The first consumer oriented netbook launched in late 2007 with a $400 price tag. The Eee PC 701 had a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, a cramped keyboard, 4GB of flash storage, 512MB of RAM, and a 900MHz Intel Celeron processor. While some folks have been complaining that Intel's latest Atom processor doesn't offer significantly better performance than the low power Atom chips that have been available since mid-2008, there is one area where things have changed quite a bit: price.
I regularly highlight netbooks that are selling for under $300 and sometimes even under $200 in my daily deals posts. But what you might be surprised to notice is that these aren't all simply refurbished netbooks or older models that are taking up space on store shelves. In fact, some of the newest netbooks announced just this month have starting prices of less than $300. These are modern machines with the new energy-efficient Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail processor.
Netbook Reports has put together a good roundup of some of these models, with detailed specs for each. Unfortunately, some of the notebooks they mention don't actually seem to be available in the US at the moment. For instance, I've only seen listings for the MSI Wind U135 for $317 and up, with a 6 cell battery, while Netbook Reports suggests the 3 cell version will sell for a lower price. And I'm reluctant to list the Acer Aspire 532h and Gateway LT2106U as separate models, since they're basically the same machine with different brand names.
But here are 4 deals that I found on Pine Trail netbooks that you can pick up today for under $300:
- HP Mini 210 w/1GB RAM. 160GB HDD< Win XP, 3 cell battery for $279.99
– HP
- Dell Inspiron Mini 10 w/1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Win XP, 3 cell battery for $299 - Dell
- Acer Aspire One AO532h w/1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Win 7 Starter, 6 cell battery for $299
– Amazon
- Asus Eee PC 1001P-MU17 w/1GB RAM, 160G HDD, Win 7 Starter, 6 cell battery for $299.99
– Amazon
See any that I missed? Let us know in the comments.
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4 Pine Trail netbooks for under $300
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