Asus Eee PC 1000HE Shipping In a Few Places

If you cannot wait on the new Asus Eee PC 1000HE and you’re located in the US, you are in luck if you are willing to pay around $390. There’s quite a bit of interest in it – it’s got a fairly cheap price – … Read more

Asus N10 Mini-Review (GottaBeMobile)

Matthew Dillon at GottaBeMobile has spent the last week using the 10.2″ Intel Atom-powered Asus N10 as his primary notebook/computer and has posted about it. Even though it’s got a 10.2″ display, it’s at the high-end of the netbook/ultraportable market, with an HDMI port, and … Read more

ASUS Eee PC S101, S101H, 1002HA Compared (Portable Monkey)

Portable Monkey has done a comprehensive comparison involving three Asus Eee PC models that share quite a bit in common. They’ve compared the 10″ Eee PC S101, Eee PC S101H, and the Eee PC 1002HA. The S101 is Asustek’s high-end netbook/ultraportable, with a much larger … Read more

Asus to Reduce Number of Eee PC Models This Year

Asus Eee PC Yesterday during a conference call, Asustek CEO Jerry Shen mentioned that they were moving the Asus Eee PC line towards the 10″ range. As mentioned, it would lead to a slight increase in the average price of an Eee PC (since the majority would be the larger-sized 10″), but Asustek would not be increasing prices. Prices may even start to drop over time as Asustek is able to reduce their manufacturing costs.

PC World has more information about their plans for the Eee PC line. By moving the majority of models to the 10″ range, Asustek would be reducing the number of Eee PC netbooks/ultraportables that are available in the market, and they believe that will lower production costs, and more importantly, could go a long way towards reducing consumer confusion. Last year there were over 20 different Eee PC models launched, many of which had similar model numbers (1000, 1000H, 1000HA, 1000HD, etc.) while Acer had one model name, the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One (and even the new 10″ model still stuck with Acer Aspire One moniker).

It did not affect Acer in the least – they have apparently shipped more of the ultraportable devices than Asustek did in 2008, even while launching the Aspire One line much later than many Eee PC models. MSI was also fairly successful with their MSI Wind U100 line (there are a few variations now, but the U100 was still the main model for much of 2008).

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Asus Eee PC Price Increases? Not Exactly

You may have recently heard that Asus Eee PC was planning on raising prices up to 20% on some Eee PC models, sometime in March. Turns out that it’s not the case, although the average price will probably go up (more on that at the … Read more