Ok, so I have gone through this video. No surprises there. We have a possible contender to Asus Eee 900 or the HP 2133 Mini-Note. We have some specs but not everything we would like to know. We have VIA but we don’t have a manufacturer.

Basically if you want to build your own cheap laptop, all you have to do is get buy a processor and motherboard from VIA and then get all the info and schematics they have released freely in order to assemble your first laptop.

I wonder if there’s any company that will pick up on VIA’s lead to manufacture this Eee wannabe to a larger scale. Time will tell. For now I go with the Asus versions.

What do you think?

That’s right, the laptop is given for free. Of course terms and conditions may apply but you can indeed get the 2GB Asus Eee PC 700 when you switch to a bank’s checking account.

You have to be Canadian (sorry everyone) in order to get this deal. And you would have to contact your local RBC Royal Bank branch to go through the necessary steps in order to get this free computer. I actually wonder what the catch is for them to afford buying as many laptops, each one worth $300. I am sure they will get their money back from their future customers right?

Nevertheless this is a good marketing idea. Offering an Asus Eee PC is so much more than offering a $25 gift card. I wonder where this innovative idea lead to, in terms of bank services. Who’s going to be the first bank to offer a free iPhone?

(more…)