Asus Phasing Out 7-inch, Not 8.9-inch Eee PC

[Marcus Yam]

With the netbook selection heading in both directions of getting more affordable and sleeker, Asus is dropping its most modest offering from its Eee PC lineup.


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[Tekkamanraiden]

Well that makes a little more sense.

 

[Guest]

They also should change from cheap and affordable, to over expensive and ridiculously overpriced!!!

So,the Eee wasn't removing their 900 line just like mentioned a week ago?
Makes sense!

Finally they do make some sense. Now just bring back that 'affordable but not cheap' concept back, and they will sell numbers again!

 

[mdillenbeck]

While I love my Eee PC 4G, I do have to admit most web sites don't display the best on such a small screen. I pretty much use it as a backup laptop (if my main one runs out of charge) and for watching Youtube or Hulu videos.

Also, I am relieved that the T91 won't be aborted - then again, I really doubted they would have done that.

 

[hellwig]

I find that except for flash, Opera's zoom-in capabilities, and fit-to-width (Ctrl+F11) really help web-browsing on my 7-inch cloudbook.

However, is there that much difference between an 8.9" and 10" (1.1" doesn't sound like a lot). The difference between the 7" and 8.9" was nearly twice as much. In the end, Asus will stop selling the 8.9", it just makes sense. I have to think in the near future people will see their large 10" netbooks, and once again pine for a smaller computer.