ZipZoomFly - Asus Eee PC 1000HE w/2GB RAM for $359.98

ZipZoomFly is running a special from today through tomorrow night (11:59pm PST) on the 10.2″ Asus Eee PC 1000HE.

For $359.98 (and free shipping for most areas), you can get the 1000HE with 2GB of Corsair memory/RAM.

Specifications:
- High Capacity Battery
- Intel Atom N280 (1.66GHz)
- 160GB HDD
- Windows XP
- Black

ZipZoomFly Links:
- ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 1.66GHz 10in 160GB HDD 1GB RAM Laptop Retail $339.99 with purchase of Corsair 2GB DDR2-667 Memory
- Corsair 2GB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 Value Select SO-DIMM Memory Retail $19.99 with purchase of ASUS 1000HE netbook

Offer expires 3/28 11:59PM PST

Dell Inspiron Mini 9n for $199 (1-day only)

Dell is running another one of their one-day only specials for the Inspiron Mini 9 (Mini 9n in this case). It’s $50 off the base model, with a starting price of $199.

$199 gets you a Dell Inspiron Mini 9n with:
- Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz)
- 512MB DDR2 RAM
- 8GB Solid State Drive (SSD)
- 4-Cell Battery
- Ubuntu Linux 8.04.1
- 8.9″ 1024×600 Display
- Alpine White or Obsidian Black

It started this morning at 6am CDT (US) and ends tomorrow morning at 5:59am CDT or while supplies are available.

Full Details/Purchase:
Dell Home and Home Office - Inspiron Mini 9 only $199 after $50 off.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - $80 Off of Windows XP Model

Dell is running another “Days of Deals” special, and through tomorrow, they have an Inspiron Mini 9 for $279 after $80 off. This is for the Windows XP Home edition with an 8GB Solid State Drive (SSD) and 1GB RAM, which makes it a very good deal. It’s an even better deal than last week’s deals. The only limitation is the memory issue - it appears that 1GB of RAM maybe the maximum it handles.

Dell Home and Home Office:
- Days of Deals - Mini 9 only $279 after Instant Savings

Specifications - $279:
- Obsidian Black or Alpine White
- Windows XP Home
- 1 Year Warranty
- 1GB DDR2
- 8GB SSD

For $50 extra, you can add these two features, which are worth it:
- Upgrade to 16GB Solid State Drive (SSD) (adds $40)
- Upgrade to 1.3MP Webcam (adds $10)

Built-in Bluetooth would add an additional $20.

Dell - More Inspiron Mini 9 Deals, Advice

Every few weeks, Dell has some very good deals on their 8.9-inch Intel Atom-based Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks. You can pick up the base for $249, but some of their pre-configured models with better features, and some of the upgrades are on sale or discounted.

For the most part, I would recommend against the baseline $249 model - the Ubuntu Linux distribution is good distribution for these ultraportables (and Dell has done a lot of work on their particular installs), but the storage is a 4GB Solid State Drive (SSD), and it wouldn’t take much to fill that up if you are offloading photos or video to it. I know that’s not what people intended these devices for, but that’s what people are doing with them.

If you are leaning towards an Inspiron Mini 9 and your budget is around $400, this is what I would do:

Visit the Inspiron Mini 9 page at Dell Home and Home Office

You can select the $299 model (normally $319) to get the Windows XP option, otherwise select the $249 baseline model for Linux.

Microsoft Windows XP Home model - $389
Specs: 1GB RAM, 16GB Solid State Drive (SSD), 1.3MP Webcam.
1) Select Obsidian Black as the color
2) Standard 1 year warranty
3) Select 1GB DDR2 RAM/Memory - adds $25
4) Hard Drive - select 16GB Solid State Drive (SSD) (add $40)
5) Integrated Webcam - $25 extra for 1.3MP, ($15 for 0.3MP)

Ubuntu Linux 8.04.1 - $379
Specs: 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD, 1.3MP Webcam
1) Select Obsidian Black as the color
2) Standard 1 year warranty
3) Select 1GB DDR2 RAM/Memory - adds $25 (2GB is $75)
4) Hard Drive - select 32GB Solid State Drive (SSD) (add $65)
5) Integrated Webcam - $25 extra for 1.3MP, ($15 for 0.3MP)

Some notes:
- If you don’t plan on video chatting or using Skype, you can save $25. If you do plan on video chatting, Skype, etc., I highly recommend the 1.3MP webcam over the 0.3MP Webcam. It’s only a $10 difference, but the video is much improved on the other end (assuming the person you are talking to has a good internet connection).
- $59 extra for a two year warranty with the added in-home repair if you qualify isn’t bad
- $20 more gets you Bluetooth 2.1
- Depending on the model, you maybe able to go up to 2GB of RAM using third party memory, if you are comfortable with doing it yourself. Some models don’t offer that option.

