ASUS TO LAUNCH LOW-COST PC WITH BUNDLED MICROSOFT OFFICE IN JAPAN
MSFT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Taiwanese firm AsusTek Computer
Inc. (TAIEX: 2357) said Wednesday that it will release Saturday
a low-priced Eee PC personal computer with Microsoft Corp.'s
Office productivity software included.
The 1000H-X with Office will come pre-loaded with Microsoft
Office Personal 2007. Priced at 57,800 yen (US$616.78), it will
have a 10-inch wide-screen display and a 160-gigabyte hard-disk
drive.
This will be the first time Asus has offered Office on one
of its PCs. Taiwanese rival Acer Inc. is set to release Friday
a new model loaded with Microsoft Office and priced around
60,000 yen.
Until now, most inexpensive PCs have not come with Office.
And this has been one factor keeping customers away from these
machines, since such applications as word processing and
spreadsheets are considered basic uses of computers.
The introduction by the two Taiwanese firms of low-priced
offerings that come with Office, which sells for 40,000 yen or
more in stores, will likely accelerate competition with
conventional notebook computers.
(Nikkei)
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