Bakit mahal ang Asus Eee Box?

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Sa halagang Php 24,900, maraming tao ang nagtatanong kung bakit medyo mahal ang kamakailang inilunsad na recently launched Asus Eee Box dito sa Pilipinas (kahit na sinamahan ito ng 16" LCD monitor ng Asus)?

Noong Hunyo, nang una kong iulat na lalabas ngayong buwan ang Asus Eee Box, tinantiya ko ang retail price na Php12,000 lamang. Ang isang desktop PC na may katulad na specs ay aabutin ng humigit-kumulang Php13,000 dahil sa karagdagang WiFi at Bluetooth connections.

Gayunpaman, kasama ng Asus ang isang maliit na 16" LCD monitor na nagkakaprodyus sa merkado ng kasing baba ng Php7,000 para sa mga modelong AOC at Php7,500 para sa Samsung na mga modelo. Ibawas ang gastos ng LCD at makakabili ka na lamang ng Eee Box nang nag-iisa sa halagang Php17,500.

Ano ang maaari mong bilhin sa halagang 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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Kabuuan - Php14,400

Siyempre, ang Asus Eee Box ay magkakaroon ng bentahe ng mas maliit na anyo at mas mababang konsumo ng kuryente. May ideya ako na ang linya ng mga PC at laptop na Eee ng Asus ay nais makita bilang maliit at abot-kaya. Ipinakita ng pagpapakilala ng linya ng Asus Eee PC na halos sinuman ay maaaring magkaroon na ng laptop.

Ang presyo ng Eee Box ay hindi nagbibigay ng impresyon na kayang makabili ng desktop PC ang sinuman. Mas mura pa itong bilhin sa mga lokal na tindahan ng PC. Maaaring mali ako sa kung ano ang nais makamit ng Asus dito o dahil lamang sa mga lokal na buwis at VAT na nagdagdag ng Php5,500 sa presyo.

Sa presyong iyon, duda ako na makakabenta ng marami ang Asus ng Eee Box. Mas maganda pa na makakakuha ka ng buong set ng PC na may monitor sa ilalim ng 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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