Monday, May 4, 2009



Touchscreen functionality is nothing new, but this is the first time that a solution has become available that actually proves to be a viable solution for consumers, thanks in part to its relatively low price-point. While the EeeTop PC carries an SRP of $599, for example, HP's TouchSmart all-in-ones start off at $1,149. While they improve upon this unit in most every way, their pricing starts at double on the HP, so ASUS is likely to receive most of the attention for the next while, where touchscreen AIO PCs are concerned.

What we should clear up is what the EeeTop PC is not, because there seems to be a lot of confusion floating about. First and foremost, like a netbook, the EeeTop PC is designed to supplement your other PCs, not replace them. You shouldn't expect to pick this up and want to complete your work there. While it's possible, it's not ideal, partly in thanks to the overall power offered and also the display's resolution.

What it is meant for is lighter workloads... simple purposes, such as sitting at the table and eating breakfast while reading CNN, or to be used to play music and display a recipe while you're cooking a meal. The PC is not designed to be a real multi-tasker, and it's important to make that distinction. As we'll find out later, it actually does multi-task rather well, but an actual desktop PC is always going to be better for real work or computing at its absolute best

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