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This is one of the best deals you will find for any laptop. Acer Extensa EX5620-6419 Laptop Computer will be on discount price at Officedepot starting from June 29 to July 5. The price is great when you consider the hardware inside this Acer laptop. Any other day the Acer Extensa EX5620-6419 Laptop costs $700 but between June 29 and July 5 you can get this Acer Extensa EX5620-6419 15″ Widescreen Laptop for $500 at OfficeDepot after $75 Instant discount and a $125 Mail-In-rebate. The Acer Extensa EX5620-6419 Laptop link I posted above doesn’t have any discounts right now, Check back between June 29 and July 5 to see the full discount offer. I found out about this Acer Extensa 5620-6419 Notebook deal here.

Let me tell you why this deal is great. First off, the main thing that caught my eye was the 3GB of memory. Thats a whole lot of memory and it can be expanded to 4GB if you wish. Acer Extensa 5620-6419 Notebook has a Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 1.83GHz processor with Intel Centrino processor technology. This Acer Extensa Notebook Computer has everything you would possibly need accept for the graphics card. Graphics card and the battery are the two things I don’t like in this Acer Extensa Notebook Computer. The graphics card on this Acer Extensa Laptop is a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 and we all know Intel’s graphics card are not the greatest. The battery on this Acer Extensa Laptop is only a 6-cell lithium-ion battery so if you want to use your laptop without plugging it into an electric shocked for a long time, this is not for you. A 6-cell lithium-ion battery will give you about 3 hours of use (my guess). Anyway, other than that everything else looks great. Here are some of the technical specifications for Acer Extensa EX5620-6419 Laptop.

• 15.4″-diagonal widescreen WXGA CrystalBright LCD screen with 1280 x 800 resolution
• Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 1.83GHz processor with Intel Centrino processor technology, 2MB L2 cache
• 3GB of DDR2 SDRAM memory as mentioned above
• 160GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• SuperMulti DVD drive with Double Layer support
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with up to 358MB shared memory
• Intel 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN
• 4 USB 2.0 ports
• 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) port
• 1 S-video port
• Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam for video chat and still photos
• 5-in-1 memory card reader (can read SD, MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, xD cards)
• ExpressCard/54 slot
• PC Card slot (Type II)
• 6-cell lithium-ion battery 65W AC adapter

I think almost everyone will be satisfied with the hardware on offer here considering the price. Check back again between June 29 and July 5 if you want to buy this Acer Extensa 5620-6419 Laptop.

Another great Logitech product on offer at Buy.com. This time it is a Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System. This is a great Surround Sound system for anyone on a tight budget. It is still expensive but is a lot cheaper than other surround sound systems. Now, it is even more cheap as Buy.com are giving a discount price on it. Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System costs $100 at buy.com after a $60 Mail-in-Rebate (Printable PDF format rebate form).

Enough of the deal talk, lets see what the Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System is made of. Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System claims to reproduce dialogue, symphonic film soundtracks, explosive gaming audio and subtle ambient sound accurately. Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System is good surround sound system for people who watch movies in their PC as it has a SRS TruSurround HD which immerses you into the movie. It is very easy to install the Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System as it uses a USB port to plug in. The USB plug n play system allows true 24-bit digital quality audio (Pure Digital Fidelity). This surround sound system also includes a head phone jack to listen to musics and movies privately. It also has a input port where you can plug in mp3 players and listen to them. There is also a media center remote control that comes inside the box but this only works in Windows XP Media Center, Windows Vista Home Premium Edition and Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition.

Here are some tech specs for the Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System:

• Total power: 180 watts RMS
• Subwoofer: 110 watts RMS (into 4 ohms, @ 45Hz)
• Midwoofer: 26 watts RMS x 2 (into 4 ohms, @ 335Hz)
• Tweeter: 9 watts RMS x 2 (into 16 ohms, @ 17.4khz)

Don’t know when this deal expires so go get one before it does. Shipping is free. The lowest price I found anywhere else is at Buydig which is considerably higher than on buy.com. At Buydig, Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System costs $189.00 + $44.95 shipping charge. So you decide for yourself if its a good deal or not. Personally, I think its a damn good deal. Even without a $60 Mail-in-Rebate, Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System at Buy.com is a great deal.

