Comments on: Why is the Asus Eee Box expensive?

By: neonites

neonites — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:39:27 +0000

mag n-computing na lang kayo…

By: IC DeaDPiPoL

IC DeaDPiPoL — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:14:54 +0000

Any self-assembly alternative to this other than buying a laptop/netbook? (in terms of low-power consumption)

By: Asus turns to Celeron to sell more Nettops | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:14:43 +0000

[...] Asus debuted the Eee Box in the Philippines, it had a retail price of Php24,900 which includes a 16″ LCD monitor. That leaves the Eee Box to around Php17,500 which is still [...]

By: hukares

hukares — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:14:43 +0000

I guess we all have to pay a little more to this box since we are surely going to get it back from the sure-to-be-lowered electric bill.

By: Price of MSI Wind PC | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:03:39 +0000

[...] Earlier this month, we discovered the MSI Wind PC as the desktop version of the popular netbooks. The Atom-based mini desktop PC is MSI’s answer to the expensive Asus Eee Box. [...]

By: Build your own Intel Atom Desktop PC | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:05:17 +0000

[...] is a really small casing to house this mobo and you’re all set. That makes you wonder why the Asus Eee Box costs [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:34:29 +0000

@jonathan

yeah pwede xa pang dota.

@yuga
maybe i’ll just hang around for a while and wait for that Dual Core Atom N330 1.86GhZ

By: MSI Wind Desktop PC | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:18:51 +0000

[...] MSI hopes to grab some market share before everybody else comes on board. Or maybe, this is just a response to the Asus Eee Box. [...]

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:21:03 +0000

pwede kaya dito ang counter strike at dota????

By: Lucien Dominick G. Tiojanco

Lucien Dominick G. Tiojanco — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:05:32 +0000

Sorry, with the medium sized LCD monitor the price will be around PhP 25,000…

By: Lucien Dominick G. Tiojanco

Lucien Dominick G. Tiojanco — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:03:11 +0000

I’d rather assemble my own rig… I think I can get:
- AMD Athlon LE-1640/4850e processor
- AMD 780G chipset
- ATI 3450 discrete graphics cars (for Hybrid Crossfire)
- 2GB 800 FSB RAM
- 320 GB 7200 RPM HDD
- DVD-RW w/ Lightscribe ODD
- Multi-card Reader
- Stylish micro ATX Casing
for around that price if not a little more…

‘course I’ll need genuine Windows Vista Premium to take use hybrid graphics and medium sized monitor (can’t expect much from the ATI 3200 IGP + ATI 3450 discrete graphics card, can I?) which will bump the price up to around PhP 20,000 I guess.

By: yuga

yuga — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:53:22 +0000

@AnnaE – I usually buy from Rising Sun Computers and PC Express.

By: AnnaE

AnnaE — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:13:32 +0000

Abe, where do you recommend we get the P17,500 PC? Any particular computer shop you are fond of? Ganda kasi ng prices mo. Thanks! (:

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:17:19 +0000

i was hoping it would be competitive to building one for yourself using the “little falls” as base. way i figure it the 12K would be what the little falls would cost when built with the same specs. the eeebox would only have the small chassis and the wireless as its edge but i am not going to pay an extra 5k for that.

ciao!

By: Jon Limjap

Jon Limjap — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:58:11 +0000

Then that’s it. The XP Home OEM License pushed it up. If it didn’t have that it would’ve been at PHP17,500.

Question: will we ever have THAT option?

By: Asus Eee Box or Dell Studio Hybrid? | The Four-eyed Journal

Asus Eee Box or Dell Studio Hybrid? | The Four-eyed Journal — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:15:31 +0000

[...] It sells for Php17, 500 and it comes bundled with a small 16? LCD monitor. However, Yuga drives home a good point that for that same price, one could get a better spec’d PC because the Asus Eee Box has become quite expensive. [...]

By: noemi

noemi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:38:42 +0000

@Jon- the price comes with the Windows XP Home.

By: Dell Studio Hybrid takes on the Mac Mini | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:43:02 +0000

[...] the Asus Eee Box. If you have to spend some dough on a mini-desktop PC, spend it well with the Studio [...]

By: BrianB

BrianB — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:37:35 +0000

Eh, bajit cellphone di ganyan ka mahal, parang US pricing din yung retail price dito?

By: jhay

jhay — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:29:20 +0000

Good luck to Asus on this one. I think we Pinoys are more fond of clone PCs instead of branded ones.

By: yuga

yuga — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:17:04 +0000

@Andre, tariffs and VAT I guess.

@Jon, comes with XP Home.

@BrianB, everything gets taxed. no one is exempted from the 12% VAT.

By: BrianB

BrianB — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:14:40 +0000

Asutek sa Taiwan lang yan diba. Ba’t mas mahal pa dito kesa US and prices nila. Sabihin na natin tax, eh bakit Nokia phones mas mura ang pricing sa pinas kesa US? Wala bang tax cellphones?

By: Jon Limjap

Jon Limjap — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:07:15 +0000

Is the 24,900 Eee box the linux rig? 5,500 sounds awfully like the OEM price of Windows XP.

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:48:01 +0000

The eeePCs came out over here a lot more expensive than their Taiwan or HK counterparts, probably same with the Eee Box.