Eee PC math challenge

Here is a good story for math gurus:

Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus) predicts that the Eee PC it has started selling with Microsoft Windows XP Home edition on board will outsell the original Linux-based version by a ratio of 6 to 4 by the end of this year — a heady prediction considering the Windows machine costs nearly twice as much as the cheapest Linux one.

Call me crazy, but that looks like 3 to 2 to me. Why say “6 to 4″? People will pay twice as much for Windows? That’s the norm, not a surprise. The surprise will be if people who value security will pay twice as much for less.

Th Eee PC is cute and definitely a good effort, but it seems too small to me to be useful. The video reviews show perspective. Instead of a unified package, I wish they could make one that is modular — pull off the screen and use it like an ipod/iphone, attach a keyboard to the bottom and it’s a notebook, clip it into the dashboard and it’s a media/gps…