The Asus Eee PC 1008P Karim Rashid Edition is the most expensive 10 inch netbook you can currently buy from Asus. That’s largely because it’s super thin and sports a designer edition lid, more RAM and hard drive space than most netbooks and Windows 7 Home Premium. But is that enough to justify spending $500 for a netbook? Peter at…

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HP recently introduced two new designer edition netbooks, the HP Mini 110 Tord Boontje edition and the second generation Vivienne Tam Edition netbook. The Tord Boontje netbook is basically an HP Mini 110 with a designer finish that covers the lid and portions of the netbook’s interior. There’s also an optional matching mouse. We don’t know much about the new…

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HP is partnering with another well known designer on a customized netbook. The company first took this approach with the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition, which was launched late last year. This time, it’s designer Tord Boontje’s turn to slap a few designer touches on an HP Mini 110. The HP Mini 110 Tord Boontje edition has a lid…

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HP is working with fashion designer Vivienne Tam on a second-generation “Digital Clutch” netbook. The first Vivienne Tam Edition netbook was based on the HP Mini 1000 and was released last year for a somewhat ridiculously high price of $699, or about $300 more than the cost of a basic HP Mini 1000 with a black lid. But apparently the…

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