In September, Asus will start shipping Eee PCs - $ 200 laptops

Asus decided to find a middle ground between a “student laptop” and a compact laptop with advanced functionality. According to the DigiTimes website, already in September this year, the company will begin selling notebooks of the Eee PC 701 series, which will cost from $ 199 to $ 369, depending on the configuration and region of sales. Note that in September, approximately 20,000 notebooks of this model will be shipped, which will go to the markets of the United States, Taiwan, China and Europe, and a significant part of the lot will fall on a model worth $ 349. However, as production increases, more affordable models should appear. In 2007, it is planned to supply 500,000 laptops of this series, in 2008 production volumes will reach 3-5 million units.