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JustJosh I still don't see why all the hype on these small PC's. I couldn't do without an optical drive. I'll stick to my slightly heavier midrange laptop.
Touchscreen Eee PC Due Early 2009, Will Run Windows 7 Later Says Asus CEO [Eee PC]
Gizmodo —
... , official word is out that there'll be a touchscreen Eee PC next year. And that's from none other than the CEO, Jerry Shen, himself. The guys over at Laptopmag got the low-down from Shen, who confirmed the machine will exist by "early 2009," and will actually be running Windows 7 by mid 2009. That's pretty interesting stuff, and though he wouldn't specify a form factor for the touchy Eee, Shen also spilled the beans on a few other aspects of the Eee success story. ...
ASUS CEO: Touchscreen Eee PCs and Windows 7 in mid-2009, $250 model on the way
Engadget —
Filed under: LaptopsWe heard the rumor now ASUS' CEO, Jerry Shen, confirms in an interview with Laptop that ASUS will slap a touchscreen and Windows 7 into a new Eee PC sometime in the second half of 2009. A statement likely to make a few project managers at Microsoft uncomfortable as that cuts into the official early 2010 padding built into their Win7 Gantt charts. The touch-enabled Eee PC model(s) could come in the form of a convertible tablet although Shen wouldn't specify -- he only promised more details in Q1, presumably at ...
Asus plans Windows 7-based Eee PCs for 2009
The Tech Report: News —
... to 2009 as Windows 7's release year. Now, Asus CEO Jerry Shen has mentioned a similar release time frame in an interview with Laptop Magazine. During a brief discussion about operating systems, Shen plainly told the site, "We don't plan on putting Vista on any of the Eee PCs. I think in the future in the second half of next year we will put Windows 7 on Eee PCs. For now it will be Linux and XP and then Windows 7 and not do Vista." In other words, Windows 7 systems should be out in consumers' hands some time next year a little sooner than the 2010 general availability time ...
Asustek Computer's Chief Exec Promises Windows 7 on Eee PC by Mid-2009
X-bit labs —
... s Eee PCs in mid-2009. Apparently, the company has no plans to utilize Windows Vista for its popular line of netbooks. But there is a question whether Windows 7 will be available in mid-2009 and whether Eee PC will be capable of running it. We don t plan on putting Vista on any of the Eee PCs. I think in the future, in the second half of next year, we will put Windows 7 on Eee PCs. For now it will be Linux and XP and then Windows 7 and not Vista, Mr. Shen said in an interview with Laptomag web-site. Microsoft Windows Vista operating system (OS) demands powerful hardware to ...
Asus: Four Million Eee PCs Sold
Tech-Ex —
... Laptop Magazine interviewed Asus CEO Jerry Shen recently, and asked him about challengers such as MSI, Samsung, Lenovo, and Dell, among other things. Highlights of their interview were: ...
Asus CEO talks Eee
Fudzilla —
... in mid-2009. Dual-core Atoms will first appear in the stylish S101, but later they should be available in other models. Asus will not offer netbooks with screen sizes in excess of 10 inches. "In my viewpoint, if we go to an 11-inch or 12-inch it will become a notebook." says Shen. The company plans to offer several new products in 2009, and we'll see the first ones in Q1. Future Eee pricing should remain in the $250 to $700 range. You can find the full interview on laptopmag.com, here .
ASUS Eee PC sales top 4 million, Touch Eee PC coming in Q1 2009
DV Hardware —
... LaptopMag had an interview with ASUS CEO Jerry Shen about netbooks. Shen unveils ASUS has sold four million Eee PCs to date, and he hopes to top 5 million by the end of the year. He also confirmed touch-enabled Eee PCs are on the way, these models are expected by early 2009. ...
More reasons Windows 7 will kill Linux
Computerworld Blogs - Hardware —
... , Windows 7 will run well on lightweight netbooks with limited RAM and processing power. It will run so well, in fact, that ASUS CEO Jerry Shen told Laptop magazine that he plans to release Windows 7-powered versions of the Eee in the middle of 2009, including touchscreen models. Currently Eee PCs are sold with either Windows XP or Linux, not Vista, because Vista is too heavy an operating system. Microsoft has clearly seen the light here: Windows 7 has been designed to be lightweight so that it can run well on netbooks. That spells trouble for Linux. There's a general ...
