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Asustek to Launch IMac Rival in September

Monday, June 02, 2008 6:20 PM PDT

Asustek Computer plans to launch the Eee Monitor in September, a PC built into a monitor designed to rival Apple's iMac, the company's CEO said Monday.

The new device joins the Taiwanese company's popular Eee family of products, which started with the low-cost mini-laptop, the Eee PC. Asustek has expanded its laptop line to include different OSs, Linux and Windows XP, as well as configurations and sizes. The company will launch two new Eee PCs at Computex Taipei 2008 on Tuesday, the Eee PC 901, which boasts nearly eight hours of battery life, and the Eee PC 1000, which has a 10-inch screen and regular-sized keyboard.

But the company is already looking ahead to new products to keep the Eee family fresh, said Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek, in a briefing.

The Eee Monitor will be a stand-alone monitor and PC similar to the iMac. But the Eee line is designed to be low-cost, so Asustek's Eee Monitor will likely beat the iMac on price. Shen declined to comment further on the Eee Monitor's price or configuration.

Asustek is also launching Eee Box soon, a white mini-desktop PC about the size of a hardback book that will come with either a Linux or Windows XP OS. Shen said it will cost between US$200 and $300 per unit.

Eee Box uses an Intel Atom microprocessor and will come in a range of configurations, including a choice of hard drives from 80G bytes to 250G bytes in size, and allow users to surf the Internet wirelessly via 802.11n Wi-Fi. It also carries four USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, two each in front and back, and a slot for MMCs (Multimedia Cards), SD (Secure Digital) cards and Memory Sticks.

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Asus Provides Glimpse of Eee Monitor PC Design, Says More Eee Gear To Come


Computex: Asus has offered the first look at what its upcoming all-in-one desktop may look like, and shown an Eee family roadmap featuring previously unannounced products alongside the Eee Box B202 mini PC and 42-inch LCD Eee TV.

As was the case earlier in the week, ASUS made no comment on the Eee Monitor's price or configuration, but reports from earlier in the year suggest a 19 to 21-inch screen size, built-in TV tuner and a starting pricing of around $500. Apple's iMac starts at $1199.

The Eee Monitor should be available sometime in September, around the same time as the company's previously announced Eee TV. The 42-inch LCD TV is reported to include the Linux-based PC abilities of other Eee PC products, while costing no more than $200 over the cost of regular LCD TVs of the same size.

But what's this? ASUStek CEO, Jerry Shen, presented a 2008 Eee family roadmap that included two previously unannounced Eee products slated for launch sometime between September and December this year. The products were listed as "Eee S1" and "Eee K1", and no clue of what type of product they might be was given afterwards. I'm working to find out more--so stay tuned. Any guesses in the meantime?

Eee Box Close Up
I also got the chance to have a better look at the company's quick-booting Eee Box mini-desktops, which are set to hit the US in mid July for between $200 and $300.

Base specs include the just launched 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, speedy 802.11n Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet networking, four USB ports and a multi-card reader. You then choose your choice of operating system (Windows XP or Linux), DDR memory (512MB to 2GB) and hard disk (80GB to 250GB.

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