Asus Eee PC a Hit at Launch

From China Times

At its launch yesterday, the Asus Eee PC quickly sold in the 3C stores were they are available. This prompted the company to predict sales for next year will be much higher than the 380 million originally predicted. The Asus Eee PC goes on sale in other countries before the end of October.

At Tsann Kuen 2c, the flagship store in the lake where the launch was held, its 10 units were sold within 30 seconds. Other stores sold out as well. Most of the buyers were office workers but there were a lot of mothers as well.

Yahoo's online store also sold out fast, averaging 18 units per minute, breaking an old sales record. PChome, a Taiwan based online retailer sold 50 in five minutes with an average. It sold an additional 200 within the next 40 minutes.

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