Posted 07/11/08 at 02:30:45 PM by Pulkit Chandna
The nascent ultra-portable market has been bristling with brimful of good news and has been extremely sprightly. But finally there is some bad news from the world of netbooks. Asustek has announced that it could only manage to ship 1.7 million of its Eee PC netbooks in the first half of 2008 and failed its own expectations by 300,000 units.
However, unperturbed and undeterred, Asustek is sticking to its target of 5 million Eee PC shipments in 2008. A shortage of Intel’s Atom processors is being held responsible for Asustek’s failure to meet its Eee PC shipping forecast. If the shortage persists than Asus might find it difficult to meet its shipping forecast for 2008. Moreover, it has got worthy competition in form of the MSI Wind which is a lot more enticing with its relatively cheaper, more value-for-money price tag.
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Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/opulent_rigs_0
[2] http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080709PD220.html
[3] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asus_eee_mania_continues
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asus_eee_pc_goes_b_box
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/asus_reveals_eee_pc_904_pricing_and_specs_no_atom_processor_or_ssd
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