Low-Priced Laptops @ Asia’s Biggest Computer Fair

Asia’s Biggest Computer Show opens this week in Taipei and computer makers are showcasing their lines of low cost PC’s. Most of those on display are priced at less than US $500. The five day trade fair also known as Computex Taipei will begin tomorrow, Tuesday.

Jane Tseng of the Topology Research Institute explains the reason why the trade fair is now showcasing low cost computing equipment. “Initially, low-cost PCs were designed for poor children in emerging markets, however, PC vendors found demand also from developed countries which they had not previously targeted. Since such laptops are thin and light in weight, they have become the second or third PCs of some individual users.” she said.

Asustek Computer Inc., one of Taiwan’s leading computer makers unveiled last October its first low cost brandname laptop “Eee PC” targeting children, elderly people and low-income users in the developing world.

Weighing only 0.89 kilograms and installing with a 7-inch screen, the first Eee PCs feature compact mobility, wireless capability and large flash-based storage capacity. They are priced at a range of 300-500 US dollars. Asustek sold at least 350,000 Eee PCs in the two months after it hit the market. The company sold 650,000 units in the three months to March this year and is estimated to sell up to five million this year. The better-than-expected success has encouraged Asustek’s rivals to follow suit.

Also to be seen at the trade show are products featuring futuristic WiMAX products, green IT products, innovative gadgets, and new generation items.

More than 1,700 exhibitors, up 28 percent from the previous year, will be hoping to attract an estimated 35,000 buyers from around the world. To meet rising demand, the trade show for the first time will be held simultaneously on four venues, three at or near the Taipei World Trade Centre and the fourth at a newly established exhibition hall in a city suburb.

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1. Computer Forum says:

   July 22, 2008 at 11:39 am

   Amazing article! Detailed and very interested. I am going to recommend this blog to my friends.
2. Pittsburgh Data Back-up says:

   August 21, 2008 at 5:54 pm

   Intersting, I’ve never been to a computer fair, sounds like a good idea though. I got my laptop last year for 800-with the software and all that stuff, it came to around 1200. not too bad, right?