There are leaders and there are followers. Both of the companies you mention Asus and Shuttle are leaders in their markets (that isn’t opinion thats fact). The reason that many componants of the Nettops and the EEE’s are similar is not because they are copying (it’s because of their size). You answered it yourself when you indictaed that the Core 2 Quad core was for another system. Exactly Josh, you couldn’t put a cpu of that size and power in a form factor this small.(meltdown). They are both innovative comapnies and Shuttle has been known for years for their inovations in design so the fact that it’s clean and white doesn’t immediately send up a flag that oh their copying imac design it’s simply clean and white. If you’ve ever gone into a library or a bank and seen the smaller form factor computers on their desks? Those are called clients. Client computers also require monitors. What they have done here both Asus and Shuttle is to create a small form factor computer with it’s own monitor not to replace laptops or desktops (in my opinion) but to give institutions and schools and individuals an alternative to them. Thats what innovation is all about. Thats what product innovations do.
True, true. I agree with that Asus is one of the leader in innovations, especially with their netbooks, and how the biggest PC makers (Dell, HP and Sony) copied them later after seeing how successful it was.
There are leaders and there are followers. Both of the companies you mention Asus and Shuttle are leaders in their markets (that isn’t opinion thats fact). The reason that many componants of the Nettops and the EEE’s are similar is not because they are copying (it’s because of their size). You answered it yourself when you indictaed that the Core 2 Quad core was for another system. Exactly Josh, you couldn’t put a cpu of that size and power in a form factor this small.(meltdown). They are both innovative comapnies and Shuttle has been known for years for their inovations in design so the fact that it’s clean and white doesn’t immediately send up a flag that oh their copying imac design it’s simply clean and white. If you’ve ever gone into a library or a bank and seen the smaller form factor computers on their desks? Those are called clients. Client computers also require monitors. What they have done here both Asus and Shuttle is to create a small form factor computer with it’s own monitor not to replace laptops or desktops (in my opinion) but to give institutions and schools and individuals an alternative to them. Thats what innovation is all about.
Thats what product innovations do.
True, true. I agree with that Asus is one of the leader in innovations, especially with their netbooks, and how the biggest PC makers (Dell, HP and Sony) copied them later after seeing how successful it was.
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