Asustek developing low cost pc's for emerging markets
Just another reason why I admire Asus products...

It's great to see a major manufacturer of pc parts taking strides to make pc more affordable, when the current trend has been more expensive pc's. The sad part is we may never see these pc's stateside.

Asustek Computer is developing US$150-250 PCs without built-in hard disk drives (HDDs), following other vendors who plan to launch low-cost PCs in emerging markets, according to the Chinese-language Apple Daily. Asustek's low-cost PC development is expected to bear fruit by the first half of 2007, the paper said.

In related news, Asustek's board of directors on October 2 approved NT$12 billion (US$362 million) worth of five-year unsecured convertible bonds (CBs).

Read all about it here, courtesy of digitimes.com.

-Eric