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CrunchGear: Best Buy to sell a $249 notebook this holiday season
Maximum PC all RSS Feed: Best Buy's Next $250 Laptop Isn't a Netbook
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP: Best Buy Isn’t Waiting For Black Friday - $249 Laptop Goes On Sale Today - But There Is A Limit
| @twelpforce http://bit.ly/4fwyy6 "lowest-advertised-price laptop ever. Selling in-store and ONLINE for $249.99" where online? can't find it 11/12/2009 |
| $BBY Best Buy Unveils Its Lowest-Advertised-Priced Laptop Ever - $249.99 Acer notebook. http://bit.ly/4fwyy6 11/10/2009 |
Best Buy to sell a $249 notebook this holiday season
CrunchGear —
Need a dirt cheap and somewhat underpowered notebook? Best Buy has you covered with a $249 Acer laptop. Netbook, what?
The exact model will be revealed tomorrow, but at least the key specs have been released today: an Intel Celeron 900 CPU, 2GB of memory, and a 160GB hard drive. Chances are the screen will be around 15-inches too and it will have the standard assortment of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DVD optical drive, webcam, and a 6-cell battery life. But for $249, who cares. It’s not like your mom is going to do anything but play Farkle on Facebook anyway.
Best Buy's Next $250 Laptop Isn't a Netbook
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
Best Buy today announced the launch of its “holiday computing selection” spanning nine different brands. Although the lineup is said to include over 30 notebooks, six netbooks, 17 desktops and four all-in-ones from some of the top brands, the retailer seems to have reserved the spotlight for a $249 Acer laptop. After all, it is Best Buy’s “lowest-advertised-price laptop” ever.
The retailer is hoping that the $249 will appeal to “value-conscious consumers.” But don’t expect the laptop to set any new performance benchmarks, for it features an insipid cocktail containing an Intel Celeron 900 CPU, 2GB memory, and a 160GB hard drive. The $249 Acer notebook will go on ...
Best Buy Isn’t Waiting For Black Friday - $249 Laptop Goes On Sale Today - But There Is A Limit
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
Yipes! I no sooner wrote about this and they are already sold out online. PLUS, Best Buy only has 5 of these computers per store. So is this a real sale? You decide!
We all suspected that this holiday season would be full of goodies and it looks like we will not be disappointed. Best Buy will be offering an Acer laptop computer, with a 900 Celeron processor, 2 GB of RAM and a 160 GB hard disk for only $249.00. This price reflects what Best Buy and others may have in store for us this holiday season.
According to a recent article it also states that:
This holiday, computing selection at Best Buy spans nine popular brands, ...


