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Best Buy makes the XP based Asus Eee PC available

by Robert Nelson on Apr 7, 2008 at 08:20 AM

Best Buy Asus Eee PC Screenshot

Well, just as expected, Best Buy has added the Windows XP based Asus Eee PC to their website, albeit with a slightly misleading picture. The image shows the Eee PC clearly running the default Linux-based operating system, but if you dig down into the “Product Features” it clearly states that it has the “Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system preinstalled.” Sadly there is no mention of the 4GB SD card that was rumored to be bundled with Eee. Aside from that, we will offer a bit of friendly advise, while Best Buy is kind of enough to suggest the Targus Slipskin Notebook Case, we will remind you that the Eee ships with a small slip cover of its own. Perhaps the best news is that the Windows XP based Eee PC retails at the same $399 price tag.

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  • MLeister said:

    According to the best buy website the 4g XP version doesn’t have a digital card reader.  Is this true?  It’s hard to tell from the pictures and I haven’t seen any other reports stating that the $399 model would lack the reader.  If anyone has any concrete info on this I would love to know because I don’t want to get this only to find out that I can’t use the 16g SDHC card I have with it.

  • Robert Nelson from Brooksville, Florida said:

    Without any official confirmation, from what I understand and believe, these models are the same as what has been around, meaning a built-in card reader is included. I would chalk that up to a bad Best buy description, heck they even have the laptop pictured with the wrong OS.

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