Will MSI Miss the Window of Opportunity?
July 31, 2008 - Tom Greer
Filed Under MSI Wind Netbook |
A month ago, the MSI Wind netbook looked like a home run. There was a huge market buzz anticipating the first units that were to ship in early July.
The early reviews looked good. The specifications were impressive for the price The Wind looked poised to steal some of Asus’ EeePC thunder.
However, MSI has been unable to fill the pipline. Perhaps demand is so great that MSI is overwhelmed. But it appears that MSI is unable to obtain enough components to feed production.
Meanwhile, Acer has filled retailer shelves with Aspire Ones and Asus has announced five or six new models of the Eee
Suddenly, the buzz is gone.
Now MSI is raising the price by $50 to cover higher component costs.
That changes the whole value equation. I expect that will kill enough demand for MSI to finally fill some retailer shelves.
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