November 8, 2008 4:31 PM PST

A look at the ASUS Eee Top (touchscreen)

by Dave Rosenberg
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Asus Eee Top

Asus Eee Top

(Credit: Asus)
The ASUS Eee Top isn't just a iMac clone, it's a brand new style of hardware that has both a keyboard and a tactile screen to "humanize" the computing experience.

Reviews have been mixed but the guys at Hispazone put the Eee Top through it's paces (in both English and Spanish) and I think it looks pretty amazing.

The part that really matters is the touch-screen that is demonstrated in this video.

The reviewers seemed to be genuinely pleased with the whole experience:

Even with the snags we can get from the Eee Top, it will become a referent in tactile control for the domestic computers and will probably be a before and an after in what we know as domestic computer because this kind of interface "naturalize" the use of the computer making it more integrating and easy for the whole family.

I wrote last month about ASUS' Netbook domination. I certainly hope Dell, HP and Lenovo are paying attention

Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs to open-source enterprise software companies. He is co-founder of MuleSource and currently serves as the general manager of Hardy Way. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can contact Dave via e-mail at softwareinterrupted@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @daveofdoom.
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In "Software, Interrupted," Dave Rosenberg discusses disruption in the software market, as well as the products and services that keep business technology norms in perpetual flux.

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