Acer 10.1" Netbook $199 @ Target Starting 11/22 w/free Neoprene sleeve

Acer 10.1" Netbook $199 @ Target Starting 11/22 w/free Neoprene sleeve
Tomorrow's Target ad has the Acer AOD250-1165 10.1" netbook for $199, it comes with a free Tuari neoprene sleeve. You can see pics of the same sleeve on an Acer Here
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The ad shows a specific model, which is only available in blue, and is not sold at target.com, so I assume it's B&M only.

Same model is $229 at Amazon [Amazon.com].
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Specs:

* 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor
* 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM Single Channel Memory
* 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
* Windows XP Home (SP3), Over 3 Hours of Battery Life (3-Cell 2200 mAh)
* 10.1" WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED Display, Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

Bing says 3-7% Cash Back and ShopDiscover has 5%.

thanks sharpedge

$150 at OfficeMax black friday sale

Check the negative reviews at Amazon before wasting your money.

I have an 8" acer netbook and I love it. I checked out the Amazon ratings on the Aspire netbooks, most are 4+ stars, why are you so down on these inexpensive little toys?

If WalMart price matches what is the chance you could take the Office Max ad in and get a price match the day after Turkey day??

Like what purrdy3us pointed out.

your best bet is to get someone from WalMart to call OfficeMax at 7:00AM to check stock. chances are the limited quantity tickets already gave out to the people waited in line and good luck on OfficeMax answering call and checking stock for you at 7AM

but i was thinking about the same thing. perhaps you can show OfficeMax's ads to WalMart anytime before 7AM and argue that they for sure have stock and see if WM manager buys it. as a mater of fact, i just might try it

sideout said: If WalMart price matches what is the chance you could take the Office Max ad in and get a price match the day after Turkey day??

SD says the $150 Office Max ad is a fake. . . .

dfworders said: sounds like a good deal @ $199.99. I just baught the $179.99 desktop and for $20.00 more i get same spec + LCD. I think I'll return that pc.
http://www.frys.com/product/6054148?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

any idea about buy online & free shipping?

It's not for sale online.

Amazon giving out Promotion Applied: -$5.00 at random for customers so I got it for $224 with free shipping and no tax instead of the $229. Target reports limited stock on hand at $199.99 plus the tax and I don't have Officemax in this state so the $150 deal is out of the question for me. Those who report this item as being slow. You just remove the McAfee Security Suite and install Rising Antivirus 20009 International Version which is 100% freeware get that off Cnet downloads. I see Amazon is offering for $40 bucks 2GB of RAM option and $15 for the carrying case. There is also Windows 7 Starter Edition for this model for those who want to use Windows 7 which does look nice. There are a lot of how to videos on youtube showing how to install from USB jump drive. I think this is a great deal for $224 or if you can get one at $199.99 plus tax then too. BF day for $150 you would have to be very lucky to grab one! I am just going to use mine where I don't have to lug a huge 17.3 laptop with everything on it which is also Acer 17.3 for $679.99 That one I got for the wife with 4 flex payment deal off HSN. Acer Aspire One has the mini PCI 802.11(G/N) for this device. I could add that on at a later date and a 6 cell battery too.

MoonlitHollow said: shihkang said: Looks like a good deal, but after using a friend's, the Atom processor just seems slow...

I agree. I love the energy savings of the Atom, but I can't stand it when I have to pray that Divx/xvid/h.264 encoded videos play without frames or audio dropped. Online videos don't stream for me in full screen either, as it freezes the picture but still plays the audio in FS mode. Of course, this could be entirely because of the build quality of my netbook. It is a refurb AOA 150-1777 Acer. I haven't ran stress tests to be sure, however.

Any others have the same issues?

A few system tweaks will fix that issue. I'll post fixes when I get my hands on this model. DivX 6.8 is free from DivX and Xvid is also free from opensource site. I see no reason why WMV, MP2,(AVI) DivX, Xvid and MP4 can't play smoothly on 1.6GHz CPU.

if you get an atom - get the one with the hackable ion video. will be far more usable with full screen hd youtube

Be aware that these Acer's netbooks have poor reliability too. I had a similar model fail within weeks with motherboard problems. Saw a SquareTrade survey posted here which confirmed high failure rates for netbooks.

ankurahuja said: Picked two up at two different Targets, one as a present and one as a spare netbook. Typing on it now, bootup is very fast, especially after removing antivirus software as the post above stated.

Good deal and the case is pretty nice too, retails for 11.99 at Target.

On a side note they also had some Zhu Zhu pets : ).

Thanks OP for a great findDoes it have a webcam?

great gift idea...glad to hear it has webcam

Good deal. Picked up 2 myself here in Bay Area. There were 2 more people after me who wanted to buy the laptop, so I asked the guy to check stock and see if I can buy 2. He looked at the stock and said that it should be fine. The sleeve is nice too.
Thanks for posing a great deal!

I guess they're trying to get rid of netbooks that are getting outdated hence no HDMI port

Thanks OP. Got one!

picked one up at 8:30 DFW area. I was the second guy there and saw the first person trying to check out. I bet she's FW fellow too

Anyways, applied for target card so got a 10% off. Total became $179.99 + tax.

Not to mention that associates said they cannot do rain check and they still have 12 in stock... well at 8:30AM

thanks .. i got one in SanDiego area

calisoldier83 said: I guess they're trying to get rid of netbooks that are getting outdated hence no HDMI port

HDMI is not needed on a netbook, save that for a real laptop with real power to use it.

shihkang said: Looks like a good deal, but after using a friend's, the Atom processor just seems slow...

It is definately slow...but you're not gonna find many (any) other options unless you're willing to buck up for them. The Atom is the Industry Standard at this point.