It’s no surprise that many manufacturers are giving good deals with the imminent arrival of Pine Trail netbooks and tablets to the market. Digitimes reports that Asus, Acer and MSI are slashing prices for the first-generation Atom netbooks to move them out faster.

A 10-incher from Acer now only sells for US$314 while an Asus Eee PC 1005HA drops to US$298. It’s not just Atom-based netbooks that are getting price cuts. Ultra-thins like MSI’s X320 now sells for just US$405.

The price drop has also been driven by slowing demand for netbooks and the online news site notes that the manufacturers are changing their focus back to notebooks.

source Digitimes

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MSI’s Thin & Light X-Slim X320 notebook is now available in the U.S. through outlets like Newegg. In case you’ve forgotten, the MSI X-Slim X320 features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 2GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive, 802.11 n Wi-Fi, built-in Bluetooth, 1.3MP camera, a 4-cell battery and Windows Vista Home Premium. Intel’s GMA 500 graphics come integrated and the 16:9 13-inch display features 1366 x 768 pixel resolution. There’s also a 2-in-1 card reader built-in along with 3 USB ports, an Ethernet port, stereo speakers and a VGA-out port. If you’d rather get this than a netbook, prepare to shell out $599 USD.

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