Comments on: If the Eee PC T91 doesn’t sell well, Asus may scrap future touchscren netbook plans http://liliputing.com/2009/07/if-the-eee-pc-t91-doesnt-sell-well-asus-may-scrap-future-touchscren-netbook-plans.html Compact Computing Sat, 26 May 2012 01:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: DougC3 http://liliputing.com/2009/07/if-the-eee-pc-t91-doesnt-sell-well-asus-may-scrap-future-touchscren-netbook-plans.html#comment-46246 DougC3 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:09:53 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=10861#comment-46246 The strange thing to me is that a great deal of effort was made in some areas, yet the final product has some shortcuts. It's design seems to be the product of a committee with conflicting interests, some wanting to go all out with their assignment and others saying, no, this is just a prototype to test the wind, and we don't want to waste too much time on it, remember the economy.<br><br>They went to some trouble to engineer a fanless model but their previous decision to get out of the 9" netbook market (just for now I hope) is probably what led them to saddle it with a keyboard from days of yore, with right-shift-up-arrow-itis. This, combined with the sluggish processor and unfinished tablet software, will nix it for all but the most rabid tablet fans. The strange thing to me is that a great deal of effort was made in some areas, yet the final product has some shortcuts. It's design seems to be the product of a committee with conflicting interests, some wanting to go all out with their assignment and others saying, no, this is just a prototype to test the wind, and we don't want to waste too much time on it, remember the economy.

They went to some trouble to engineer a fanless model but their previous decision to get out of the 9″ netbook market (just for now I hope) is probably what led them to saddle it with a keyboard from days of yore, with right-shift-up-arrow-itis. This, combined with the sluggish processor and unfinished tablet software, will nix it for all but the most rabid tablet fans.

]]> By: DougC3 http://liliputing.com/2009/07/if-the-eee-pc-t91-doesnt-sell-well-asus-may-scrap-future-touchscren-netbook-plans.html#comment-24397 DougC3 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:09:53 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=10861#comment-24397 The strange thing to me is that a great deal of effort was made in some areas, yet the final product has some shortcuts. It's design seems to be the product of a committee with conflicting interests, some wanting to go all out with their assignment and others saying, no, this is just a prototype to test the wind, and we don't want to waste too much time on it, remember the economy.<br><br>They went to some trouble to engineer a fanless model but their previous decision to get out of the 9" netbook market (just for now I hope) is probably what led them to saddle it with a keyboard from days or yore, with right-shift-up-arrow-itis. This, combined with the sluggish processor,and unfinished tablet software, will nix it for all but the most rabid tablet fans. The strange thing to me is that a great deal of effort was made in some areas, yet the final product has some shortcuts. It's design seems to be the product of a committee with conflicting interests, some wanting to go all out with their assignment and others saying, no, this is just a prototype to test the wind, and we don't want to waste too much time on it, remember the economy.

They went to some trouble to engineer a fanless model but their previous decision to get out of the 9″ netbook market (just for now I hope) is probably what led them to saddle it with a keyboard from days or yore, with right-shift-up-arrow-itis. This, combined with the sluggish processor,and unfinished tablet software, will nix it for all but the most rabid tablet fans.

]]> By: DG http://liliputing.com/2009/07/if-the-eee-pc-t91-doesnt-sell-well-asus-may-scrap-future-touchscren-netbook-plans.html#comment-24332 DG Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:29:10 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=10861#comment-24332 I expect this will fail, and that will indeed be a pity. Still far too confused a model line-up from ASUS, and this is one of the more crazily overpriced members of that line-up. If this was one of just three or four clearly distinct models, and priced to sell, it might be an entirely different story. I expect this will fail, and that will indeed be a pity. Still far too confused a model line-up from ASUS, and this is one of the more crazily overpriced members of that line-up. If this was one of just three or four clearly distinct models, and priced to sell, it might be an entirely different story.

]]> By: seanabrady http://liliputing.com/2009/07/if-the-eee-pc-t91-doesnt-sell-well-asus-may-scrap-future-touchscren-netbook-plans.html#comment-24326 seanabrady Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:34:10 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=10861#comment-24326 It would be a shame to see the tablet killed off based on the performance of the T91. I would have preferred they killed the T91 in favor of waiting for a newer generation with Windows 7. Give me a descent computer and I will buy one in a heartbeat. The T91 is not that computer. It would be a shame to see the tablet killed off based on the performance of the T91. I would have preferred they killed the T91 in favor of waiting for a newer generation with Windows 7. Give me a descent computer and I will buy one in a heartbeat. The T91 is not that computer.

]]> By: DougC3 http://liliputing.com/2009/07/if-the-eee-pc-t91-doesnt-sell-well-asus-may-scrap-future-touchscren-netbook-plans.html#comment-24323 DougC3 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:13:24 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=10861#comment-24323 It sure doesn't seem logical to base future production choices on the failure of model that was crippled from the start. It sure doesn't seem logical to base future production choices on the failure of model that was crippled from the start.

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