Samir Makwana, Jul 25, 2008 1715 hrs IST
In this exclusive tete a tete with ASUS' Benson Lin & Stanley Wu, we get the dope on the EEE PC in India. Plus a short chat with Intel's Gopal Swaminathan about the Atom processor.
TechTree: States like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka promote the Linux operating system in its education and government sectors. Will ASUS roll out Linux alternatives for the new 904HD and 1000H models in India?
Benson Lin: Currently, we're closely tied up with Microsoft and the EEE PC with Windows XP would be available to the Indian market. However, the Linux alternative would be a possibility based on specific grounds.
TechTree: Will the SSD storage solution for EEE PC be available in India?
Benson Lin: Comparatively SSD-based EEE PCs are lighter than those with hard drives. We believe that Indian users would like to have bigger storage so we came up with 80GB Hard Drive option. We didn't think the SSD solution would work here. Thus we changed the strategy for India and launched the Hard Drive solution. In future, we will offer SSD-based solution and the solution will cost almost the same vis-a-vis hard drive solution.
I am very disappointed with Asus caving in to Microsoft and offering only XP models in India. I work at a Hospital and evaluated the Linux model from Asus, Mumbai in January this year. I was planning to buy 100 units for all our doctors at a price of Rs. 10,000/- each. US $250 approx. Now, it looks like we will have to wait for another netbook manufacturer instead, probably Via based.
by jkrise, Coimbatore, India, on Aug 01, 2008 01:57 PM, Report abuse
Eee PC 1000H is good but over priced-- MSI wind will eat this for lunch. A review in techtree prices MSI wind with 6 cell battey and win xp at 23k plus VAT. Therefore the Asus 1000H price of 29,990 will not fetch many customers in India. Asus will have to come down to level of 23k plus VAT for 1000H
by vijayshimla, Shimla 171001, on Jul 25, 2008 07:29 PM, Report abuse Reply
Asus said that it has no plan to bring Linux versions of Eee PC in India. But if MSI brings wind's Linux version for $100 (around Rs.4000) less, then Asus will not get least chance to capture the market. Dell also said that their mini-inspiron/E will be for developing nations. E/mini-inspiron will come with even lower price. Acer and others should jump right now...
by Anonymous, kolkata, on Jul 25, 2008 11:39 PM, Report abuse
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Asus has given in to Microsoft bullying. However it looks like Acer is going to stand up to Microsoft and push Linux: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2218172/acer-pushes-linux-hard
by Frank Daley, Sydney Australia, on Jul 27, 2008 05:44 AM, Report abuse Reply