Eee PC vs. MSI Wind vs. Aspire One
August 8, 2008 - Tom Greer
Filed Under Acer Aspire One, Asus Eee PC, Dell Inspiron Mini 9, Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Mini, MSI Wind Netbook, Netbook Market |
I have no direct line on sales figures for any of the netbook manufacturers or retailers, so I don’t know what is really selling. But I do see the traffic patterns to my site, which gives me a good indication of the level of interest in various products.
I’ve been perplexed by the MSI Wind. There is almost no stock anywhere. Are sales exceeding MSI’s expectations by such a large amount that they simply can’t manufacture enough? Or is MSI simply having supply chain problems in obtaining components?
I called around and found a few places that had MSI Winds in stock and posted the info. I thought that people would read my article and scarf them up. That article received a very light response.
By contrast, since I unveiled our Netbook Price Comparison Guide a few days ago, The biggest item of interest has been the Aspire One. Second place goes to the Eee PC 1000H. In third place is the Eee PC 2G Surf. The Eee PC 1000 and 901 are fourth and fifth. Finally, in sixth place, we get to the MSI Wind.
In search of supporting information, I jumped over to Google Trends. I asked it to display the search activity for “Eee PC”, “Aspire One” and “MSI Wind”. Here is the chart:
About a month ago, I published a similar chart. At that time, it appeared that the MSI Wind trend would soon catch the Eee PC line. Now, this suggest that interest in the MSI Wind has peaked. It also confirms the level of interest for the Aspire One that I noted on my website.
By contrast, Acer does not seem to have any problem keeping retailer shelves full.
It will be interesting to see how this all changes as in the upcoming months as the big boys introduce netbooks. If the rumors are correct, we should see the first “Dell E” later this month and the first Lenovo IdeaPad S10 in October.
The competition is just beginning to heat up.
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