These need to be sold in stores!

That these computers will not be sold in stores has to represent the grandest mistake ever perpetrated by the collective marketing minds at Microsoft and Asus, even if it was only a limited edition machine. Windows Vista needs a huge splash but I see none forthcoming. Is it any wonder they're losing the battle of ultra-cool to Apple, where even their bad ideas (a $500 telephone with a 5 hour unremoveable battery, a keyboardless,screenless notebook) look sexy.

And a box with Bill Gates' signature isn't "ultra-cool".