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Anyone interested in Dell's 8.9-inch Vostro A90 netbook had to hop on a plane (or make other travel arrangements) and cruise over to Japan, but that's no longer the case. The A90 is now being offered in the States, and for a fraction (one-third) of the price.
On the hardware front, the lightweight 2.36-pound netbook sports a pretty basic spec sheet, including Intel's Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz, 533MHz frontside bus, 512KB L2 cache), up to 1GB od DDR2-533 RAM, an 8GB or 16GB SSD, integrated Intel GMA950 graphics, WiFi, 0.3MP webcam, and Windows XP.
The Vostro A90 is available now starting at $350, with the slightly higher end configuration running $425. Tack on another $5 for the patriotic Rolling Stones sticker via Stickerville.com.
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[2] http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/15/dell-vostro-a90-now-available-in-us-with-much-more-reasonable-3/
[3] http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-vostro-a90?c=us&cs=04&l=en&ref=lthp&s=bsd
[4] http://www.stickerville.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=9
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/blunderful_dell_admits_shipping_vostro_notebooks_with_flawed_keyboard
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/dell_refreshes_its_vostro_line_laptops
[7] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/hp_takes_1_us_and_global_pc_seller_crown_dell
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