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Has Asus forgotten what the Eee PC was all about?

I thought that the Eee PC was all about packing as much punch into a small, cheap package as possible. If that's the case then why is Asus continually making the Eee bigger, faster, and more expensive?
Written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Senior Contributing Editor

I thought that the Eee PC was all about packing as much punch into a small, cheap package as possible. If that's the case then why is Asus continually making the Eee bigger, faster, and more expensive?

Here's the latest (as yet unconfirmed) rumor by DigiTimes:

The Eee PC 904 and 905 will adopt Atom processors and the major difference between the two and the previous 901 model is that they feature a bigger keyboard. Asustek is still evaluating whether to make changes to the two models' battery and storage capacity.

Last month Asus unveiled the Eee 1000 series which featured a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU and a massive (by Eee standards) 10" screen. Once you're picking a system with a 10" screen then as i see it you might as well go 12" or 13" and take the small notebook direction instead.

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I'd rather see the Eee get smaller and cheaper, not larger and more expensive, but either this is a hoax or Asus has grown tired of the tiny Eee.

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