From Xbit Labs
Asus Eee PC Set to Become Second Largest Revenue Source for Asustek.
Asustek Wants to Ship Five Million Eee PC Laptop in 2008
Category: Mobile
by Anton Shilov
[ 12/26/2007 | 10:15 AM ]
With Asustek Computer Inc. set to spin off its contract manufacturing businesses into separate units, the parent company itself will have to maximize its revenues with popular Asus-branded products. While traditionally Asustek have been known for its mainboards and relatively high-priced notebooks, the company believes that its affordable Eee PC notebook will become the second largest revenue source in 2008.
Asustek Computer expects to sell 300 thousand Eee PCs in January, 2008, with shipments for Q1 2008 reaching a million of units. The company’s current goal is to sell approximately 5 million low-cost Eee PC computers throughout the whole year, which indicates that sales of Eee PC are projected to accelerate at a rather rapid pace. Hong-Kong-based Apple Daily news-paper (which article was partly translated by DigiTimes web-site) reports that Asustek expects Eee to become the second most significant revenue source for the company in 2008.
Full article :
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20071226101553_Asus_Eee_PC_Set_to_Become_Second_Largest_Revenue_Source_for_Asustek.html
few more upgrades and it should match a high-end laptop. =) 
