One of the main reasons everyone simply adored netbooks was because they were cheap alternatives to laptops, but nowadays, the prices of laptops has seemed to drop significantly.
A little while ago, we blogged about Wal-mart's $348 laptop. Speaking of cheap laptops, Best Buy is currently offering an Acer laptop (model number AS5516-5474) for only $279 (previously $299). Let the price wars begin!
Best Buy's laptop offer is for an AMD-based Acer laptop, which has a 15.6″ screen (WXGA) and is powered by an AMD Athlon TF-20 64 processor and an ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 graphics chipset. Unlike a netbook though, the machine has 2 GB of RAM (instead of 1), but like a netbook, it only has a 160 GB hard drive.
Other tech specs of this Acer laptop include 802.11b/g wireless and 10/100 Ethernet LAN. The machine also has a DVD-RW drive and runs on the Windows Vista (Home Basic Edition) OS. It's heavier than a netbook though, weighing in at roughly six pounds and measuring 1.5 thick.
Since laptop prices seem to be dropping, netbook sales could potentially suffer. What do you think will happen? For those of you still on the market for a netbook, would you still buy one, knowing that you may be able to get your hands on a cheap laptop?
Via CNet.
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