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There are quite a lots of laptops people can choose from but not all of them offer the best value for money. One of the most popular laptops today is HP branded. HP laptops looks sleek and performance is not bad either. HP laptops are lot cheaper than Sony laptops and the hardware is not that far off either so it is better to get HP laptop than to get a Sony laptop. Dell on the other hand don’t make sleek laptops, the hardware is great but the looks should put some people off. Dell laptops are usually dull. I also have one, a Dell Vostro 1500. It is great in terms of performance and value for money but it suffers a lot in terms of looks. I wrote about a Dell XPS M1330 laptop some time ago and it is for me one of the best looking laptops Dell has produced till date. You can customize this laptop according to your computing needs and get it for decent price.

If you don’t need lot of computing power, I suggest you get an all purpose laptop with decent hardware inside it. I got my Dell Vostro 1500 for relatively cheap price ($699 after taxes) and I don’t regret buying it except, I should have got a bigger hard drive. If you are looking for pure performance then it will cost you some money. Here are some of the best laptops performance wise for the year 2007. Now as it is a year older, you will be able to purchase it at a lot less price and get a decent performing laptop for it. It won’t be able to compete with todays top end performance laptops but it should be more than good enough for most of us. Which laptop would you go for, a top end high performance laptop or an all purpose one?

You should see a lot of changes in terms of technologies inside a laptop as they are beginning to outsell desktops now. There is a valid reason for this. First off, laptops are portable and has hardwares derived from lot of research as they need to be a lot more smaller than a desktop hardware has to be. Here is some laptops 2009 news for you. According to Intel, one billion people own laptops and the laptop sale will surpass desktop sell by 2009. Intel are also looking to bring technologies to laptops that will make it affordable for the masses.

P S: If you are looking to buy a laptop right now, just hold on. There is a new coupon which will give you a $200 off on $999+ of purchase on most customizable HP laptops. Here is the $200 off HP coupon (HP coupon code “NB2390“). This coupon can be stacked with other instant rebate offers.

Everyone who has played a game on a PC knows how important a mouse is. Before we had access to optical mouse, we used to play games using a regular mouse with a trackball inside it. It was not the best mouse as the trackball would get dirty and the response of the mouse declined due to dirty stuck in it.

The optical mouse we use (I mean the basic ones) are not the best available mouse for gaming as the there are fewer buttons in it (right, left and scroll). There are optical mouse available that are specifically designed for PC gamers. Usually, these kind of gaming mouse cost a lot of money so not everyone can afford it and only die hard PC gamers get it even if it is highly priced. Well, here is a good deal for a Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse on Buy.com, costs $21.35 after rebates (rebate form here). At the Logitech’s official store, Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse costs $50 so I think this is a pretty good deal. Ok, here are some specifications for the Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse:

• Image Processing: 5.8 megapixels/second
• Resolution: 1800-dpi native, adjustable to 400- and 800-dpi
• Acceleration: 15-g
• Throughput: 16 bit/axis USB data format, and 125/sec USB report rate

Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse is not the best gaming optical mouse available on the market but its not that bad. There are almost nothing bad about this Logitech optical mouse except that it is designed for only right handed users. Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse has 1,600dpi optical sensor with five on-the-fly sensitivity buttons which can be programmed to suite your gaming needs.

There is another bonus Buy.com deal for you here. Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam for Notebooks for $10 deal is back online. Get one fast before the stock runs out at buy.com.

I haven’t published a deal post lately so I decided to post a deal about this Toshiba Satellite Laptop. Best Buy has a sale on a Toshiba Satellite Laptop with Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2390 for $580. Not the best deal available but should be good enough for anyone looking for a medium range laptops for relatively cheap price. This Toshiba satellite laptop comes with an Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2390 1.86GHz processor with 533MHz frontside bus and 1MB L2 cache. Not the best possible processor available but should satisfy a basic user’s needs to at least three years to come before it needs to be replaced. Here are some of the specs for this Toshiba Satellite Laptop.

