Follow us on TwitterFalling Netbook Prices – 5/3/09
Posted by Tom Greer on May 3, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Netbooks, Falling Prices, MSI Netbooks, MSI Ultraportables, Samsung Netbooks, Ultraportables
Here is today’s list of netbooks with falling prices (that’s where today’s lowest price is $5.00 or more lower than yesterday’s lowest).
Overnight, there was a lot of pricing activity on netbooks, so today’s article is way longer than normal. So, here we go…
If you’ve been salivating over the hot new Samsung N120, then put your bib on and get your wallet out.
J&R Electronics now has it in stock and their prices are way lower ($439.99 for the Black model and $439.00 for the White).
Pre-Order MSI Wind U123 Now
Posted by Tom Greer on April 30, 2009 in MSI Netbooks
The new MSI Wind U123 is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com and at J&R Electronics.
| MSI Wind U123 160GB 6-Cell XP | |||
 | 10.2" Display (1024x600), 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 6-Cell Battery, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | Today's Best Deal Red  $299.99 | |
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The U123 is the latest in the MSI U-series which includes the popular U100 and U120 models of the MSI Wind.
What is really interesting, is that the U123 is priced below a similarly-featured version of the U100.
Falling Netbook Prices – 4/28/09
Posted by Tom Greer on April 28, 2009 in Falling Prices, MSI Netbooks, Netbook Market
Here is today’s list of netbooks where today’s best price is $5.00 or more lower than yesterday’s.
Today we have a couple of price drops on the MSI Wind U100 120GB 3-Cell XP netbooks. First off, J&R cut their price on the Black Model to $299.99. (That’s $10.00 below yesterday’s best price.)
| MSI Wind U100 120G 3-Cell XP | ||||||||||||||||||||
 | 10" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB DDR2-667 RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, 3-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |||||||||||||||||||
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Next, Amazon.com trimmed their price for the White version from $329.99 to $319.99.
As always, please be aware that the above widgets are dynamic and they will always show *current* prices and availability.
Falling Netbook Prices – 4/27/09
Posted by Tom Greer on April 27, 2009 in Asus Netbooks, Asus Nettops, HP Netbooks, MSI Netbooks, Netbook Market
Today, we have a number of netbooks where today’s price are $5.00 or more below Friday’s lowest price.
Let’s start with the MSI Wind U100 120G 3-Cell XP in White where Amazon.com has set a new lowest price point of $319.99 (a $10.00 drop).
ClubMac is offering the Asus Eee PC 901 12G XP in Pearl White for $274.99 ($5.00 off yesterday’s lowest price).
| Asus Eee PC 901 12G XP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 8.9" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1.0 GB DDR2-533/677 RAM, 12 GB Solid-State Storage, 6-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Buy.com has cut their price for the HP 2140 Mini 160GB 3-Cell Vista HB32 to $445.99 ( a drop of more than $30.00)
| HP 2140 Mini 160GB 3-Cell Vista HB32 | ||
 | 10.1" Display (1024x576), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 802.11a/b/g, 3-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 32 | |
Amazon.com now has their price for the Asus Eee Top 15.6″ 160GB XP in Black down to $479.99. That’s a cut of $20.00.
| Asus Eee Top 15.6" 160GB XP | ||
 | 15.6" Touchscreen (1366x768), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB, 160 GB Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |
An Amazon.com merchant has lowered the best price for an HP 2133 Mini-Note 120G Linux (KX870AT) to $499.99 (a drop of $100.00).
| HP 2133 Mini-Note 120G Linux (KX870AT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 8.9" Display (1280x768), VIA C7-M 1.6 GHz Processor, 2.0 GB DDR2-667 RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Microsoft Vista Business | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BuyDig.com has cut their price for an HP 2133 Mini-Note 4G Linux (KR922UT) to $489.00 (a $9.00 improvement in the lowest price ).
| HP 2133 Mini-Note 4G Linux (KR922UT) | ||
| 8.9" Display (1280x768), VIA C7-M 1.0 GHz Processor, 512 MB DDR2-667 RAM, 4 GB Solid-State Drive, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 | |
As always, please remember that the widgets shown above are dynamic and the prices will automatically be updated to show the latest prices.
Falling Netbook Prices – 4/22/09
Posted by Tom Greer on April 22, 2009 in Asus Netbooks, Falling Prices, MSI Netbooks
Here is today’s list of netbooks where today’s price is $5.00 or more below yesterday’s.
