{"id":433,"date":"2007-12-02T14:35:14","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T13:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/?p=433"},"modified":"2007-12-02T14:35:14","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T13:35:14","slug":"eee-pc-vs-origami-umpc-doh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/433-eee-pc-vs-origami-umpc-doh.html","title":{"rendered":"Eee PC vs Origami UMPC: D’Oh"},"content":{"rendered":"

I loved this comment to Kevin Tofel’s post on the Asus Eee PC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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You kinda get the feeling that the Origami team is saying “D’OH” right about now.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So it should. Origami (officially known as Ultra Mobile PC<\/a>) is an attempt to re-define the ultra-portable market. It uses a touch screen, no keyboard. It is typically more expensive than a traditional laptop. It usually comes with just basic Windows software.<\/p>\n

The Asus Eee PC is a bunch of mass-market components thrown together. It is the classic clamshell design. It comes with a bundle of free software that encompasses a large percentage of what people actually do on their portable computers: word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, email, web, music playback. It throws in a webcam for good measure. It is cheaper than almost any laptop on the market.<\/p>\n

Result: UMPC has pretty much flopped, while Eee PC is a runaway bestseller and nobody can get enough stock.<\/p>\n

This isn’t primarily a Windows versus Linux thing. In fact, the Eee PC is set up to be Windows-friendly, and Open Office is set to save in Microsoft Office formats by default. Further, the Eee PC can run Windows XP; and most of its applications are also available for Windows. An Asus Windows XP Eee PC is planned<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To my mind, the success of Eee PC proves that the Origami team got at least one thing right. There is a market for full-function ultra-portables. <\/p>\n

What the Origami team got wrong is first, that ultra-portables that cost more than laptops are never going to be a mass-market proposition. Second, users like keyboards and would rather have a cheaper device than a touch screen. Third, a bundle of software that does everything you want is a great advantage.<\/p>\n

As it is, Eee PC is bringing desktop Linux to the mass market. Interesting times.<\/p>\n

Technorati tags: eee pc<\/a>, microsoft<\/a>, origame<\/a>, umpc<\/a>, windows xp<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I loved this comment to Kevin Tofel’s post on the Asus Eee PC: You kinda get the feeling that the Origami team is saying “D’OH” right about now. So it should. Origami (officially known as Ultra Mobile PC) is an attempt to re-define the ultra-portable market. It uses a touch screen, no keyboard. It is … Continue reading Eee PC vs Origami UMPC: D’Oh<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}