What is up with ASUS'S marketing!!!

Have you any idea on how many g50's there are?
g50 x1 - x6, g50vt something, g50 x5 is same as x2.. g50-ak, g50-EP G50v

What is this marketing! this is confusing.. and by the way iv'e just bought the g50-ak off asuslaptop.com or .co.uk?

It can't be good for thier company can it?

 

I remember reading somewhere that the Asus boss had made a comment that having so many different EEE netbook models had probaby hurt their sales rather than helped them.

Remember one thing, Asus don't have the ability of say Dell to custom build machines. So I think they try to get around this problem by generating a large number of models all with different spec's for the consumer.

I just think they're going a little too far sometimes. Also, as newer models come out with better specs, the model designations start to get a little crowded...

 

There are less G50's then there are HP DV6000's...... My current chart in the G50 thread im working on only covers the us and mainstream models. In the US G50V's such as the one you bought dont even exist anymore the 9700M was axed and the G50VT replaced it.

Theres 7 G50VT's here only 3 of which are still for sale normally and only possibly one still actually shipping from asus that being the G50VT-B1. The G50VT-X6 from newegg is semi current but dropping in price and Best buys G50VT-X5 model. The G50 is about to be replaced by the G51 at the end of the summer which enjoys quad core support and a 260M.

If you look at it this way ASUS in north america has 1 G50 model being sold the G50VT-B1. The exclusive models the G50VT-X5 for best buy and G50VT-X6 for newegg are still current. All other models are old even though you can still find and buy them new.

If its hurting them its mostly the less savy customers anyways. If im shopping for an asus I know what I am looking for. ASUS doesnt need customers costing them money on tech support they dont market to people who say "I want a fast computer with lots of memory".

 

ASUS marketing has always been awkward, but their outstanding quality, confident support, innovation, and superb value make it isn't really a big deal.

I've been an ASUS customer since 2002. Best motherboards for sure.

 

Hmmmm yea.. You see where i'm coming from though don't you?
Somone new coming along to buy an Asus Laptop theyv'e heard thats good and there stuck with all these models most discontinued, not knowing where the hell to buy the 1 that they want.
Nd if your from the UK like me it's a little more complicated

 

I like this solution better than having only one model available and not being able to choose what specs are important to me.

 

The new EeePCs (the seashells) are a prime example of marketing gone wild. There going to have the 1008ha, 1005ha-h, 1005ha-m which are very close to each other in specs and price. On top of that they still have the 1000he, which although on the outside is very different, the internal components are nearly identical.

Its nice having choices, but I remember when I was buying my Eee it was confusing as hell with so many models with only slight differences between them.

 

Would that be the same confident support which advised me on how to solve a problem with an EEE PC when I was actually in need of advice for solving the same issue on an M70Vm?...

Personally when I look at a laptop/PC I don't care what model designation it has, so long as it has the spec I want for the $ I can afford at the time.

I do find it rather confusing that Asus appear to have regional variations as well. For example the UK version of the M70Vm (whichever one is sold in the UK without the TV tuner) isn't entirely the same as the US version iirc.

 

HP for example has alot of regional variations as well. Regional variations are actually almost a requirement of building computers as tv tuner standards, parts avaliability, parts restrictions, os restrictions apply to regions.

 

I'd love to see the performance of this thing, especially on the battery front. Linux should be great for a system like this.

 

It's OK to have many model designations, but Asus doesn't do it well. The numbers and letters are seemingly meaningless and do not create any sort of identity or brand.

They should do something simple - G (gaming), EEE, U, W, or whatever. Followed by screen size (51, 56, 60, 72, etc), then a single letter designation for a broad base of configurations (dual core, quad core, AMD, Intel, etc). After that, use a simple number designating the highest end with a single number, or lowest end or whatever.

 

I agree about this, i remember during the summer they had a 14 inch notebook that had one gig of video memory in their either Nvidia or ATI, now its great to have one of those machines! Now again same thing, Acer and other companies like Asus keep these machines for a while and then pull them! Gosh i hate that.