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The Hands-On, Straight Dope on the Asus and Acer Netbooks

We've written widely about Asus' under $400, Linux based Eee PC netbook laptops, which have been having a lot of success and introducing a lot of users to bundled open source applications. We've also covered Acer's competitive response with its similarly priced Aspire One Linux-based netbook. I own one of the Asus Eee PCs and love it (although not as my primary laptop), and I have tried the Aspire One. Now, our sister blog JKOnTheRun has collected some excellent reviews of the Acer netbooks. Here, below the fold, are links to their findings.


Asus Forecasts Quarterly Shipments Nearly Doubling for Eee PCs

There appears to be no stopping the success Asus is having with its Eee PC subnotebooks. The company is forecasting this week that it will nearly double shipments of the svelte, low-cost machines in the second quarter. Shipments will rise to between 1.2 million to 1.3 million units, the company says, and it expects to move a whopping 5 million units this year. To put that in perspective, Asus shipped 350,000 units in the fourth quarter. Originally all Linux-based, the company will deliver a Windows-based Eee PC in early May. Can we expect the Linux versions to stick around?