Limited Edition Dell Design Netbook by Deanne Cheuk

From Chip Chick -

Designer Deanne Cheuk, known for her graphic 'zine Neomu, has teamed up with Dell for a Best Buy exclusive, the Limited Edition Dell Design Netbook by Deanne Cheuk, which features a kaleidoscope design. There will only be 5250 units available, each one of them have been individually numbered. Price is $379.

Best Buy stocking Nokia's Booklet 3G on November 15th

From Engadget -
Best Buy Reward Zone members can now pre-order the Nokia Booklet 3G, which will be made available to the general public on November 15. It will be sold for $299.99 with a 2-year AT&T data contract or $599.99 without contract.

The un-Netbook: Acer laptop hits $279 at Best Buy

From Nanotech -

Best Buy has started offering an Acer laptop (AS5516-5474) for $279. It had been previously listed at $299. A Best Buy salesperson said these deals typically last a week.

Specs include an AMD Athlon TF-20 64, 15.6" WXGA display, 2GB RAM, DVD-RW, 160GB HD, ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 graphics, 802.11b/g wireless, 10/100 Ethernet LAN, and Windows Vista Home Basic. It measures 1.5" think and weighs in at 6 lbs.

The specs are pretty close to standard notebooks except for the low-end AMD-ATI silicon and the older "g" wireless. But the $279 price makes it competitive against 10" optical drive-less netbooks, creating an interesting dilemma for potential buyers.

Best Buy Introduces Next Class™ Exclusive Laptop Computer Line

From Businesswire -

Best Buy has introduced its Next Class™ personal laptops created specifically for college students. The four-unit line was manufactured in partnership with HP, Toshiba, Sony, & Dell, and is available exclusively at Best Buy stores nationwide and online now through fall.

Features of the Next Class include:

Up to 3-6 hours of battery life
5-6 lbs weight
14-15.5” screen size
Preloaded with Microsoft Office Home & Student and 12-15 months of anti-virus protection
Affordable price range of $649.99 to $799.99

Best Buy has previously launched its first line of consumer-inspired laptops, the Blue Label™ series, in October 2008. The Next Class line is the second series of computing products designed directly from consumer feedback and exclusive to Best Buy.

Best Buy product page here.

Best Buy Drops Eee PC 900A to $279.99

Submitted by Steve -

Best Buy has dropped the price of the Asus Eee PC 900A to #279.99!



What's Included
Asus Eee PC Netbook with Intel® Atom™ Processor N270

Lithium-ion battery

AC power cable

Owner's manual

Product Features
Intel® Atom™ processor N270
Features a 533MHz frontside bus, 512KB cache and 1.6GHz processor speed.

1GB DDR2 SoDIMM memory
Note: Optical drive not included

8.9" WSVGA widescreen display with 1024 x 600 resolution

4GB solid state drive

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950

High-definition audio support with 2 built-in stereo speakers.

Memory card slot supports Secure Digital and MultiMediaCard formats

3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports

Built-in wireless connectivity

Weighs 2.2 lbs. and measures 1.3" thin

Linux operating system preinstalled

Best Buy Product Page here.

Windows XP Eee PC now available at Best Buy for $399

Submitted by Brad Linder -

Looks like Best Buy has put up their product page for the Eee PC running Windows XP:



You can access the Best Buy product page here.

Brad also wrote about this over at his Eee Site.