a sexy price to a full-fledged SSD, a Core2Duo (i3 soon?), superb build quality and a hefty price tag? Doesn't make sense. Apple is marketing for thin, elegant, expensive. Asus should be marketing for cheap, tiny, gets-the-job-done.
- moe 15y agoI think they should be marketing for "Go everywhere laptop". Would you take your MBA to the beach? Hiking? Partying? I don't. Too concerned about my $1000-device getting sandy, dropped, stolen or having drinks spilled over it. $200-device? No-brainer. Could buy a new one every year and still be cheaper than the expected lifetime of a MBA.