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Asustek to replace Atom with Celeron in Eee Box to boost sales
Monica Chen, Taipei; Yvonne Yu, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 2 December 2008] While its nettop products have not sold as well as expected since debuting four months ago, Asustek is introducing a Celeron version of the Eee Box priced at NT$7,988 (US$240) in order to increase shipments for this ...
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  • JustJosh JustJosh
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    I'm not sure if that is the greatest idea, the Atom processor is a lot better than the Celeron.
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Asustek to replace Atom with Celeron in Eee Box to boost sales
TG Daily - Hardware News — While its nettop products have not sold as well as expected since debuting four months ago, Asustek is introducing a Celeron version of the Eee Box priced at $240 in order to increase shipments for this year, according to market sources. The company is replacing the Atom processor with a Celeron 220 processor and upgrading its hard drive from 80GB to 120GB, while cutting the overall price, the sources explained. More here at Digitimes . ...

ASUS to Replace Atom with Celeron in Eee Box to Boost Sales
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Asus to choose Intel's Celeron for new Eee Box
The Tech Report: News — ... — 11:27 AM on December 2, 2008 Intel's Atom processor isn't quite a panacea for Asus. According to DigiTimes, the Taiwanese company will swap out the new CPU for an older Celeron chip in its next Eee Box nettop. The incoming low-cost desktop will feature a 1.2GHz Celeron 220 and a 120GB hard drive, and it will retail for $7,988 TWD—that's just under 240 bucks. For reference, ...

ASUS Eee Box gets Celeron and cheaper price tag
DV Hardware — While netbooks are very popular, sales of the ASUS Eee Box nettop aren't as good as expected. DigiTimes reports ASUS decided to introduce a new model with a Celeron processor and 120GB HDD in an attempt to boost sales: While its nettop products have not sold as well as expected since debuting four months ...

Asus Rolls Out Celeron-Based Asus Eee Box Nettop
Tech-Ex — ... While the pricing infomation hasn't been revealed, the Celeron is cheaper than the Atom, so hopefully they'll be a slight price reduction involved. DigiTimes, in fact, said the price would drop from $320 to $240 when revealing the information about the new Box in early December. ...

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