Asus to launch three new Eee PC's!

[Fireblade]

Asus has revealed plans to launch a family of products under its popular Eee PC brand.



The company will release a desktop PC - dubbed the E-DT, which will initially run on Intel's Celeron processors when it's launched later this Spring...
but will move to Intel's new Shelton platform towards the end of this year.
The E-DT will ship without a monitor, with the company aiming for a launch price of $199.

Asus will also launch an all-in-one PC/screen called the E-Monitor.
The 19-21" device will again run on the Shelton platform, and will include a TV tuner.
As ever with the Eee brand, the key factor is the price, with Asus aiming for $499 - which will place it well below rivals such as Apple's iMac and Dell's XPS One,
which both cost in excess of $1,000. The E-Monitor should launch in September.

The third, and most amibitious, product in the range is a 42" LCD TV which again includes a built-in Linux PC.
Details are thin on the ground, but Asus claims the E-TV will cost around $200 more than conventional LCD screens of that size.Source: PC Pro (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/160830/asus-to-launch-three-new-eee-pcs.html).


A LCD TV running Linux sounds... different :D

[Tom]

The more Linux the merrier :D

Though to be fair, I'm sure a lot of people would be surprised how many things run cut-down Linux kernels already! ;)

[nicky munchkin]

Apparently some guy installed Linux on his watch.

I wish I were making this up...

[Tweaker002]

Can it play crysis?

[nicky munchkin]

A LCD TV running Linux sounds... different :D
Actually its been done about a billion times before, if your Tosh has freeview in then the freeview software it runs will most likely be Linux. Same for most freeview boxes etc.

Although hopefully this will be more like an entertainment centre, with a hard drive and a web browser etc.

[LSG501]

Actually its been done about a billion times before, if your Tosh has freeview in then the freeview software it runs will most likely be Linux. Same for most freeview boxes etc.

Although hopefully this will be more like an entertainment centre, with a hard drive and a web browser etc.

I'm assuming the TV will be more like a large size (lower power) imac principle or HP Media Extender TV. The Whole PC in a TV thing isn't new, its more to do with the overall cost as the current ones are based on fairly high end hardware.

[PJ Matthews]

Oh look someones trying to re-invent the AMIGA/Atari....

[LSG501]

Oh look someones trying to re-invent the AMIGA/Atari....

nothing wrong with that though

fond memories of atari 2600 and st (e I think)

[Tom]

Oh look someones trying to re-invent the AMIGA/Atari....
If that was the case, it'd come bundled with Amiga OS on a bunch of FDDs. :p

Although you'd be branded a hero [by all of three people] if you managed to install Amiga OS on it! ;)

[eXistenZ]

Though to be fair, I'm sure a lot of people would be surprised how many things run cut-down Linux kernels already! ;)

What surprised me more was seeing a crashed ATM the other day - they run Windows 2000!

[PJ Matthews]

I'm just saying its a nice idea but I dunno if it will actually work, and yes I still all my AMIGAs including a never opened AMIGA 1200 :).

[LSG501]

If that was the case, it'd come bundled with Amiga OS on a bunch of FDDs. :p

Although you'd be branded a hero [by all of three people] if you managed to install Amiga OS on it! ;)

linky (http://eeepc.net/amiga-os-ported-to-eee-pcs/) - its already been achieved :rolleyes:

[Tom]

linky (http://eeepc.net/amiga-os-ported-to-eee-pcs/) - its already been achieved :rolleyes:
Hahah! I really should have known better. :)

I'm just saying its a nice idea but I dunno if it will actually work, and yes I still all my AMIGAs including a never opened AMIGA 1200 :).
Un-opened? Wow. Now maybe you could extend the collection with a shiny new AmigaOS laptop? :D

[seanyc5]

What surprised me more was seeing a crashed ATM the other day - they run Windows 2000!

lol yea ive seen this a few times aswell.