J&R Electronics has slashed their price for the Asus N10J A1 to 659.99. Yesterday’s lowest price was $673.17.
| Asus N10J A1 160GB 6-Cell XP | ||
 | 10.2" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS, 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, 6-Cell Battery, Fingerprint Reader, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |
An Amazon.com merchant is offering the White version of the MSI Wind U100 120G 3-Cell XP at $329.99 which is significantly lower than the previously lowest price of $485.95.
As always, the widgets shown above are dynamic, meaning that prices and availability will be updated automatically when they change.
I Need a New Netbook
Posted by Tom Greer on April 13, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, MSI Netbooks, Samsung Netbooks
I was on the road for the past three weeks or so. During my travels, I dropped my briefcase, which contained two computers, my work laptop and my personal netbook (an Acer Aspire One).
My work laptop was fine.
At first, I thought my netbook was OK, too. But slowly, features began to disappear. First, left mouse button, then clicking on the glide pad, then the right mouse button. I could work around those using a USB mouse.
But the killer was losing the ALT key.
I thought that maybe the problem was software, so I reloaded the operating system. No luck.
So, I guess it’s time to buy a new netbook. (Actually, I’ve been looking for a reason to do so. But I was planning on subsidizing the cost by selling my old netbook. Oh, well…)
With all of the recent introductions (some of which are not available yet), there are a lot of choices. So, I’ll use the opportunity to explore as many as possible.
My requirements are different than most. Here is what is important to me.
- Must have a Linux OS. (It’s a personal preference.)
- Must have a keyboard that I can touch-type on. That especially means a full-size right shift key.
- Must be thin and light (since I carry this and a laptop in the same bag).
- Prefer 6+ hours of battery life (so it lasts a whole plane trip), but I might be willing to accept shorter battery life to keep the netbook thin and light.
- If I can get better resolution than 1024×600, without adding too much to the size/weight, then I would do so.
- I don’t need a hard drive. I don’t store much on the netbook. Just about everything I need is online. A solid-state drive with 8-16 GB is smaller and lighter.
- Of course, it has to be a good value.
One other requirement, between my wife, my son Steve (who works with me to maintain this site) and his wife, we already have three different netbooks:
- Acer Aspire One 9″ with XP
- MSI Wind U100 with XP
- Samsung NC10 with XP
So, I’d like to get something different.
As my evaluation progresses, I’ll keep you posted.
Falling Netbook Prices – 4/9/09
Posted by Tom Greer on April 9, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Falling Prices, MSI Netbooks
Today, we have two netbooks where a retailer has cut their price by more than $5.00 below the previous lowest price.
Amazon.com has cut the price of the MSI Wind U100 120G 3-Cell XP in White lowering the previous lowest price from $328.74 to $319.00.
| MSI Wind U100 120G 3-Cell XP | |||
| 10" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB DDR2-667 RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, 3-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | ||
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A new lowest price for Acer Aspire One 9″ 16G 3-Cell XP in Black was established when an Amazon.com merchant trimmed their price to $248.05
| Acer Aspire One A110 9" 16G 3-Cell XP | |||
 | 8.9" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1.0 GB RAM, 16 GB Solid-State Drive, 3 Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | ||
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As always, please remember that the widgets shown above are dynamic and the prices will automatically be updated to show the latest prices.
Huge Netbook Price Variations Between Colors
Posted by Tom Greer on April 2, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Netbooks, Lenovo Netbooks, MSI Netbooks
It is really interesting to watch the prices vary between the different colors of the same netbook.
Normally, when a new netbook is introduced, all of the colors are priced the same.
However, over time, various online retailers will drop the price on one or two colors. I am guessing that this is due to overstock; but I don’t really know.
If you are not locked into purchasing a specific color, then these variation provide opportunities for big savings.
Based on today’s prices, here are some examples: Read the rest »
How Acer Became The Top Netbook Maker
Posted by Tom Greer on December 27, 2008 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Netbooks, Dell Netbooks, HP Netbooks, Lenovo Netbooks, MSI Netbooks, Netbook Market
Acer Aspire One
Back around the middle of this past year, the netbook marketplace really began to buzz as the launch dates of the second-generation netbooks were nearing. MSI was garnering a major chunk of the mind share, with the Wind Netbook receiving rave reviews. Meanwhile, Asus was busy announcing new Eee PC models at a dizzying pace. Acer was preparing to introduce the Aspire One; however, while the reviews were favorable, it was getting a lot less buzz.
Fast forward to now (year-end) where the Acer Aspire One is king of the netbooks. How did they do it? Read the rest »