ASUS set to axe all 8.9-inch netbooks

The DigiTimes is reporting that ASUS is on the verge of axing its entire 8.9-inch Eee PC netbook range this year.

Benson Lin, president of Asustek’s Asia-Pacific division, said that of Asustek’s 2009 Eee PC shipments, 90% of them will be 10-inch netbooks and 5% will be 7-inch models for telecom service operators.

Lin repeated what many are saying, that 10-inch netbooks are now becoming the norm, the mainstream standard, leaving the older, smaller machines out in the cold.

By Stuart, on Feb 20, 2009, 19:26 Tags: ,

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