Asus Eee PC 9 inches for less than P34,000

It’s supposed to be a cheap laptop/ultra mobile PC right?

Over at PC Corner, the 9 inch UMPC Eee PC is being sold for P33,800.00 (8GB).

Ok, so the 7 inch - 4 GB unit is less than P19,000.00. Now that it added 2 inches + 4 GB more, it went around P14,000 higher? Isn’t that’s too much?

Anyway, here are the specs:

Galaxy Black: [FREE 4.0Gb Flash Drive]
(8.0Gb SSD)
2.0Gb DDR2 ——–> PhP 33,800
–> only 1.0Gb DDR2 will appear in Linux XANDROS
–> full 2.0Gb DDR2 will appear in MS Windows Mode

Galaxy Black: [FREE 8.0Gb Flash Drive]
(12.0Gb SSD)
2.0Gb DDR2 ——–> PhP 37,800
–> only 1.0Gb DDR2 will appear in Linux XANDROS
–> full 2.0Gb DDR2 will appear in MS Windows

I’ve googled around and found some good laptops which are sold for less than P27,000. Dual Core, complete with a cd drive and all that’s not in the eee pc… i think its wiser and practical to buy those than this 9 inch eee pc.

What do you think?

March 25, 2008 - Posted by migs | Computers, laptop | 9 inch eee pc, asus, asus eee pc, asus eee pc 900, eee pc | 10 Comments

10 Comments »

Php33K for an Asus Eee PC 9 inch laptop?! No way! It’s not practical and besides, you will be getting less for a hefty price tag.

Comment by Ricci | March 25, 2008
NO

Comment by Andrew | March 25, 2008
I think the selling point here are its lightning fast I/O response courtesy of the SSD, its ultra portability and the long battery life.

Sure its not for everybody. I there is hardly any market here for that in the Philippines.

Comment by Jhune | March 26, 2008
[...] Cheaper then the first released Asus Eee PC (which is around 19k). Its also cheaper than the 8Gb and 12 GB Eee PC. Plus you already have an OS installed- Windows [...]

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Because someone said “It’s not for everybody” means that the early adopters with money to burn will be out to get it.

Definitely not for cheap ol’ me, though.

Comment by Dominique | March 27, 2008
I think we should wait if we want one of these. PC Corner is just taking advantage of having it now. The supposed release price of the 12G model in the US is only US$600 = about P25,000 only.

Comment by Den | April 5, 2008
migs..

are you still in manila?
have yoiu already been in megamall?
last night ive seen this kind of tech in megamall’s cyberzone…it costs 11k..

i was really impressed, may wifi pla to?
do you think it is worth to buy?

reply nman po. pra kung sakali…pag-iipunan ko..hehe.

Comment by othello jess | May 4, 2008
Latest price i’ve heard is between 24k to 28k.

Yup may wi-fi.. I’m not an eee oc fan. My eyes are on the HP MINI!

Will go to mwga today!

Comment by migs | May 4, 2008
gnun ba..?
pero sa tingin mo..? aus lng kya to?

Comment by othello jess | May 4, 2008
Uu naman… A lot of eee pc users are happy with it

Comment by migs | May 4, 2008