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The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry

35 points by nickb 19y ago

gojomo 19y ago
I &hearts; ASUS and thought back in 2004 they were on a hot streak of promising products: http://gojomo.blogspot.com/2004/12/i-asus.html http://gojomo.blogspot.com/2004/12/i-asus.html At the time, it seemed they only needed more native-english-marketing-savvy to achieve mass appeal in North America. I hope the Eee PC will be their brand breakthrough.
Tichy 19y ago
Mini-PC or not, normal PCs are also getting so cheap that it might become difficult to charge much money for Operating Systems. Also, I wonder if Bill Gates timed it deliberately so that his followers will fail, to cement the myth of his leadership? I guess not, but in general, it might be a consideration of CEOs when stepping down. Or maybe in general they tend to step down when prospects are poor. As for the mini-PC, it might be cute, but so far I don't see why I would need one.
- jgamman 19y ago
  yeah but i'm thinking it might be perfect for my mum. her old imac is running 9.2 and she just wants to surf her email and bid on trademe - for this price, i can buy her one for xmas every other year and never need to update her software! i'm not an early adopter but i'm going to keep an eye on this for later. also - a great school pc for kids (?)
  - dangph 19y ago
    It has a little screen. Does she have good eyesight?
    - jgamman 19y ago
      hmm, good point, i really need to see one in the plastic
  - Tichy 19y ago
    I got my mum a decent laptop from ebay for 300EUR, and installed Linux on it. At first I also thought she would only email and surf the web, but recently she asked for Google Earth and got herself a digital camera. On average, my parents do more weird stuff with the computer than I do (for example my mum keeps scanning things to email them to friends). Maybe the OLPC would be better than the eec? I think the eec's display looks ugly, what's up with the big borders?
corentin 19y ago
This is pure speculation. Moreover, business isn't war and companies don't "hate" each other; they just happen to be in competition on some markets.
- chaostheory 19y ago
  I think it's good speculation. Besides - if someone eats into your livelyhood I can't imagine you liking them very much.
- iamwil 19y ago
  The article written like link-bait. In fact, the only news-worthy item in there was that ASUS had released a flash-based laptop with a fairly cheap price. http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=24&l2=0&l3=0&l4=0&model=1907&modelmenu=1 http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=24&l2=0&l3=0&#3... Even the short engadget review on it was better than the link provided above. http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
electric 19y ago
Interesting -- i'm reading this on my eee pc. I love it!
baruman 19y ago
The only problem I can see with this is only 4 GB or 8 GB of HD space and no CD/DVD drive. Also no mention of USB. Otherwise I would buy one tomorrow to have as a 2nd travel laptop.

35 points by nickb 19y ago

I &hearts; ASUS and thought back in 2004 they were on a hot streak of promising products: http://gojomo.blogspot.com/2004/12/i-asus.html http://gojomo.blogspot.com/2004/12/i-asus.html At the time, it seemed they only needed more native-english-marketing-savvy to achieve mass appeal in North America. I hope the Eee PC will be their brand breakthrough.

Tichy 19y ago

Mini-PC or not, normal PCs are also getting so cheap that it might become difficult to charge much money for Operating Systems. Also, I wonder if Bill Gates timed it deliberately so that his followers will fail, to cement the myth of his leadership? I guess not, but in general, it might be a consideration of CEOs when stepping down. Or maybe in general they tend to step down when prospects are poor. As for the mini-PC, it might be cute, but so far I don't see why I would need one.

jgamman 19y ago
yeah but i'm thinking it might be perfect for my mum. her old imac is running 9.2 and she just wants to surf her email and bid on trademe - for this price, i can buy her one for xmas every other year and never need to update her software! i'm not an early adopter but i'm going to keep an eye on this for later. also - a great school pc for kids (?)
- dangph 19y ago
  It has a little screen. Does she have good eyesight?
  - jgamman 19y ago
    hmm, good point, i really need to see one in the plastic
- Tichy 19y ago
  I got my mum a decent laptop from ebay for 300EUR, and installed Linux on it. At first I also thought she would only email and surf the web, but recently she asked for Google Earth and got herself a digital camera. On average, my parents do more weird stuff with the computer than I do (for example my mum keeps scanning things to email them to friends). Maybe the OLPC would be better than the eec? I think the eec's display looks ugly, what's up with the big borders?

corentin 19y ago

This is pure speculation. Moreover, business isn't war and companies don't "hate" each other; they just happen to be in competition on some markets.

chaostheory 19y ago
I think it's good speculation. Besides - if someone eats into your livelyhood I can't imagine you liking them very much.
iamwil 19y ago
The article written like link-bait. In fact, the only news-worthy item in there was that ASUS had released a flash-based laptop with a fairly cheap price. http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=24&l2=0&l3=0&l4=0&model=1907&modelmenu=1 http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=24&l2=0&l3=0&#3... Even the short engadget review on it was better than the link provided above. http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/ http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/

electric 19y ago

Interesting -- i'm reading this on my eee pc. I love it!

baruman 19y ago

The only problem I can see with this is only 4 GB or 8 GB of HD space and no CD/DVD drive. Also no mention of USB. Otherwise I would buy one tomorrow to have as a 2nd travel laptop.