Amazon.com - Deal of the Day - Samsung X360-34G ($1049.99)

This is kind of a surprise. If you are in the US and have been thinking about the ultraportable 13.3-inch Samsung X360, Amazon.com has the X360-34G as their “Deal of the Day” today. This is probably one of the cheapest ultraportable deals with an Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) CPU - Samsung claims it’ll get you up to nearly 8 hours of battery life.

List Price: $1,899.00
Price: $1,049.99 & eligible for free shipping with Amazon Prime
Save: $849.01 (45%)

Note: There is a $300 rebate listed, however that expired yesterday. The deal today is much better.

Specifications:
- 13.3″ 1280×800 LED-Backlit display
- Intel Ultra Low Voltage SU9300 Core 2 Duo (1.2GHz)
- INtel GMA 4500MHD Graphics
- 3GB DDR3 (1066MHz) RAM
- 1280 GB HDD (1.8″)
- 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi
- Bluetooth 2.0
- 6-cell Battery
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Fingerprint Reader

The listed weight is 2.9 pounds - lighter than some netbooks/ultraportables with smaller displays. It partially achieves this by ditching the optical drive, similar to Apple’s MacBook Air, so there is not an optical/DVD/CD drive included.

Read: Amazon.com - Samsung X360-34G

Asus Eee PC 901 Price Drop?

With Asustek rolling out cheaper models with more features, such as the $375 Asus Eee PC 1000HE, and with Acer dropping the starting price on the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One, it was bound to happen that they would either drop some models or reduce the prices.

A few weeks ago Asustek’s CEO said they would be reducing the number of Eee PC models. Today, several online retailers in the United States started listing $100 rebates for certain Asus Eee PC 901 models. It covers both the 12GB Solid State Drive (SSD) versions as well as the 20GB versions (12GB SSD = Windows XP Home, 20GB SSD = Linux). From what I’ve seen, the rebates end March 8, 2009.

Some Examples (all prices are after rebates):
- Amazon.com - EEEPC901-W001 - Linux, White, 20GB SSD, $267.99
- Amazon.com - EEEPC901-BK002X - Windows XP, Fine Ebony, 12GB SSD, $279.99
- Amazon.com - All Eee PC 901 models
- Buy.com - EEEPC901-BK001 - Fine Ebony, Linux, 20GB SSD, $269.95
- Buy.com - EEEPC901-BK002X - Fine Ebony, Windows XP, 12GB SSD, $279.99
- OnSale.com - EEEPC901-BK001 - Linux, 20GB SSD, Fine Ebony, $268.99
- OnSale.com - EEEPC901-BK002X - Windows XP, 12GB SSD, $266.99

Specifications: Intel Atom 1.6GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 12GB or 20GB Solid State Drive (SSD), 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, Linux or Windows XP, 6-cell Battery

I’m leaning towards them trying to clear out some models, either because of competing with the Asus Eee PC 1000HE as far as price, or perhaps introducing new models within a month or two, perhaps with the new chiclet-style keyboards that are popping up on the 1000HE and the Eee PC T91 or with more flash-based storage.

Keep in mind that CeBIT 2009 is next week, and Asustek is bound to be introducing a few new models.

via PortableMonkey

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - Starting at $199 (one day only)

The 8.9″ Dell Inspiron Mini 9 recently had a price drop, and today, they are having a one-day sale (good through February 17, 2009, 5:59 AM CST) with the starting price on some models dropping to $199.

This is through the Dell Home and Home Office Store:
- Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - only $199 after instant discount

Specifications:
- Intel Atom 1.6GHz CPU
- 4GB Solid State Drive
- 512MB RAM
- Ubuntu Linux 8.04.1
- 4-cell battery

You can also pick up a Dell Inspiron Mini 12 starting at $449 through the above link.

Sales and Deals - Feb 12, 2009

There are some decent laptop sales this week, thanks to a couple of holidays/events in the US - President’s Day and Valentine’s Day.

OnSale:
- $25 Off - ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch - 1.66GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1GB RAM, 160 GB HD - Blue Now only $369.99 (was $394.99)
- $25 Off - ASUS Asus Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch - 1.66 GHz Intel Atom, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD - Black Now only $369.99 (was $394.99)
- $121 Off - Lenovo IdeaPad S10e - Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz Notebook Now only $298.99 (was $419) + FREE Printer after rebate

Lenovo:
- 3 day sale at Lenovo ecoupon USPTHREEDAYSALE
- 15% off all IdeaPads (except S10) + 20% off consumer service upgrades Feb 10-16-use USPIDEASAVINGS for IdeaPad Y & U Series
- $399 IdeaPad S10 Bundle ecoupon- USPBUNDLES10 Feb 10-16
- Click here to get to ecoupons at Lenovo for additional 5% to 10% off select ThinkPads

Lenovo Canada:
- Save an extra 10-15% on Ultraportable Lenovo Notebooks use -CAPULTRAPORTABLE -Feb 10-16
- Save up to 20% on top of sale price during the Lenovo 72 Hour Sale- CAP72HOURSALE -From Feb 11-13
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