subject: Asus introduces Eee PC with 9.5-hour battery life [print this page] Asus introduces Eee PC with 9.5-hour battery life
The low-cost laptop industry took off when Asus introduced the Eee PC in 2007. The netbook is the poster child of an laptop category that now includes offerings from top vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer and Lenovo. Shipments of netbooks totaled 10 million in 2008 and will likely double this year, IDC said in a study.
