Comments on: Next gen Eee PC with XP cheaper than with Linux!

By: Testking

Testking — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:12:01 +0000

This feature of security may please the incumbent Sol Trujillo, but what about the rest of us?If someone gets his/her mobile phone stolen or lost, will this feature be added optionally and that’s mean shelling out top dollars for such necessity.Only the few fortunate have the comfort of added extra security for nix knack.

By: hargao

hargao — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:28:05 +0000

You’ll find alot of stores especially that computer super store mall type thing at capitol square in Sydney are now running out the 1st gen EEEPC’s at around $350-$390 various models etc

By: sparcs

sparcs — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:58:04 +0000

what about buying the XP version and not agreeing to the EUA??? then get you money back for not installing XP?

By: Sarah Stokely

Sarah Stokely — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:30:25 +0000

I got a press release from ASUS overnight which confirmed the pricing we ran in the story:
$AU599 for the 12GB XP version and $AU649 for the 20GB Linux version.

By: John C

John C — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:31:39 +0000

I take it back. I’ve checked out the Australian Asus site (http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/) and it is XP that is $799 whilst Linux versions are $649. APC got it wrong! XP is $150 more expensive than Linux. Ha!

By: John C

John C — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:05:36 +0000

This really sux! Originally it was reported that they would cost the same with the Linux version having 20GB storage (vs 12 GB for XP) to compensate for the Microsoft license. Now we find that the Linux version will be $50 more. Did MS force Asus to make the Linux version more expensive? They have to make Linux more expensive than Windows – that has been the MS mantra this past year. Maybe Lifehacker can ask Asus Australia why they have done this.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:01:36 +0000

time for some tin foil hat talk … i wonder if microsoft have actually made a deal and subsidised this. given that EeePCs where often given to basic users and having linux on there would dramatically increase the acceptance, i know if i worked for microsoft i would have tried for a deal like this i mean XP is a product they will leave dead shortly and long would have paid for its R&D anyway so giving away licenses will cost them next to nothing.

By: Bob Scanlon

Bob Scanlon — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:54:25 +0000

In the US, the XP version and the Linux version of the Eee901 are priced the same. I suspect very strongly that a dirty marketing deal has been done between Microsoft Australia and Asus to shoulder the Linux version out of the Australian market, especially the schools market. But Asus don’t have a monopoly on Ultra-Mobile Sub-Notebooks (UMPCs). If they artificially distort their pricing like this, other manufacturers will fill the gap. As for me, I thought the Eee 901 would meet my needs. Now, I feel it doesn’t. Sorry, Asus! I’m looking elsewhere!

By: Daj

Daj — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:40:04 +0000

The Asus site (http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/) has the Linux version listed at $649 and the XP version at $799.

By: Sarah Stokely

Sarah Stokely — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:16:17 +0000

Yep, I worded it badly! The new Linux Eee costs $150 more than the original. But there's only a $50 price difference between the new Linux and XP version.
Thanks for pointing that out. :)