There are a few ways to get people to spend unusually large amounts of money on netbooks. You can soup it up with premium features such as touchscreen displays, spill-resistant keyboards, or 7200rpm hard drives. Or you can give the netbook a fashion makeover and slap a designer label on it. HP appears to be taking both approaches with the…

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HP’s latest designer edition netbook is scheduled to ship on March 19th, with pre-orders starting today. The netbook features a butterfly motif which was designed by Vivienne Tam, the same fashion designer that partnered with HP on one of the first ever designer edition netbooks. HP has been teasing us with the new new “Butterfly Lovers” design since September, long…

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