Best Buy stocking $349 Acer Aspire One with XP

AceraspireonexpbestbuyAs some commenters to the price drop news have already noticed, some retailers are already selling the XP version of the Acer Aspire One netbook for the new $349 price, which is $50 less than it was prior. I have to believe that Acer had planned the price drop at least a few weeks ago because when I opened up my weekly Best Buy flyer, page 22 reflected the $349 price. Note that I received the print flyer yesterday, i.e.: the day after the price announcement. There’s simply no way that the flyer was printed that night… some advance news had already hit Best Buy for sure.

These are the 3-cell units with 1 GB of RAM, Windows XP Home and a 120 GB hard drive. I actually returned my Linux-based AAO yesterday and paid the 15% restocking fee. After the abysmal write speeds of the SSD module, I felt that if really liked the unit, I’d be better off spending $20 more for the XP version to have the traditional hard drive. That model would give me the most flexibility without having to crack the unit open. At this point, I’m going to look further into an MSI Wind for my needs as that appears to be the only other new netbook (current or forthcoming) with a full-sized Right-Shift key in the proper location… something I personally don’t want to compromise on.

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