By George FlecknellPosted Friday 9th May 2008 14:03 GMT
A SUB notebook for a notebook price. What on earth is the idea here. Why can we not buy a celeron laptop for 150 quid. Ah! I know. It's because the marketing/price model has been manipulated by adding a range of super pricey laptop alternatives.
By John VaudinPosted Monday 12th May 2008 09:39 GMT
The main thing about the original Eee was that, at £179, it was so cheap you could justify buying one just to read email and browse on the move. Even ASUS seem to have slightly lost the plot as they push the spec and the price up towards regular laptop levels. This MSI thing is just a not especially cheap, really low-spec laptop - what is the point?
Mind you Expansys aren't exactly the cheapest place around, so maybe we'll see some more sensible pricing elsewhere.
As other have said, the point of these is to make them small and cheap. At over £230ish you may as well get a better spec'd 15.4in notebook. Talk about missing the point.
By Anonymous HeroPosted Monday 12th May 2008 17:39 GMT
...I agree with posters above, I thought the idea of these things was to be cheap and cheerful. I could swallow 199 quid for one but 320 for something just to check my email, do a bit of surfing and read doco's in bed is just a bit wrong. The manufacturers of these things have completely lost the spirit and their way.
Paris, because she'd prefer it to be 10"s rather than 8.9.
Basically your cheap "entry level" laptop is now going to be an eee pc clone..or as they are starting to be called "craptops"...watch and see.
The Eee pc was a loss leader designed to see whether the western market would actually buy a computer that was, more or less, similar to one designed to give to african kids so they could trade it for a cow.
Once you bit in large numbers - due mainly to hype, the days of manufs chucking out cheap real laptops were numbered - at least in their eyes.
It was better for them to make the screen slighty bigger, add windows and charge £350 again...at least that's what they are hoping, but I think the spell has broken.
When the folk making laughably daft comments like "£179...it was so cheap to read email" aren't going to pony for one of these you know the manufs have raised the price too quickly....3 or 4 more loss leader models and they'd probably have done it.
If all else fails MSI could always say to the African kids "ok, you've had the cow for a few weeks, but it's not producing milk and you've no horseradish so you can't eat it. Why not try the craptop again? Ours is white look..."
Comments on: MSI's 10in Eee PC rival priced up in UK
A wind up surely #
By George Flecknell Posted Friday 9th May 2008 14:03 GMT
Confusion over 8.9in Version #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 9th May 2008 14:21 GMT
They don't get it #
By John Vaudin Posted Monday 12th May 2008 09:39 GMT
£329?! The're nuts! #
By Elsie Posted Monday 12th May 2008 11:46 GMT
I really really want one but... #
By Anonymous Hero Posted Monday 12th May 2008 17:39 GMT
@George Flecknell #
By Michael Posted Friday 16th May 2008 08:36 GMT
Price #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 10:07 GMT