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EeePC history
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[edit] General information
- Two models were announced at COMPUTEX Taipei 2007, the Eee PC 701 and the Eee PC 1001. The 701 based model Eee PC 4G was released on October 16, 2007 in Taiwan. The remaining three models will be available by the end of November. The originally announced second model 1001 will most likely not be released due to an overlap in productions with similar devices released. ASUS expects to sell about 200,000 units in 2007, 300,000 to 500,000 by March 2008 and 3–5 million by 2009. Intel has described the Eee PC as in line with its "World Ahead" marketing drive – which aims to provide anyone around the world a chance to own a PC.
Both the price and the size of the devices are relatively small in comparison to similar devices, such as Ultra-Mobile PCs. The Eee series is viewed partly as a response to the XO-1 notebook from the One Laptop per Child initiative.
ASUS plans to introduce second-generation Eee PCs in April 2008 which are meant to feature Intel's Merom processors. The power consumption of the next-generation notebooks will reduce to 7W TDP, down from 11W TDP, and the fan will be removed to save more power and reduce noise.
At the Intel Developer Forum 2007, Intel demonstrated its Classmate PC and the Eee PC, and also had specifications listing four models of the Eee PC. ASUS at the time claimed that models may start at the promised US$199 price point and transition up in price and feature to US$399.
The price and specifications for the Eee PC, officially announced in September 2007, changed from those first announced by ASUS. The price rose from US$199 to US$245, while the base model went from a 4 to a 2 GB solid state drive, the VGA camera was dropped and the RAM was decreased from 512 MB to 256 MB. As of October 25 2007, the price range is now expected to be US$299-399.
Since October 13, 2007 the ASUS website shows revised specifications. The products now have the marketing names EeePC 8G, 4G, 4G Surf, 2G Surf instead of the model numbers 700 and 701 shown in pre-release information and on the Eee PC label and on the packaging.[10] There is no indication that the model numbers are not still present for the Eee PC, but they might not be used in advertising for the systems.
Wikipedia.org on EeePC (Sunday 11 November 2007)
[edit] EeePC desktop version
Due to the succes of the EeePC (in Asia) there has been speculation about a desktop version of the Asus EeePC. Although at this time very limited information has been released AsusTek's President of marketing, Jonathan Tseng, has stated to digitimes that Asus is thinking about a desktop EeePC and that it wouldn't have a monitor included.
- Asustek Computer is developing a desktop version Eee PC which it hopes to launch in 2008, according to Jonathan Tseng, president of marketing at Asustek. Tseng noted that the PC will not include a display, but further specifications and pricing are still under evaluation.
Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES (Friday 9 November 2007)
[edit] Bigger screens and more
Asus recently announced they will be producing second gen EeePC's which will carry 8",9" and 10" screens (as opposed to the original 7). The 9" version will include a touch screen by default. These new types will support resultions up to 1024x600 and come stock with Windows XP (OEM?) and Xandros. Also Wimax should be included.
