Acer remembers netbooks were supposed to be cheap, drops price on Aspire One

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Not sure if you noticed (though you probably did), but these so-called netbooks never actually ended up being nearly as inexpensive as we were all led to believe. Matter of fact, some manufacturers even took the liberty of charging more than basic 15-inchers as they pimped the whole “pay a premium for portability” aspect. Nevertheless, we’re glad to see the stickers declining on at least one subset, as Acer has announced price drops today on its Aspire One. The

Windows XP unit will fall to $349 (from $399), while the Linpus Linux Lite model will sink to $329 (from $379). Best of all, the longevous six-cell battery-packin’ flavor is now $399. Full release is after the break.

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