Offer: EeePC for under 120 quid at Expansys today. (UK)

Posted on 26 September 2008 by Chippy

6 Comments For This Post

1. snave says:
   September 26th, 2008 at 8:40 am

   It may also be worth noting that the Acer Aspire One has just had a price drop in the UK to £179.00 from online and high street retailers, bargain!!

2. alese says:
   September 26th, 2008 at 9:22 am

   I’m very tempted to pick up white one for the kitchen, I’m just not sure how to “sell” it to wife…

   Chippy Reply:
   September 26th, 2008 at 10:13 am

   Alese, as long as you hand it over to the wife with a 4G USB stick with a series of Desperate Housewives on it, its a guaranteed winner!

   Steve.

   alese Reply:
   September 26th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

   That’s not a bad idea, although my intention wasn’t to use the device as video player it was more like an info hub in the kitchen.

   Anyhow I’s just too good an opportunity, so I just bought one – I’ll deal with the wife later

3. dreador says:
   September 26th, 2008 at 10:10 am

   Also worth a note that the another retailer is offering a price match with additional 10% off on said Acer )

   I personally couldnt get on with the eee 7 series the screen was just the wrong resolution for what I needed.

4. Judge says:
   September 26th, 2008 at 10:45 am

   This is great news we are at last seeing UMPC’s challenging PDA’s on price. Now all we need is the Asus 900′s to be reduced to <£200 and the 901 at £250 1000H at £300 to clearly distinguish them price wise from laptops.

5. snave says:
   September 26th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

   Or wait for Apple’s NetBook

   alese Reply:
   September 26th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

   But Apple’s NetBook will not be 150 EUR it’s going to be something like 600 EUR…

   snave Reply:
   September 26th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

   My guess is it will be around £400 GBP, which may be higher than some Netbooks, but at least will have an OS that people will keep, and not be looking to upgrade at the earliest opportunity, as I am with my Acer One

6. Yves says:
   September 27th, 2008 at 8:33 am

   I got one and it has the USA keyboard. Also, this Surf model has no webcam and no slip-on bag.

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   September 26th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

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   [...] The price drops are happening all over. In the US you can pick the Aspire One up for under $300. In England it’s under 220 pounds and in Germany, one of the netbook sales hotspots (there are over 130 netbook SKU’s on the market right now,) 177 Euros buys you the Aspire One A110 that was selling for 289 Euros only six months ago. This is exactly what happened when the netbook market shifted up from 7″ to 9″. Resellers ended up with a lot of 701’s on their hands at that point and had to sell them at what must have been a loss. [...]