ASUS on target to hit 5 million Eee PCs in 2008 with a $200 dollar Eee PC expected in 2009
ASUS announced that they shipped around 1.7 million Eee PC units during the third quarter and expects to ship roughly 1.8 million units during the fourth quarter thereby hitting their end of year goals for 5 million units for their new product line. The company will attempt to grab 30% of the netbook market in 2009; aiming to ship 6 to 7.5 million units out of the estimated 20 to 25 million unit netbook market.
ASUS CEO, Jerry Shen, also expects to ship a $200 dollar netbook within the U.S. market in 2009. Other interesting tidbits from the ASUS third quarter earnings announcement:
- 70 % of total netbooks shipped come with HDD, while the remainder use SSDs
- Ratio of Windows XP systems to Linux systems are at 7:3 also
- 7 and 8.9 inch Eee PCs are being phased out in favor of 10 inch models
- Eee PC contributes 22 percent of ASUS’s revenues
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