Asustek Netbook Competitors Follows in Eee PC’s Price Reduction
Posted in: 10-inch, 9inch, MSI Wind, asus, competitor, tags: benq, joybookFor us consumers, the more netbooks that enters the market, especially the good ones who are out to rival the company which is dominating, the better for us. Why? It’s plain and simple fair competition/trade. The more netbook choices that are made available, the lesser the price of netbooks become.
Such is the case of Asustek which has recently reduced the price of the Eee PC 1000 series to around $30-60. This has caused its rival companies to reduced the prices of their netbooks too.
According to a Digitimes report, MSI has reduced the price of its 10-inch Wind netbook to around $436 and BenQ which reduced the price of its Joybook Lite U101 to around $480. Both price reductions were made in the Taiwan market.
Relatedly, Asustek has also been reducing the prices of its 8.9-inch netbooks every week, as a way to clear its inventory to give way for future netbook models.
Will other netbook manufacturers follow suit? We are pretty sure they will, soon.
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It’s natural for the company to reduce price considering the competition and for inventory clearance. This is a good news to us buyers. However, the cheaper the netbook goes, the more it is susceptible to low quality materials being used in manufacturing.
By principle, they make netbook out of cheap materials. Jock the price up by 30% to 40% for the introduction of that new model. Then after a while they lower the price back to its original cost when competition is at hand or a newer model is on its way.
My advice is to wait for the price to settle down (don’t rush to get the latest model) then choose the best model that suits your everyday needs.
To keep it simple, “why pay for an overpriced gadget?”