Asus Wants to be Another Apple; Has Killer Product
An 'Apple' for the PC enthusiast. Could it be a match made in heaven?
We know that, when it comes to design, Apple has a distinct flavour in its offerings – many of which appear to be polarizing in various tech camps. Regardless of how you may feel, Apple's design strategy is often influential throughout the industry, with both good and bad being taken. (The unibody metal designs are superlative, while the glass covered LCD screens are awful.)
Rather than just look upwards at Apple's trendy style, Asus is now aiming to achieve a status on the very same level. According to a report from Digitimes, Asus chairman Jonney Shih said that the Taiwanese computer company is aiming to become "another Apple." Instead of adopting a closed-ecosystem like Apple, however, Asus aims to do it with the help of open source platforms with ARM and Google software. Of course, Microsoft and Intel will be there too.
Shih also added that Asus will have a "killer product" ready for a June debut, though the brief story didn't go any further beyond that.
Best speculations right now point to an Eee Tablet that'll undercut the Apple iPad at below $500 levels but provide better capabilities with an Nvidia Tegra 2, giving it 1080p video muscle.
Or maybe it's just the Eee Keyboard finally releasing.

Jonathan Ive is the first rider, and the iPod his white horse. He is the false prophet spreading music downloads to the masses like some kind of new religion. Many unsuspecting souls were baptized in the digital river of iTunes.
Jon Rubenstein is the second rider, and the Palm Pre his red horse. He spreads conflict and war with his coming, inciting the masses to fight for the iTunes they longed for. He is the trickster, wearing many faces and USB identifiers in his quest to sew hate among the unsync'd masses.
Steve Jobs is the third rider, the iPad his dark horse. He brings with him famine and drought, starving the masses of their multimedia sustenance and cheap books. His vision is singular in purpose, because people don't need to have multiple visions going at the same time anyway.
Who can predict the forth rider's identity, and what pale horse he will ride. Although it could be Steve Jobs, since he has been looking rather pale lately. But that rider will bring death to the computer world as we know it, the broken corpses of desktops and laptops crushed beneath the onslaught of handheld devices. The seals have been broken, the riders have unleashed their evil plans upon the world. Nothing can be done to stop what looms ahead.
The Applocalypse is upon us.........doom....Doom.....DOOM!!!!!
Jonathan Ive is the first rider, and the iPod his white horse. He is the false prophet spreading music downloads to the masses like some kind of new religion. Many unsuspecting souls were baptized in the digital river of iTunes.
Jon Rubenstein is the second rider, and the Palm Pre his red horse. He spreads conflict and war with his coming, inciting the masses to fight for the iTunes they longed for. He is the trickster, wearing many faces and USB identifiers in his quest to sew hate among the unsync'd masses.
Steve Jobs is the third rider, the iPad his dark horse. He brings with him famine and drought, starving the masses of their multimedia sustenance and cheap books. His vision is singular in purpose, because people don't need to have multiple visions going at the same time anyway.
Who can predict the forth rider's identity, and what pale horse he will ride. Although it could be Steve Jobs, since he has been looking rather pale lately. But that rider will bring death to the computer world as we know it, the broken corpses of desktops and laptops crushed beneath the onslaught of handheld devices. The seals have been broken, the riders have unleashed their evil plans upon the world. Nothing can be done to stop what looms ahead.
The Applocalypse is upon us.........doom....Doom.....DOOM!!!!!
And then, will have the second coming of http://linuxhub.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/android-logo.jpg
exceptional LOL
...and I love Asus products. I have an Asus laptop now that is awesome. I also plan on using mostly Asus products in my next build.
Asus ftw!
Well, there's nothing wrong with a company aiming to improve their products without resorting to close-ecosystem.
I generally like Asus, lately I've had some bad mobo experiences recently, getting 4 GB of Corsair's C6400 ram to pass memtest on my P5N32 premium was a bear (I blame the 590i chipset more than asus) and I had to RMA a P45 mobo as well a year ago. So I've switched to gigabyte for my more recent builds but I always keep an eye on Asus. Up until the last two incidents I have been very pleased with Asus products and I have been eyeballing an Eee ever since they came out "forever ago". I'll probably watch for the new tablet that'll deal with some of the T91's issues.
Yes, they kill your wallet.