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Asustek plans Eee PC price drop for 2009

Erica Ogg CNET News

Published: 03 Nov 2008 11:04 GMT

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During its quarterly earnings call with investors, Asustek said it plans to drop the price of its already inexpensive line of Eee PCs even further next year.

Asustek president Jerry Shen said that by 2009 his company will offer an entry-level Eee PC beginning at $200 (£120).

The motherboard and notebook manufacturer also gave an account of how the Eee PC is doing.

The company shipped 1.7 million Eee PCs during the quarter, and expects to ship 1.8 million during the next quarter, which includes the Christmas shopping season. In its first quarter on the market a year ago, 350,000 Eee PCs were shipped.

Shen also let on that the price drop won't include the smaller seven-inch and 8.9-inch Eee PCs, as they will eventually be phased out in favour of 10-inch netbooks.

Asustek also noted that while it ships both netbooks with hard drives and solid-state drives, those with hard disks represent 70 percent of the total shipments. Seventy percent of its Eee PCs are also shipped with Windows XP, and 30 percent with Linux.

Credit: Asustek: $200 Eee PC coming in 2009 from CNET News

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