Look Who’s Talking: ASUS, the Designer Brand
Brand vs. Quality. Which Would You Pay For? – I asked recently, making the case that “trusted old brands” like HP are producing inferior quality, while formerly “no-name cheapo” component maker ASUS is becoming a household name. They are basically doing what Honda, Toyota (and now the Koreans) did to the car business. Sure, ASUS [...]
Brand vs. Quality. Which Would You Pay For?
Time to re-evaluate just what we consider “good brands” vs. junk. I could not resist the summer back-to-school discounts and upgraded two laptops – one of them is already making funny noises. Tired already? It’s an HP. Perhaps just a co-incidence - but my desktop monster, just two years old has long been pretending it [...]
What the Next Generation Acer Aspire One Netbook Still Lacks
… is a screen appropriate for working on the Net (which is what Netbooks are supposedly for). Most websites today are designed at a resolution of 1024×768, and guess what: there’s not one single (good) Netbook on the market today that that can display that. All of the current crop, including the new 10.1” Acer [...]
What the New Day-long Use Asus Netbook Still Lacks
… is a screen appropriate for working on the Net (which is what Netbooks are supposedly for). Most websites today are designed at a resolution of 1024×768, and guess what: there’s not one single (good) netbook on the market today that that can display that. All of the current crop, including the deluxe Asus S101 [...]
Should You Redesign Your Website to 800×600 – Or Wait For Netbook Makers to Wake Up and Give Us Decent Screens?
Oh, size issues again… Size Matters – said yours truly back in April, before returning the very first eee PC after only a day: I could get used to the screen size, my fingers would learn to deal with the keyboard, but it’s impossible to browse the Net with this thing. The problem is that [...]
Netbook or Notebook? It’s Not Only About Size.
Hardly a day goes by without another new Netbook announcement, at lower and lower prices. The first baby eee PC by ASUS was toy-like ( I returned it after a day), but the current crop are quite usable mobile computing devices. These new Netbooks are flying off the shelf, so much so that sometimes you [...]
The One Thing the ASUS CEO did Not Get Right | $279 Acer Aspire One?
Image by geognerd via Flickr Asus created the Netbook craze with the first eee Pc (the one I owned for a day) released last year, and it has become a huge market – in fact the most dynamic segment in PC sales. Laptop Magazine published an interview with ASUS CEO Jerry Shen. Key factoids: Four [...]
