Follow us on TwitterFalling Netbook Prices – 4/23/09
Posted by Tom Greer on April 23, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Netbooks, Falling Prices, HP Netbooks, Lenovo Netbooks
Today, we have several netbooks where today’s price are $5.00 or more below yesterday’s.
For the Lenovo Ideapad S10 80G 3-Cell XP in White, yesterday’s lowest price was $339.00. Today, it’s available from TigerDirect for $299.96.
| Lenovo Ideapad S10 80G 3-Cell XP | ||
 | 10.2" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, 3-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |
The best price yesterday for a Asus Eee PC 904HA 160G XP in Fine Ebony was $304.95. Today, it is only $299.95 from BuyDig.com.
| Asus Eee PC 904HA 160G XP | ||
 | 8.9" Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1.0 GB DDR2-533/677 RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 6-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |
For the HP 2140 Mini 160GB 6-Cell XP, the best price yesterday was $491.40, but today you can steal it from Buy.com for $479.00.
| HP 2140 Mini 160GB 6-Cell XP | ||
 | 10.1" Display (1024x576), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 802.11a/b/g, 6-Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |
And finally, yesterday, the lowest price for an Acer Aspire One 9″ 160G 6-Cell XP in Seashell White was 329.00.
| Acer Aspire One A150 9" 160G 6-Cell XP | ||||||||||||||||||||
 | 8.9" TFT Display (1024x600), 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1.0 GB DDR2-533 RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 6 Cell Battery, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition | |||||||||||||||||||
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Please note that the widgets shown above are dynamic. That means that the prices and availability shown are always current.
OnSale.com: Big Blowout on Netbooks
Posted by Tom Greer on January 16, 2009 in Acer Netbooks, Asus Netbooks, Lenovo Netbooks, Samsung Netbooks
As part of their Inauguration Sale, OnSale.com is featuring what they call their ‘Big Blowout on Netbooks’.
Here are some of their offers:
This is the first time that I’ve seen an online merchant offer discounts on such a wide range of netbooks.
Hopefully, we will see more of this.
No Linux for Lenovo IdeaPad S10
Posted by Tom Greer on August 26, 2008 in Lenovo Netbooks, Netbook Market
As I was reviewing the pre-release information about the Lenovo Ideapad S10, I noticed that Gizmodo reported that Lenovo will not be offering a Linux version. Somehow, I had missed that piece of news.
I’m not surprised by this. Lenovo is going for volume. Eliminating the Linux version will help them keep their production costs down. They have previously publicly expressed concerns about netbook profit margins.
Of course, that means that Linux advocates (like me) will take their business elsewhere. That’s probably not a large number.
That also means that they will not be able to offer a product at the lowest price point. Asus, Acer and Dell will probably price their Linux versions at 10% to 15% below the S10.
Time will tell whether this was a good business decision.
Lenovo Announces Netbooks
Posted by Tom Greer on August 7, 2008 in Lenovo Netbooks, Netbook Market
Lenovo recently announced their first netbook offerings named IdeaPad S9 and S10. Both are similar, sharing the same case and many components. Both will be configured with Linux or Windows.
The big difference: the S9 will have an 8.9″ display and the S10 will have 10.2″ display.
The other big difference is that the S9 will not be sold in the USA. Also, for those of us in the USA, the S10 will only be available with Windows.
Lenovo issued completely different press releases in the UK and the USA.