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A friend of mine wanted to buy a laptop with a built-in webcam when I suggested him to buy the Compaq Presario F762NR Notebook PC which was on deal at Staples. Well, it didn’t have a built-in webcam and he passed on that deal. That was a great deal for a laptop of that configuration. Well, for those of you who want a webcam on a notebook, this one is a perfect deal. You can’t get everything you want on a deal so you have to improvise. If it were me, I would have bought the Compaq Presario F762NR Notebook PC without a hesitation, and bought a separate webcam if it was necessary. One bad thing about that laptop is its battery but comeon, a what do you expect from a laptop that costs $400.

Well, buy.com has a Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam for just $10 after a $30 mail-in-rebate offer. Here is the $30 mail-in-rebate fillable form for Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam. To get this rebate offer, the purchase must be made between June 10th to June 23rd 2008 and the request must be postmarked by July 23rd 2008. Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam is not the sleekest or the best available webcam available but for $10 is a great deal. Here are some of the specifications for Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam:

• 1.3 Megapixel lens
• High quality glass-element lens, High quality integrated mic for headset free audio
• High quality VGA sensor with RightLight 2 Technology
• Snapshot button, 20mm adjustable clip, Activity light
• 640 x 480 @ 30 fps Video Resolution
• CMOS image sensor
• Uses USB interface to connect

Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam also comes with a two year standard warranty. There are other better Logitech webcams available on deal here but Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam is by far the best deal. Here are all the other Logitech Webcams if you want to have a look at all of them for a quick comparison. You can even get a Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam for free if you are a first time google checkout user. Just sign-up for google checkout and pay for the Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam and get an additional $10 discount, which will make the total cost of Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam to FREE. Here is what you will be getting with the purchase of Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam at Buy.com

• QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks Webcam
• QuickCam software CD with Fun Filters
• Quick Start guide
• HP Photosmart Essential Software (web download required)
• Travel case

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Here is a nice gadget for PlayStation 3 owners. Instead of using a game controller to use all the PlayStation 3 features like you can now do the job with a remote controller specially made for PlayStation 3. This will really make your PlayStation 3 home entertainment system more usable as instead of a games controller, you will be able to watch movies, browse pictures, surf the web by using a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control. PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control is a Nyko manufactured infrared remote controller. Usually, PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control costs $20 but right now PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control is available for half the price.

GameStop is selling PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control for just $10. Shipping is free if you choose in-store pickup. If you want it delivered to you, the shipping cost is just $3. You can also get free shipping if you buy in total of $25 and use this code “SAVER “. It is real easy to use a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control, just plug the infrared receiver to any open USB ports and you can operate the remote controller from upto 25 feet away from the console. You can control a DVD or CD’s easily and navigate through the PlayStation 3 menus and even skip chapters, play, pause, stop etc on a movie. Here are some of the features available on a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Controller.

• Control playback of Blu-Ray movies, DVDs and CDs
• IR technology allows for control up to 25 feet away
• Easily navigate movie and system menus
• Compact USB dongle, no set up or pairing needed
• Powered by 2 AAA batteries (included)

I have written some post on backup services and here is another one. This is on like other backup services that I have posted before. NTI Shadow 3.7 is a software, and it can be used to backup your hard drive with ease to any attached storage device. NTI Shadow 3.7 is not an online backup service so you don’t need an active internet connection to backup your data. NTI Shadow 3.7 backup software can be downloaded for free right now. NTI Shadow 3.7 costs $30 but NTI is giving away their full version NTI Shadow 3.7 backup software for free. This offer will only last till June 8^th, so hurry up and download the software.

NTI Shadow 3.7 Full Version software is made for both Windows and Mac systems to anyone can use it no matter what operating system is use. NTI Shadow 3.7 will backup your data in real-time to any attached device like an external hard drive etc. NTI usually distribute their trial version NTI Shadow 3.7 backup software but right now they are distributing their full version software. THIS OFFER WILL ONLY LAST TILL JUNE 8. You can download the NTI Shadow 3.7 Full Version backup software here. NTI Shadow 3 is an award winning backup software. Here are some of the new features added to NTI Shadow backup software.

• File-Level Selection
• Support Network file backup and sharing of backup devices
• Auto Delete Option
• Enhanced GUI and usability
• Custom file type filtering Include/Exclude Options
• Enhanced Device Support: USB flash drives, NAS devices, etc…
• Dragon Disc enabled version supports all optical media types included DVD-Ram & Blu-ray (Windows only)