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For $518 though, this thing is a bit expensive unless this is the specific class of laptop you need.]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
A European consumer would not be paying $518 - because his purchasing power is far greater at the moment. The price you are referring to is the cost of buying Euros with the weak US Dollar.

We all know it won't cost $518 in the US, we are just getting screwed here in Europe because companies know they can charge *relatively* a lot more.]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
For example, the Aspire One is available for pre-order here in Canada for only $379.99CDN....much better deal than the Eee if you ask meee (har har).]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019015&cid=896.862]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
holy CRAP! $380?? Thats such a good deal! I'm thinking of picking up.....its REALLY tempting.]]>Jul 4th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3949915&CatId=2814

found blue preorder on Tigerdirect.ca
(this is not an advertisement, I do not buy from nor endorse Tiger Direct)

must resist...]]>Jul 4th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 5th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 7th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 9th 2008 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
Problem solved!]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/This is faster, looks nicer, and £220 at Expansys. I'm getting one :)
]]>Jul 4th 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
"Carphone Warehouse are now offering the Elonix Webbook for £229 (used to be contract only) which comes with a 1.6ghz via CPU"

Where? Not on their website. No-one seems sure whether the CPU is a C7 or an Atom which makes a difference!]]>Jul 4th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
Why don't you stop converting currencies and simply compare apples with apples (or euros and euros)?]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
Too many countries in the world match their national currencies primarily to the US Dollar. Besides, numbers are numbers -- you say it probably won't cost 518 in the States, but this is just information, not implying anything. Information made in a way that's easier to understand to a different group of readers.]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
The $518 USD is not the actual price at all, far from it, the actual cost to a consumer in the European market will be far lower when you consider it in terms of purchasing power.

We would be better off if Engadget did it's own Big Mac Index, and showed the prices in relation to other products in the same market. Compare apples with apples.
]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
so to answer your question, misleading info is bad, but too much unnecessary good info is also bad. it can slow down engadget's efficiency, and possibly confuse some readers. I guess technically speaking, no info is the best way to go. but psychologically speaking, people living in north america have absolutely no value about euro. so for me (at least) remembering the pricing as a dollar value would be much easier, since the dollar sign is far more significant quantity for me (even now i don't remember its euro value at all). so if you are a regular engadget reader, you should be able to compare price with other products using dollar value as an index rather than actual financial value.

to conclude, there's no perfect solution. but it's pretty pointless to complain against a gadget site about economics matters (at least in my opinion).]]>Jul 5th 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
It's been ok, I have had some keyboard and audio issues (WHO HASN"T) see the shift key just got randomly stuck...but oh well...

These things are great for email and basic web use.]]>Jul 4th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
But it so nice I still would like one in blue.]]>Jul 4th 2008 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
http://www.t-online-shop.at/tonline/product.do?action=getProductDetail&ref=geizhalsat&product=44347]]>Jul 4th 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/When someone truly hits the price point the same as a game system then you will see mass adoption.]]>Jul 4th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/At 329€ it is 70€ cheaper than the suggested retail price of eeePC900 or MSI wind so I think it's a fair deal.]]>Jul 4th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/I didnt think so.]]>Jul 4th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
http://compraonline.mediaworld.it/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=20000&storeId=20000&productId=967874&langId=-1&category_rn=60653632]]>Jul 4th 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
Better still, the extended battery is said to go for 6+ hours :)]]>Jul 4th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/must read reviews first.]]>Jul 4th 2008 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/they fight for the price is about to start...
it would be better to wait half a year and watch the prices drop!]]>Jul 4th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/Jul 4th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/04/acer-aspire-one-available-in-europe/
I dont belive this will appear until i hold the Aspire One in my hands.]]>Jul 4th 2008 8:20PM