It's official: Sony fears the Asus Eee PC. It worries the elfin notebook's low price, low spec approach could cut the bottom out of the laptop business. "If [Asus' Eee PC] starts to do well, we are all in trouble," Mike Abary, a senior VP with Sony US' IT products operation, told Cnet.
"That's just a race to the bottom... if mainstream buyers buy it then whoa..."
Abary's fear is clear: let punters know they can do what that want to do computationally on a small, very cheap machine, they won't want to pay out for expensive upgrades sporting the latest processor, graphics and screen technology.
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"That's just a race to the bottom... if mainstream buyers buy it then whoa..."
Abary's fear is clear: let punters know they can do what that want to do computationally on a small, very cheap machine, they won't want to pay out for expensive upgrades sporting the latest processor, graphics and screen technology.
















Sony should focus or try to give more options to consumers in general, the series SZ and TX are very good but so its expensive they try to be apple and overprice their hardware
OEM OS for $200?
Proof or GTFO!
You both have a point though.. not particularly taking sides
Nah, to many brain dead "keep up with the Jones" wanna be techno geeks around for that!!
This may be my chance for a new notebook, as I'm NOT one of those keep up with the Jones' just because I can, type guys!
May have to look into this.
A load of people are trying to get hold of them. I myself would love one as a cheap alternative to a full blown lappy.
http://www.elonexone.co.uk/
The largest potential userbase is not those who spend tons of cash on bleeding edge tech.
When I want a laptop, I look to Taiwanese manufacturers: Clevo, Asus, etc.
With the EEE pc, most 4G verisons you can replace the ram upto 2gb.
The 2g versions they are all hard wired in. Both have an SD slot which you can boot from.
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