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Acer Aspire One netbook sold out at Best Buy
Published: August 27, 2008 9:28 AM PDT
Best Buy Co. Inc. stores this week sold out of Acer Inc.'s Aspire One netbook due to high-demand in its debut release at the retailer.
At Bestbuy.com, the product holds a sold out status. A check of local stores in the Southern California area held limited to no stock of the item. The Acer Aspire One, which retails for $349.99, includes a 1.6 Ghz Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, and Windows XP. The product weighs 2.2 pounds and yields a scant 8.9-inch widescreen. The Aspire One is among a new wave of ultra portable netbook devices that offer basic hardware functionality in smaller cases than average notebook computers. HP Inc. in Apr. began sale of the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, which utilizes a VIA C7-M. The top-selling Asus Eee PCs utilize Intel Centrino M and Atom CPUs. Acer this month price cut the Aspire One PC lineup to start at $349. It also introduced a business and education model with a six-cell battery and 160GB hard drive for $399.99. A previous Linux-equipped model now sells for $329.99.
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