Comments on: The EeePC900 Unboxing Gallery http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/ The Blog of a Complete Linux Newbie Trying to Use An Asus EeePC Even if He Has Big Hands Sat, 17 May 2008 04:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dicky http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-244 dicky Fri, 09 May 2008 18:29:30 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-244 Just citing from our experience with ASUS Philippines and the EEEPC 701. This was priced abroad at around US$400 but they sold it here at around P19,800. Fact is, you could get it locally at P16,000 or a little less than US$400 if you looked hard enough (I did). Which means that they could price it at the same price that they sold it for abroad. So, why is ASUS Philippines picking on the Filipinos (just based on the 701)? Just citing from our experience with ASUS Philippines and the EEEPC 701. This was priced abroad at around US$400 but they sold it here at around P19,800. Fact is, you could get it locally at P16,000 or a little less than US$400 if you looked hard enough (I did). Which means that they could price it at the same price that they sold it for abroad. So, why is ASUS Philippines picking on the Filipinos (just based on the 701)?

]]> By: Mac-A-Doodle » Will the new EeePC slow down sales of the Macbook Air? http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-234 Mac-A-Doodle » Will the new EeePC slow down sales of the Macbook Air? Wed, 07 May 2008 04:57:44 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-234 [...] you’re at all curious, I have an unboxing gallery and a quick-and-dirty-review over at my EeePC blog. (Yes, I have a life outside of Macs.) [...] [...] you’re at all curious, I have an unboxing gallery and a quick-and-dirty-review over at my EeePC blog. (Yes, I have a life outside of Macs.) [...]

]]> By: reverseengineer http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-229 reverseengineer Tue, 06 May 2008 12:56:04 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-229 @dicky: Let's not jump to conclusions too quickly, Dicky. There are lots of considerations for local pricing, like tariffs, sales taxes, import duties and things like that. Hardly anywhere can you find pricing that is precisely the same in every country. Price gouging? Hardly. Besides, these things are made there, or near there. Of course they'd be cheaper. And I haven't been ripped off - what I have is a review unit, not a retail one. And I haven't paid for it. We don't really know what kind of battery will be included in the local release yet. Even the final SRP is yet to be determined, so let's hold judgment first. @dicky: Let’s not jump to conclusions too quickly, Dicky. There are lots of considerations for local pricing, like tariffs, sales taxes, import duties and things like that. Hardly anywhere can you find pricing that is precisely the same in every country. Price gouging? Hardly. Besides, these things are made there, or near there. Of course they’d be cheaper.

And I haven’t been ripped off – what I have is a review unit, not a retail one. And I haven’t paid for it. We don’t really know what kind of battery will be included in the local release yet. Even the final SRP is yet to be determined, so let’s hold judgment first.

]]> By: dicky http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-228 dicky Tue, 06 May 2008 10:41:07 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-228 you got ripped... they sold the eeepc in hk with the 4400 mAh battery, then came out with an announcement that they would be providing the 5800 mAh battery to the buyers who got the 4400 mAh battery for FREE.. Expected SRP for the eeePC 900 is around P25,000, which might be announced at the official RP launch on May 12. Again, this is a rip off, since they sell the unit in Hong Kong for HK$ 3998 or less than P22,000. Goes for about the same equivalent price in Taiwan. Aren't those Chinese people richer than us in the Philiippines? So why the PRICE GOUGING? you got ripped… they sold the eeepc in hk with the 4400 mAh battery, then came out with an announcement that they would be providing the 5800 mAh battery to the buyers who got the 4400 mAh battery for FREE..
Expected SRP for the eeePC 900 is around P25,000, which might be announced at the official RP launch on May 12.
Again, this is a rip off, since they sell the unit in Hong Kong for HK$ 3998 or less than P22,000. Goes for about the same equivalent price in Taiwan. Aren’t those Chinese people richer than us in the Philiippines? So why the PRICE GOUGING?

]]> By: Ade http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-227 Ade Tue, 06 May 2008 10:23:51 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-227 Wowowowowow. Wowowowowow.

]]> By: Aiza http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-226 Aiza Tue, 06 May 2008 07:54:16 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-226 Can't wait to see what the price tag's going to be. Ahaha I rhyme. Can’t wait to see
what the price tag’s going to be.

Ahaha I rhyme.

]]> By: Carlo http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-225 Carlo Tue, 06 May 2008 02:43:33 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-225 Power brick? Boo! Power brick? Boo!

]]> By: Bernie http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-224 Bernie Tue, 06 May 2008 02:12:26 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-224 One of the things I really like with the Eee PC's Xandrox Linux implementation is its ease of recovery in case the system gets borked. I wonder how "easy" it is to recover a corrupt XP installation on the 900? One of the things I really like with the Eee PC’s Xandrox Linux implementation is its ease of recovery in case the system gets borked. I wonder how “easy” it is to recover a corrupt XP installation on the 900?

]]> By: grashabelle http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-223 grashabelle Mon, 05 May 2008 15:48:24 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-223 i guess they also had to match the color of the sleeve with the EEE. wait till they release the pink and green EEE 900 :) i guess they also had to match the color of the sleeve with the EEE. wait till they release the pink and green EEE 900 :)

]]> By: reverseengineer http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/the-eeepc900-unboxing-gallery/#comment-222 reverseengineer Mon, 05 May 2008 14:08:41 +0000 http://peeepceee.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-222 I wish it was 5200 mAh at least. I read the early units, particularly the ones lent to the media (at least in HK), were 4400s, but will be replaced with better batts presently. I wish it was 5200 mAh at least. I read the early units, particularly the ones lent to the media (at least in HK), were 4400s, but will be replaced with better batts presently.

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