Eee PC Accessories Coming At The End Of February
January 27th, 2008 by antIf you’ve been waiting for the official line of Eee PC accessories to be released, you’re in luck. This post on our forums reveals that by the end of February, you’ll have the option of six different accessories for your Eee PC. They include:
- A mouse ($19.99)
- Headset/microphone ($19.99)
- 4 cell battery ($99.99, ouch!)
- AC adapter ($39.99)
- Sleeve/case ($19.99)
- 1 year additional warranty ($89.99)
You can find more information at the forum post. [Thanks, TexasGuy!]
January 27th, 2008 at 5:35 am
If you add up the cost of a warranty, a new battery, a mouse, the headset/microphone, and a new sleeve your cost is $289.94. Hahahahahahaha, you might as well just buy an extra 2G Surf. If you do, you get an additional sleeve that comes with the computer, another battery that comes with it, a spare AC adapter, and a spare computer (theres your warranty).
Thanks Asus, for offering a low cost computing alternative and then gouging us on the spare parts and stuff. About the only thing I could see buying is the overpriced AC adapter and maybe an extra sleeve because mine is frayed a little already but besides that the other stuff is just too expensive. Perhaps not when compared to other laptop batteries, but with other laptops the battery doesn’t come out to be 1/4 or 1/3 the cost of the computer!!!!
And with regards to the AC Adapter, I am sure if we wait long enough it will be available on eBay for $5. And a spare sleeve for $19?!? Ridiculous. eBay should have a great deal on that too for about $5-$10.
January 27th, 2008 at 7:32 am
4-cell battery??? I thought it would be a 6-cell…
January 27th, 2008 at 7:36 am
The 2G Surf doesn’t come with a sleeve, so even if you bought two, you’d be sleeveless!
You’d just have to buy two Asus sleeves.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Oops, thats right I forgot the 2G surf doesn’t come with a sleeve.
January 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
[quote]Thanks Asus, for offering a low cost computing alternative and then gouging us on the spare parts and stuff.[/quote]Then don’t buy them, but don’t get on a high horse as though Asus were different from any other company or was immune from the realities of the market place. Spare parts place just as much (more?) of a burden on manufacturing, inventory, and distribution systems as the computers themselves. What company is producing similar accessories for their lines at substantially lower prices?
January 27th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
The prices for the battery and adapter seem high at first, but they’re still around 30% less than oem replacements for big notebooks.
January 27th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Meh. Chinese knock offs will be showing up in a matter of weeks.
January 27th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Re Chinese knockoffs: Maybe. I’m *still* waiting for a knockoff cable for my Sony NWZ-S616F. But, as art said…
January 27th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Power adapter is available and $15 from estore.asus.com why the inflated price?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Keep on the Buzzz, ASUS takes advantage of it !
January 28th, 2008 at 2:14 am
“Chinese knock offs will be showing up in a matter of weeks.” Where do you think the originals are coming from?
January 28th, 2008 at 11:17 am
@Jack: ‘Where do you think the originals are coming from?”
I’m guessing Taiwan.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Matter of fact, Taiwan is part of China, be careful man, many Chinese around!!!~ OMG Chinese is coming!!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
rawR!
January 29th, 2008 at 2:04 am
It says made in china on the box.
February 15th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Help! I left my AC adaptor in a hotel room. Where can I get another one?