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Best Buy Makes It Easy to Give Yourself the Gift of a New Computer
MINNEAPOLIS --(Business Wire)--
Come Dec. 25, the gifts will be purchased and the presents exchanged. For those who are hoping for a computer that fails to appear under the tree this year, Best Buy will extend the holiday spirit with computer specials that begin online right on Christmas Day.
The end-of-season computer offers launch on Dec. 25 on BestBuy.com and continue in-store on Dec. 26 to enable shoppers to enjoy great values on gear that Santa may have missed. The two-day offers include:
Lenovo 10.1" netbook featuring an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory and a 160GB hard drive - all for $197 (regularly priced at $299.99).
Dell (News - Alert) Studio 17" notebook for $699.99 (regularly priced at $779.99) featuring an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor, 4GB memory and a 500GB hard drive.
Popular Asus G60 16" gaming notebook for $899.99 (regularly priced at $999.99) bolstering an Intel (News - Alert) Core 2-Duo P7450 processor, 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M graphics card with 1GB of dedicated graphics memory.
A $279.98 Acer nettop computer and 20" monitor with 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive and a Nvidia Ion LE processor (regularly priced at $339.98).
And for those with gift cards in hand and a lingering appetite for even more functionality, from Dec. 27 through Jan. 2 Best Buy will offer HP TouchSmart all-in-one computers for $799 (regularly priced at $899) and $899 (regularly priced at $999). The $799 model includes 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive, or for a hundred dollars more, upgrade to a 640GB hard drive and a built-in TV tuner.
Best Buy also continues its popular exclusive "PC Home Makeover" bundle, featuring an HP desktop, monitor, laptop, netbook, wireless router and Geek Squad network setup for only $1199.99. The exclusive PC Home Makeover offer is available through mid-January.
Always Offering the Broadest-Ever Selection & Latest TechnologyBest Buy and BestBuy.com carry the nine top computing brands (Acer, Apple (News - Alert), Asus, Dell, Gateway, HP, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo), and more than 30 laptops, six netbooks, 17 desktops and four all-in-ones every day. Laptops and netbooks range in price from $279.99 to $1999.99, and eight desktops are priced under $500. Apple laptops range from $999.99 to $2,499.99. Customers can select from newly popular functionality like laptops and netbooks with built-in 3G service from the customer's choice of Verizon (News - Alert), Sprint or AT&T.
Ultra-thin laptops (13", 14", and 15.6") are also available. Large memory machines (6GB's of memory) start at $849.99 and Blu-ray laptops at $699.99.
Backed By In-Store Service & Post-Purchase SupportBest Buy Blue Shirts are ready to help customers find the right computer and ensure they have everything they need to get up and running. Geek Squad is available to help set up that new gear, with Agents available in-store, in-home or online.
About Best Buy Co., Inc.With operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, China and Mexico, Best Buy is a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services with a commitment to growth and innovation. The Best Buy family of brands and partnerships collectively generates more than $45 billion in annual revenue and includes brands such as Best Buy, Audiovisions, The Carphone Warehouse, Future Shop, Geek Squad, Jiangsu Five Star,Magnolia Audio Video, Napster, Pacific Sales, The Phone House, and Speakeasy (News - Alert). Approximately 155,000 employees apply their talents to help bring the benefits of these brands to life for customers through retail locations, multiple call centers and Web sites, in-home solutions, product delivery and activities in its communities. Community partnership is central to the way business is done at Best Buy. In fiscal 2009, Best Buy donated a combined $33.4 million to improve the vitality of the communities where its employees and customers live and work. For more information about Best Buy, visit www.bestbuy.com.
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