Lookout Dell, your chip supplier is making a run at you.

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Ever heard of an ASUS Eee PC? Yeah, me either.

And the only reason I recognize the ASUS (short for ASUSTek, a Taiwanese company) name is because I looked into building my own desktop PC a while back. ASUS is one of the largest manufacturers of motherboards, found in Sony Playstations, Apple MacBooks, Dells, and even a few HP computers.

And by the way, they also make computers. Small ones. Real small ones.
The ASUS Eee PC has a 7″ screen, so it’s truly a portable computer, and sells for under $500. Its got about …