Ngano nga mahal ang Asus Eee Box?

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Para sa presyong Php 24,900, daghang tawo ang nagpangutana kanako ngano gamayng mahal ang bag-ong gipahinungod nga Asus Eee Box sa Pilipinas (bisan pa nagbundel kini og 16" LCD monitor)?

Sa Hunyo kung diin ako una nag report nga ang Asus Eee Box mo-release niining bulan, giprediksyon nako nga ang presyo sa retail mao lamang ang Php12,000. Usa ka desktop PC nga parehas nga spec'ed magdugay sa palibot sa Php13,000 tungod sa dugang WiFi ug Bluetooth koneksyon.

Apan, gipakig-uban sa Asus ang usa ka gagmay nga 16" LCD monitor nga nagbaligya sa merkado og ubos nga Php7,000 alang sa mga AOC models ug Php7,500 alang sa Samsung models. Kung ibawas nimo ang gasto sa LCD, mawala ka nga nagpalit lamang sa Eee Box para sa Php17,500.

Unsa ang mahimo nimong ibili nga Php17,500?

Athlon 64 LE1640 @ 2.6GHz - Php2,410
2GB DDR2 SDRAM - Php1,960
250GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 8MB -Php2,680
MSI K9N6SGM-V NVidia V-PCie/S/L/R - Php2,250
Inno3D 7300GT 512MB DDR2 128bit DVI - Php2,510
Samsung 20x DVDRW lightscribe - Php1,440
WiFi Dongle - Php900
Bluetooth Dongle - Php250
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Total - Php14,400

Siguro, ang Asus Eee Box adunay kalampusan sa mas gagmay nga porma ug ubos nga paggamit sa kuryente. Aduna ko kini nga ideya nga ang mga PC ug laptop sa linya sa Asus Eee gusto nga makita isip gagmay ug abot-kaya. Ang pagpaila sa linya sa Asus Eee PC nagpakita nga halos tanan tawo karon mahimong makapalit og laptop.

Kini nga presyo, nagduda ko kung makabenta og daghang Eee Box ang Asus. Unsa pa man na, makakuha ka og tibuong PC set w/ monitor sa ubos sa Php15,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the retail price of the Asus Eee Box alone after excluding the monitor?
The cost of the Asus Eee Box alone is Php17,500.
How much does the 16" LCD monitor cost when bundled?
The 16" LCD monitor is bundled for Php7,000 to Php7,500.
What is the predicted retail price of the Asus Eee Box before the monitor was included?
The predicted retail price was Php12,000.
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42 Comments

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neonites · 17 years ago

mag n-computing na lang kayo…

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IC DeaDPiPoL · 17 years ago

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

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hukares · 18 years ago

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. ;-)

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Jay · 18 years ago

@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

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jonathan · 18 years ago

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

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Lucien Dominick G. Tiojanco · 18 years ago

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

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Lucien Dominick G. Tiojanco · 18 years ago

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.

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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 18 years ago

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

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AnnaE · 18 years ago

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! (:

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Erin · 18 years ago

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!

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Jon Limjap · 18 years ago

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?

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noemi · 18 years ago

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

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BrianB · 18 years ago

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

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jhay · 18 years ago

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

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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 18 years ago

@Andre, tariffs and VAT I guess.

@Jon, comes with XP Home.

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

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BrianB · 18 years ago

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?

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Jon Limjap · 18 years ago

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

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Andre · 18 years ago

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

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