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June 5, 2008 11:39 AM PDT

Asus' all-in-one PC: The Eee Monitor

Posted by Erica Ogg
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Pictures of the Eee Monitor, the upcoming all-in-one desktop PC from Asus, have surfaced.

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A PC World reporter at the Computex trade show in Taipei snapped a few photos of a company slide showing the Eee Monitor. Head here for the images.

It appears quite iMac-esque--shiny and white with a minimalist design. And although Asus isn't confirming a price just yet, it's a fair assumption that the Monitor, part of Asus' low-cost Eee line, won't have an iMac-esque price tag.

Details surfaced in January suggesting a $499 price point. The Eee Monitor is supposed to use Intel's Shelton platform and include a TV tuner, and a display between 19 inches and 21 inches.

It should be available in September, which is almost a year after new all-in-one PCs from Dell and Gateway began to hit the market.

Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who writes about consumer electronics and PCs, mostly as chief correspondent for Crave. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica.
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by coryschulz June 5, 2008 1:47 PM PDT
This won't be any competition against Apple as the main thing that sets their iMacs apart from everything else on the market isn't the hardware designs (even though they are gorgeous) but their operating system, OS X, which makes iMacs so valuable. Linux still doesn't seem simple enough for the average person to use, Vista is a complete disappointment, and XP is decent but is becoming old and still isn't as good as Tiger (OS X 10.4). Leopard is seriously the best OS out there for most people, and iMacs provide the most options out of any PC on the market (with the exception of tinkering with the hardware). These Eee PCs will be great for some people, but for most people I think it is still in their best interest to invest in an iMac.
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by benjaminstraight July 28, 2008 3:45 AM PDT
Cool tech.
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