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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Asus Eee PC 1000HE Reviews Starting

While it hasn’t shipped to the general public, at least in the US, some websites have gotten their review models of the new Asus Eee PC 1000HE and have started posting reviews online. These are the latest netbooks/ultraportables from Asustek and Asustek has worked to … Read more

Intel Atom N280, GN40, and the Asus Eee PC 1000HE

Intel Atom There has been some recent confusion in regards to the new Intel Atom N280 and a new Intel GN40 chipset, especially with the upcoming 10″ Asus Eee PC 1000HE.

The Eee PC 1000HE is the first (potentially) netbook/ultraportable to be shipping with the N280, at least that’s been announced (and it’s available for pre-order). Later on this quarter or in the second quarter of 2009, the 10-inch Acer Aspire One (D15) will be shipping with the N280 as an option.

Both of those laptops, at least for now, will be shipping with the standard Intel 945GSE chipset that has been shipping in these devices for the past year and a half, and will not shipping with the GN40 chipset. It’s possible that both companies could adopt the GN40, but chances are they would differentiate it with new model numbers (especially Asustek).

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Asus Eee PC 1000HE Hands-On (LAPTOP Mag)

This week has seen the Asus’ campaign for advertising the Eee PC 1000HE start up, and Joanna Stern at LAPTOP Magazine has gotten her hands on one of the first review models. She’s posted video as well. While it’s still based on the same chassis … Read more

Asus Eee PC 1000HG Announced

Another member of the The Asus Eee PC family has been announced – this time it’s the Asus Eee PC 1000HG, and it will be available in Taiwan, at least for now. No word on release dates for other areas. Features include a Huawei 3G … Read more