On: Eee - a case study in bad marketing

[jimbokun]

Different brand.

The Eee brand meant something else, and could have become the label for an entire product category. As "iPod" replaced "MP3 player", "Eee" had the potential to replace "real computer small enough to take anywhere without thinking about it too much."

This is the brand whose demise Eric Sink laments.

[nailer → jimbokun]

Exactly. These devices have gone from being 'eeePC clones' to 'Netbooks'

[smanek → jimbokun]

ah, thanks for the clarification