Comments on: IDC calls the Asus Eee PC and other Ultraportables as – Disposable Notebooks http://eeepc.net/idc-calls-the-asus-eee-pc-and-other-ultraportables-as-disposable-notebooks/ Blog about Asus Eee PC & other netbooks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:21:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Cheap Mobile Calls http://eeepc.net/idc-calls-the-asus-eee-pc-and-other-ultraportables-as-disposable-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-18578 Cheap Mobile Calls Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:36:39 +0000 http://eeepc.net/?p=293#comment-18578 These ultra portables are definitely not disposable and are great little tools. They definitely fill that gap in the market, and with such a low cost; but no means are they disposable. These ultra portables are definitely not disposable and are great little tools. They definitely fill that gap in the market, and with such a low cost; but no means are they disposable.

]]> By: SFV http://eeepc.net/idc-calls-the-asus-eee-pc-and-other-ultraportables-as-disposable-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-474 SFV Thu, 08 May 2008 19:41:36 +0000 http://eeepc.net/?p=293#comment-474 If anyone at Asus reads this, that's a GOOD thing. Saturate the market with the cheapest versions, and keep making it available at gradually lowered prices. Palm could have saturated the market and kept ownership as people entered and then upgraded, but they chased a PRICE POINT and it hurt them. There should be Palm PDAs in every Wal-Mart and they should be as cheap as a good calculator. Asus have a chance to avoid all the mistakes and create a lasting market. My bet is they will keep getting more expensive and eventually get killed by more featureful machines that cost less. but nice work so far. If anyone at Asus reads this, that’s a GOOD thing.

Saturate the market with the cheapest versions, and keep making it available at gradually lowered prices. Palm could have saturated the market and kept ownership as people entered and then upgraded, but they chased a PRICE POINT and it hurt them. There should be Palm PDAs in every Wal-Mart and they should be as cheap as a good calculator.

Asus have a chance to avoid all the mistakes and create a lasting market.
My bet is they will keep getting more expensive and eventually get killed by
more featureful machines that cost less. but nice work so far.

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