Low-cost ‘Eee PC’ mini Laptop introduced by ASUS and Intel; could be the new ‘OLPC’
Intel has joined hands with ASUSTek to introduce an array of low-cost portable, which includes a laptop that would be priced at $200, especially for use in developing countries.
The announcement of this revolutionary notebook dubbed ‘Eee PC’ was made at Computex 2007. This tiny full featured low-end laptop could well become part of the ‘OLPC’ Project.
To showcase the Eee PC, Jonney Shih, chairman and chief executive, ASUS, was invited to announce the low-cost laptop, which has been designed to help spread computing to poorer regions of the world.
In case you are wondering, the three Es in the Eee PC stand for Easy to Learn, work, play; Excellent Internet experience and Excellent mobile computing experience.
The new Eee PC laptop, which costs just $200 aims to provide access to knowledge and modern forms of education to people in developing countries. Thus, Intel has named it as a “World Ahead” initiative.
According to Sean Maloney, executive vice president at Intel and chief marketing and sales officer, “It will give people the chance to access the Internet and share in the 21st century opportunity.”
The Eee PC Laptop will be available sometime later this year and the cost is expected to range from $199 to $299 depending on the feature set. Intel said it hoped to ship about 200,000 of the notebooks this year after production begins later this summer.
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June 23rd, 2007 at 5:51 am
Can i get ur $200 laptop & other laptops in India. What would be the extra money i have to pay for geting door shipment in INDIA along with warranty certificate. plz reply as soon as possible
July 5th, 2007 at 4:05 am
when this product will be available in Indonesia..? Please reply to my email.
Regards
Coral
August 9th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
there is abailable in Paraguay ?
August 14th, 2007 at 2:24 am
Is it possible if we can order for our college in Pakistan?
Is it possible to run the Visual Studio 2005+ on this machine? What about vista? What if we need to update it to 2 GB of RAM and minimum 40 GB Storage Space?
Please let me know if this device is available and can be expanadable.
October 12th, 2007 at 8:38 am
When will this PC be available in Scotland
October 17th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
When will this product be available in Ireland? Or where can i purchase it online?
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:35 am
how about playing games and grafix support in the laptop??Will it be able to work on projectors aquilib@gmail.com
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Sir,
I m physically handicapped. It is difficult for me to transfer 14″ laptop because of my handicapped nature.
If I can get 7″ to 10″ laptop its better for me.
I want to use its for share bazzar online trading
with lower cost
Pls send me when its available
with best regards
P.P. Jani
October 24th, 2007 at 10:02 am
when this product will be available in Indonesia..? Please reply to my email.
Regards
shyam
January 19th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
ive bought this one just awhile ago. here in manila. it is avail in the philippines guys since last year. it cots me 9000php-that is 225usd. it’s good ‘coz i have wi-fi connection at home! really portable! that is what you call HANDY!
January 19th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
o sorry. it was for 18000 pesos rather. it was through my credit card.i paid half and the other half maybe in the coming months. haha. whew.so it costs higher in here. i cant find online store for this and so i was forced to buy here twice the original price in america. roughly 450 dollars