Asus expanding line of low-cost PCs

The Asus Eee ultraportable has achieved unexpected success and is shipping in the millions of units. Several school districts have adopted this small, low-power laptop to facilitate 1:1 initiatives, despite a higher cost than initially expected and a “something other than Windows” operating system. Their portability, durability, and price all make them attractive for schools; they are the first in a growing niche of cheap UMPCs that should get computers into a lot of kids’ hands in the next year (no, I haven’t forgotten about the OLPC XO or the Classmate, but these aren’t available in a mass market). Today, according to Digitimes, Asus announced that their Eee line would include an all-in-one desktop model designed to compete with Apple’s…

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