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    Asus to Sell $199 Flash-based Laptops

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Bruce Banner, Apr 17, 2007.

  1. Bruce Banner

    Bruce Banner Notebook Evangelist

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    http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/asus-to-sell-199-flash+based-laptops-252892.php



    THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! Now just imagine what they could do with $1500-2200!



    Those flash-based laptops we're all dreaming about may be a lot cheaper than we expected. Asus just announced their plans to make five budget, solid state laptops this year priced from $199 to $549. Each machine will have a 7-inch display, and depending on the model it'll have a flash drive ranging from 1GB to 40GB. The lappies are expected later this year
     
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    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=117660

    The laptops in question are aimed at classroom usage and are a direct competitor to the OLPC program. It will available to anyone, but that's not really it's intent. But it does give hope for low prices on SSD-based laptops. Although keep in mind that the real cost savers here are the slow processor, low memory, cheap parts, and small size/LCD. The SSDs are probably still the most expensive part of the laptop.
     
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