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Asus Launches Touchscreen Eee Desktop

Posted by kdawson on from the smearing-the-peanut-butter-and-jelly dept.

Barence writes "Asus has launched an Eee-branded 15.6" touchscreen desktop PC as a budget rival to HP's TouchSmart. Available for pre-order now on Play.com for £399.99 ($749), it shares much of the same specification as the Eee PC, but with a larger 160GB hard disk. Interestingly, it's listed as coming with XP installed, so we'd guess Asus will be using some sort of proprietary touchscreen interface — yet the image on the site clearly shows Linux on the screen, which may be a better bet for an easy-to-use touch system."

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  1. Touchscreen?? by Finallyjoined!!! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why oh why would anyone want a touchscreen? It's hard enough to make out stuff on my flat screen, through the greasy fingerprints, as it is. (Have to hot-desk)

    It would be even worse after Marmite on toast :-)

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    1. Re:Touchscreen?? by physicsphairy · · Score: 5, Funny

      It would be even worse after Marmite on toast :-)

      Incorrect.

      After you've been forced to eat Marmite on toast, nothing is worse.

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    2. Re:Touchscreen?? by aplusjimages · · Score: 3, Funny

      no because then there would be ball smears all over the screen.

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    3. Re:Touchscreen?? by couchslug · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Why are you touching your screen if you don't have a touchscreen?"

      I'm trying to wipe off the collateral damage from my...surfing habits.

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  2. Hampster Ball! by Atheose · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well how are you supposed to mount that inside a hampster ball?

  3. Unit Conversion by onkelonkel · · Score: 4, Funny

    For us SI/metric users, a quick question: how many passles in a shitload?

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    1. Re:Unit Conversion by wonkavader · · Score: 4, Funny

      Six.