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Asus announces Eee price hike
Fudzilla —
Image Pricey netbooks just got pricier Although it's loosing netbook market share to Acer, Asus doesn't seem to be too concerned, and it's planning to increase Eee PC prices by as much as 20 percent in March 2009. The outfit claims it's being forced to jack up the prices due to increasing costs of components, manufacturing operations and a lousy financial climate. At the moment we're not sure if the price hike will affect all Eee PC models, or just recent models. Acer, on the other hand, has dropped prices of its 8.9-inch netbooks by 30, following the launch of its 10-inch Aspire One D150. More here ...
Asus's Eee lineup to receive price increase?
TechSpot —
Asus isn't happy with the cut they take on each Eee unit sold. The cost of manufacturing the units has gone up, for both the raw hardware and the manufacturing process itself, and this has hurt Asus bottom line. These factors and others may have contributed to a recent decision by the company to increase prices across the board on their Eee products, as well as their notebooks. It seems that much of their hardware will see a price hike as high as 20%, starting on March 1st. Not all products will see the same increase, but specifics were not mentioned. Asus may be one of the ...