• 3GB of DDR2 RAM which can be expanded to 4GB
• DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support
• 15.4″ WXGA TFT-LCD widescreen display which has TruBrite technology and has a resolution of 1280 x 800.
• Hard drive of 200GB storage capacity SATA (5400 rpm)
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with memory of up to 358MB which is dynamically allocated
• Has a Built-in webcam
• 5-in-1 memory card reader

There are some of the basic specs you might want to know about this Toshiba Satellite laptop. Toshiba laptops are not the best or the most popular brand of laptops but some of the Toshiba’s laptops does the job quite well when you look at the hardware specifications. This toshiba satellite laptop in not the best laptop when you consider the design of this laptop but when you look at the specifications, the price is very reasonable. When considering the design of a laptop, HP are one of my favorite laptops. Apple Laptops are not bad either, apple laptops are very unique in design, simple, clean and very eye catching but Apple’s laptops are very expensive when compared to other laptops by different companies like HP, Dell when you consider the hardwares inside it.

Superwarehouse.com has anything anyone might need when it comes to technology. Anything from laptops to digital camera’s are available at super ware house. From laptops or any other tech gadget’s parts to a brand new product, everything is available there. I looked at some laptop’s prices at super ware house and they are not bad at all. All the top brand laptops are available at this tech store.

Ok, some important information about this Toshiba Satellite Laptops deal. If you choose to get an in-store pickup, you will save $20 whereas if you choose home delivery, it will cost you $20.

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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Dell Vostro Series Laptops are not that great looking. From the design point of view, the Vostro series laptops looks really average. There are some great points to Vostro Laptops though, they usually have a great hardware inside. Vostro laptops are quite heavy also so if you are looking for a light weight laptops, you will have to look elsewhere. Dell Vostro Laptops are priced reasonably and great for personal and small business.

Dell are offering a great deal on three of their Vostro Series Laptops (Vostro 1400, Vostro 1500 and Vostro 1700). If the final price of your selection on these Vostro series laptops is $1249+, Dell will give you a $500 off. No need to apply coupons or anything, your cart will be automatically updated with $500 off. (Cart discount: Save $500 when system priced above $1249)

For a Dell Vostro 1400 Laptop here are one of the best combinations.

1. Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB) [add $280]
2. Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium [add $29]
3. 14.1 inch Wide Screen XGA+ LCD Display with TrueLife [add $40]
4. 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/ Roxio Creator [add $30]
5. 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS [add $99]
6. Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Internal-card [add $35]
7. Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate) [$20]
8. Integrated 2.0 mega pixel Web Camera [add $40]
9. 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery [add $40]
10. 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery [add $59]
11. 2 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 2 Year NBD On-Site Service [add $79]

• Add to cart
• Your total will be $1250. $500 will be automatically substracted so your final price will come to $750 + applicable taxes with free shipping for the above configuration

For a Dell Vostro 1500 Laptop this is one of the best possible configuration:

1. Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB) [add $280]
2. 15.4 in Wide Screen SXGA+LCD Display w/TrueLife [add $100]
3. 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/ Roxio Creator [add $30]
4. 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT [add $199]
5. Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate), Vista [$20]
6. Integrated 2.0 mega pixel Web Camera [add $30]
7. 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery [add $99]

• Checkout, your total will be $1257 - $500 off = $757 with free shipping (excluding tax)

For Dell Vostro 1700 laptop, here is one of the specifications I liked for Dell Vostro 1700 series laptops.

1. Intel Core 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB) [add $80]
2. 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM [add $75]
3. 160GB 5400RPM Hard Drive [add $50]
4. 8X CD/DVD+RW Read and Burn CD and DVD [add $30]
5. 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT [add $199]
6. Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)[add $20]
7. Integrated 2.0 mega pixel Web Camera [add $40]
8. 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery [add $40]

• Checkout, your total price will come to $1,263 -$500 off = $763 and shipping cost is free (This price is before adding any taxes).

Get the one you like before the offer expires. Something quite like this happened on an HP deal last time (coupon expired before time because of large purchase). There are lot better looking laptops around but the price of the Vostro series laptops are pretty cheap. There are some cons to Vostro laptops though, they are quite bulky, heavy and the design is pretty average.

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