Taiwan Netbook Pricing in Free Fall

Because of all of the competition, price falling was inevitable. However, it’s happened faster than most people predicted.

For €159, you can now purchase a 7in Eee PC Surf, while €199 will get you an Acer Aspire One with an 8.9in display and an 8GB SSD with Linux. With €225 you can purchase an Eee PC 904HD with a Celeron-M processor and €310 will get you an Eee PC 901 with Linux.

Although ASUS models are a little bit more pricey, you can get an Eee PC 1000HD for as little as €315 with a Celeron-M, 10.2in display, a 160GB hard drive and Windows XP Home. €335 can get you an Eee PC 1000 which swaps the processor for an Atom N270, adds 802.11n WiFi and swaps the hard drive for 40GB’s of SSD storage.

With €289 you can purchase a Lenovo ideaPad S9 with an 8.9in display, 80GB hard drive and Windows XP Home. The ideaPad S10 comes in at €359 with a 10.2in display and a 160GB hard drive. For slightly more, you can get an MSI Wind for about €333 with a 120GB hard drive and HP is offering its 60GB Mini 1000 for about €359.

These are most likely only the first round of price cuts in the netbook industry.

[via Fudzilla]