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According to recent reports, it’s not expected that neither Asus or Acer will launch any more netbooks during the second half of 2009, thanks to Intel’s push to launch their new Pine Trail-M platform.
Asus is still planning to go forward with their touchscreen Eee PC T91 and T101, as well as an Android-based netbook during the second half of this year. Acer, on the other hand, doesn’t look to be doing a whole lot until Intel makes their big release.
Pine Trail-M is slated for the first quarter of 2010, so the delay shouldn’t be too long.
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periodhyphenund...
July 29, 2009 at 6:00pm
it’s not expected that neither Asus or Acer will launch any more netbooks during the second half of 2009!
YAY , That means They Are expected to make Netbooks!
jrocknyc
July 29, 2009 at 4:09pm
"it’s not expected that neither Asus or Acer will" means "it IS expected that either Asus or Acer will..." :)
charliemikefoxtrot
July 29, 2009 at 3:24pm
I have been awaiting an Ion equiped netbook for almost a year, since the pre-release architecture notes started showing up. I know the manufacturers hate selling these things because of the profit margin but there is a very real market and we want them. Somebody is going to sell it eventually so get on board. I am in the military and frequently spend a lot of time away from conventional power sources and and thanks to where we are at the moment really hot dusty crap holes. A computer that fits in a cargo pocket, has no optical drive (they don't survive the dust for more than 15 days anyway) and runs better than 4 hours on a charge is ideal. I can already buy a new ITX mobo with an Ion on board why have they not updated the netbooks yet? BTW the PX almost never stocks these things and half the time the online retailers won't ship to our APO boxes, somebody is missing out on a customer base here.
-CMF
