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Best Buy cracks the $300 netbook mark with Asus Eee PC 900A

Posted by Zach Epstein on Oct 17, 2008 10:45 am 7 comments
Filed in Asus, Laptops, Retail

Well if there’s one thing a devastated economy is good for, it’s price drops. Prices on plenty of goods and services are dropping, gas has dipped well under $3.00 per gallon in many areas… And now you can get your Asus netbook on for less than $300. Well, not really considering taxes take you over $300 but you know what we mean. The Asus Eee PC 900A, which is a 900 with an Atom processor, is now available from Best Buy for a more-than-reasonable $299.99. A check brush up in terms of specs:

  • 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor
  • 8.9″ 1024 x 600 WSVGA widescreen display
  • 4GB solid state drive
  • 1GB DDR2 SoDIMM RAM
  • Linux OS
  • Integrated WiFi
  • 3 USB 2.0 ports
  • Weighs 2.2 lbs and measures 1.3″ thin

For $300 and change after taxes, you really can’t go wrong with this puppy.

[Via jkOnTheRun]

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7 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Oct 17, 2008 @ 12:16 pm, jaredb Said:

    Has anyone noticed that in the Best Buy ad they say that its an Asus laptop, but under what’s included it lists an Acer?

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  2. On Oct 17, 2008 @ 1:46 pm, Da Ereeser Said:

    Good eye!

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  3. On Oct 17, 2008 @ 3:32 pm, Jeff Said:

    Target is already selling these at this price. Linux only unfortunately.

    Saw them in the store the other night.

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  4. On Oct 17, 2008 @ 4:29 pm, CoolProducts Said:

    Useless laptop for anything beyond web surfing and writing up documents..

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  5. On Oct 18, 2008 @ 2:55 am, yonith Said:

    aka perfect for grandma’s first (an last) PC

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  6. On Oct 18, 2008 @ 3:55 am, FARBES Said:

    DELL INSPIRSON MINI 9: You can install XP OS, the upgraded 2 GB Memory, easy and quick to do and can install a upgrade 80 GB Hard Dive so You can have all the storage You could possibly need. see photo which is prove you of http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9959/39be1vv6.jpg

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  7. On Oct 21, 2008 @ 11:10 pm, Ben Said:

    I bought one of these, opened it and saw that there was 423 MB free, and packaged it up and sold it on eBay for $110 more than I paid. Total time the computer was on was under 10 minutes. The keyboard was clackey and the touchpad slow to respond. I’ll not buy another Eee.

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