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Archive for October 16, 2008
HP Drops the Price of the Mini Note 2133 to $779
Oct 16th
It was a huge price drop from the previous $1064 but still not competitive enough with the prices of other netbooks in its class and range. We’re talking about HP’s decision to drop the price of its one and only netbook the Mini Note 2133 which now stood at $779. That’s around $285 difference folks. Still quite a lot of money. But seriously would you buy it considering that it’s the first generation netbook coming from HP? Alright, HP is HP but other brands can easily match up or even surpass the HP Mini-Note’s specs with their netbooks at more affordable prices.
To give you a better idea, let’s review the HP Mini Note 2133’s specs here:
- Windows Vista Business OS
- Via C7-M processor (1.6 GHz)
- 8.9-inch diagonal WXGA display
- 2GB RAM
- 120GB HD
- Bluetooth
- VGA Camera
- 6-cell battery
Three specs of the Mini-Note 2133 make it expensive – Vista, 6-cell battery and a 2GB RAM. But can’t you find other netbooks priced at below $600 which can put up with those three specs? Yes, of course. Wait, would you really want Vista running on a netbook?
Personally, the Mini Note is a great netbook – a powerful one at that. But it’s price has hindered it’s own success for nothing. With the rumored 10-inch netbook that HP is prepping up, hopefully they would release it at a more affordable price.
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A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
HP Drops the Price of the Mini Note 2133 to $779
ASUS Eee PC 900A now $299
Oct 16th
JkOnTheRun received a tip from Pereira about a netbook retailing at under $300 and it isn’t the touchscreen Asus Eee PC, due to come out next year, either.
The model on offer is the Asus Eee PC 900A which is set to retail for $299 at Best Buy stores. That’s a great reduction off the original launch price of $465 in August.
However, with just a 4GB SSD, it could be worth waiting to see if the Eee PC 701SDX will come fitted with a 4GB or 8GB for the same $300 price tag before making a purchase. If you can’t wait for news on the 701SDX though and you’re looking for a cheap netbook, it seems most stores have them in stock, for now.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
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Eee PC is One Year Old Today!
Oct 16th
The netbook that created netbooks and which spawned a huge market for netbooks worldwide – the Asus Eee PC, is one year old today.
October 16th 2007 saw the arrival of the first Eee PC and since then the brand has soared in sales and become the ‘role model’ for a plethora of netbooks from different manufacturers and a plethora of different models of the Eee PC from ASUS too.
The Eee PC is only a year old but it is still the oldest netbook on the block and with the number of different models of Eee PC that ASUS are producing, there is still a lot of life in the old/young netbook yet!
Happy Birthday Eee PC!!
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
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