Demand for Taiwan’s Asus Eee PC surges

The Asus Eee PC was officially released last Oct. 16 in Taiwan amid great fanfare and tremendous user response. More than 300 reporters attended the global launch event, which witnessed the official launch of this groundbreaking notebook. Just like the Wii of gaming consoles and the Ipod of MP3s, the Eee PC is becoming synonymous with the Internet.

Sales figures since the release have been astounding, with 200 pieces snapped up in 20 minutes on Taiwan’s shopping channel, ETTV Shopping — averaging an Eee PC sold every two seconds. Taiwanese PC company Tsann Kuen reported sales of 99 pieces of Eee PCs in 30 minutes while PC Home Online also reported sales of more than 200 Eee PCs shortly after it was publicly available.

The Eee PC’s hot response comes with great user expectation of the simple and portable device. It is focused on providing users with the most comprehensive Internet applications based on three Es: Easy to learn, work, play; Excellent Internet experience; and Excellent on-the-go.

Compact and highly portable at 7” and only 0.92kg in weight — providing an Internet experience like never before. It is also very easy to use, with two modes of intuitive graphic user interface design to accommodate both experienced and inexperienced PC users.

The Eee PC is also Windows XP compatible, and comes with over 40 built-in applications to offer a dynamic computing experience to learn, work and play.