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Asus Sells out of Eee Box in Taiwan Debut

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 30 July 2008 - 13:22 · 6 comments & 3920 views

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Typhoon Fung Wong failed to spoil Asustek Computer's (Asus) plan to launch the mini-desktop version of its Eee PC in Taiwan on Wednesday. The company sold out of the Eee Box due in part to a surprisingly low price. One thousand Eee Boxes were offered to Taiwanese consumers for NT$7,988 (US$262) through several retailers, including an e-store run by PChome Online. The e-tailer also offered the Eee Box with a 22-inch LCD monitor for NT$15,988.

"It's an amazing price, a very economical price," said Davis Tsai, general manager of Microsoft Taiwan, during the launch ceremony. Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek, said his company expects to ship 100,000 to 200,000 Eee Boxes this year.

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(5 replies) #1 Majesticmerc on 30 Jul 2008 - 13:46
"Shops were puzzled when they found people walking out of the store with boxes of Eees, yet finding the PCs themselves discarded."
#1.1 vetmarkjensen on 30 Jul 2008 - 14:26

Oh! I get it! Somebody made a "funny"!
#1.2 Esvandiary on 30 Jul 2008 - 16:02
(Majesticmerc said @ #1)
"Shops were puzzled when they found people walking out of the store with boxes of Eees, yet finding the PCs themselves discarded."

I... see what you did there. Just.
#1.3 Shadow Dragon on 30 Jul 2008 - 17:46
I'm not sure if I get it, no matter how I read it, it's not funny. Anyone care to explain the joke?
#1.4 vetmarkjensen on 30 Jul 2008 - 18:23
(Shadow Dragon said @ #1.3)
I'm not sure if I get it, no matter how I read it, it's not funny. Anyone care to explain the joke?
It is either saying that the price is so low, it is worth buying only for the box... Or that the PC is an absolute piece of junk, and will just be thrown away.

Either way, in re-reading my post, I must have just been in a foul mood this morning. While the joke wasn't funny, I was a little harsh on the guy. My apologies to Majesticmerc.
#1.5 Shadow Dragon on 30 Jul 2008 - 22:01
(markjensen said @ #1.4)
(Shadow Dragon said @ #1.3)
I'm not sure if I get it, no matter how I read it, it's not funny. Anyone care to explain the joke?
It is either saying that the price is so low, it is worth buying only for the box... Or that the PC is an absolute piece of junk, and will just be thrown away.

Either way, in re-reading my post, I must have just been in a foul mood this morning. While the joke wasn't funny, I was a little harsh on the guy. My apologies to Majesticmerc.
Actually, I think what he really meant to joke about was the topic title, as it states that the "eee box" sold out, the joke then being that people took the boxes and left the devices. In that sense, it's not too bad (when comparing it to other jokes you might find around )

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