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ASUS hints at dual-core touchscreen Eee PCs in 2009

by Parm Mann on 9 October 2008, 11:05

Tags: Eee PC, ASUSTeK (TPE:2357)

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ASUS struck gold in 2008 with the launch of its supposedly low-cost and ultra-portable range of Eee PCs, and various other manufacturers now have similar-spec netbooks on offer in a rapidly growing market.

With an abundant array of Eee PC models now on offer, it could be argued that ASUS is milking the Eee-machine for all its worth. However, in the face of growing competition from the likes of MSI, Samsung and Toshiba to name just a few, where does ASUS go from here?

Well, according to DigiTimes, Samson Hu, general manager of ASUS' Eee PC business, states that the company will attempt to reinvigorate its range with the launch of a touchscreen Eee PC in the first quarter of 2009. In addition, it will also launch a long-awaited dual-core model based on Intel's nettop-orientated Atom 330 processor.

Concerns of increasingly expensive "low-cost" systems will no doubt arise, but ASUS' president Jerry Shen is also believed to have confirmed the planned launch of a sub-$300 Eee PC at some stage next year.

ASUS, as you'd expect, has plenty more in store for the Eee PC brand - but is it targeting the right features? While a touchscreen and dual-core processor may provide their own merits, the all-important battery life and price-tag may be overlooked, we feel.

We can expect to see a slew of new netbook offerings from various manufacturers at CES in January 2009, but we'd love to hear what you'd want to see in a 2009 netbook. Share your thoughts in the HEXUS.community forums.



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It still begs the question… whats the point in all that processing power if you havent got a hard drive big enough to put programs on that will use it…

DC eee-pc seems redundant when theyre not used for much more than web browsing :/
touchscreen TAKTAK eeePC is inbound…

(when the overlay finally gets delivered :rolleyes:)
I was under the impression that Intel had said that the Atom duels were not to be used in netbooks only net-tops?

That lasted a long time then!
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I was under the impression that Intel had said that the Atom duels were not to be used in netbooks only net-tops?

That lasted a long time then!

As far as I know that restriction is precisely why we won't see them in netbooks until 2H 09.
People are plonking fairly high capacity drives into their EEEs - my 1000h has 80gb, I've got a 160 gb spare but CBA to fit it at the moment. Many are fitting 320gb & 500gb models on the EEE user forums…..