A roundup of the hottest deals on laptop / netbooks around. They have been reviewed for customer satisfaction and best pricing. We also just made The Ultimate Laptop Buying Guide if you want to check it out.
Samsung (NC10-13GB)10.1" Netbook w/ Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz) $284.99 w/ Free Shipping at Amazon
Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz, 533MHz, 512KB L2 Cache)
10.1" WSBGA (1024 x 600) LCD Display
Intel GMA 950 Graphics
1 GB DDR2 RAM
160GB 5,400RPM HD
Genuine Microsoft XP Home
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$284.99 with free super saver shipping for this 10.1" netbook. Measures 7.3 x 10.3 x 1.2 inches and weighs 2.8 pounds. 4/5 stars with 16 reviews. Thanks to miserly.
$329.99 with free in-store pickup to avoid the $14.99 shipping cost. Comes with 1 year limited warranty, double layer DVD-RW/CD-RW optical drive, and media card reader. Measures 1.5 x 14.4 x 10.8 inches. Thanks to blueiedgod.
$349.99 with free in-store pickup to avoid the $14.99 shipping. Comes with 1 year limited warranty, Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW, and measures 14.9 x 9.9 x 1.7 inches.
Acer Aspire (AS1410-8414) 11.6" Notebook w/ Core 2 Solo SU3500 (1.4GHz) $399.99 w/ Free Shipping at CircuitCity.com
11.6" WXGA (1366 x 768) LCD Display w/ LED Backlight
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD
2GB DDR2 667 RAM
250GB 5,400RPM SATA HD
Vista Home Premium
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$399.99 with free shipping for this 11.6" notebook. Features HDMI out with HDCP, media card reader, webcam, and 1 year warranty. Measures 11.2 x 1.2 x 8 inches and weighs 3.1 pounds. Thanks to rbstern.
$399.99 with free shipping for this notebook. Comes with 1 year limited warranty, media card reader, 8x DVD super-multi double layer drive, and built in webcam. Thanks to Zapped.
TOSHIBA Satellite (L505D-LS5010) 15.6" NoteBook w/ Athlon II M300 (2.0GHz) $429.99 w/ Free Shipping at Newegg
AMD Athlon II M300 (2.0GHz, 1600MHz, 1MB L2 Cache)
15.6" (1366 x 768) LCD Display
ATI Radeon 4100 Graphics
4GB DDR2 800 RAM
250GB 5,400RPM SATA HD
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$429.99 with free shipping for this 15.6" notebook with Windows 7. Comes with 1 year limited parts and labor warranty, memory card reader, and eSATA/USB port. Measures 15.1 x 10.2 x 1.55 inches. Thanks to tsankey.
ASUS (UL80AG) 14" Notebook w/ Core 2 Duo (1.3GHz) $549.99 After MIR & Free Shipping at Costco.com
Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 (1.3GHz, 800MHz, 3MB L2 Cache)
14" (1366 x 768) LCD Display
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500 MHD
4GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM
320GB 5,400RPM HD
Windows 7 Home Premium
8 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
$549.99 after $100 mail in rebate (expires 2/28) and free shipping. Comes with .3MP webcam, HDMI out, media card reader, and 2 year limited parts and labor warranty. Thanks to Cuhulainn. Also at CircuitCity.com for $50 more here.
HP Pavilion (dv4-2160us) 14.1" Notebook w/ Intel Core i5 430m (2.28GHz) $649.99 After MIR & Free Shipping at OfficeDepot.com
$649.99 after $50 mail in rebate (expires 6/10) and free shipping. Comes with HDMI out, 1 year limited warranty, remote control, and integrated webcam with microphone.
Dell Adamo 13.4" Laptop w/ Core 2 Duo (1.2GHz) $749.50 w/ Coupon Code & Free Shipping at Microsoftstore.com
Intel Core 2 Duo ULV (1.2GHz, 800MHz, 3MB L2 Cache)
13.4" WXGA (1366 x 768) LCD Display
Intel GMA 4500 Graphic
2GB DDR3 RAM
128 GB SSD
Windows 7 Home Premium
$749.50 with coupon code "CLR-MSStore-50%" and free shipping. Comes with 1.3 megapixel webcam, measures .65 x 13 x 9.5 inches and weighs 4 pounds. Thanks to zhangyihan.
$899.99 with free in-store pickup to avoid the $14.99 shipping. Comes with 1 year limited warranty, webcam, card reader, Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW, and measures 1.6 x 15.1 x 10.2 inches.
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The presario was overpriced...
Thanks for posting the roundup
pfaccounts
New Member
posted: Feb. 10, 2010 @ 3:25p
do u know of any small laptop <12" that has atom 330 dual core?
Office Max officemax.com $30 off $150 online coupon - just search on eBay for officemax coupons and there are many to choose from... .99c can get you one, there's a thread somewhere on fw about this laptop..or maybe it was SD?
On the officemax Acer laptop (Acer Aspire (AS5732Z-4280)), dont forget to use bing (see officemax store) to get 3% off ($11.10) WITH the coupon ($30 off $150 or more purchase) to bring the total to 358.89 (plus taxes) - I was able to combine the coupon/bing and my bing CashBack account is confirmed showing the CashBack, fyi.
Also need to add the Toshiba Satellite L505D-LS5010 NoteBook AMD Athlon II M300(2.0GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR2 800 250GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon 4100 - Retail from Newegg for $421.40 after BCB, free ship. See it here.
When you click on the laptop - Toshiba Satellite (A505-S6033) 16" Laptop w/ Core i7 720QM (2.8GHz) $899.99 w/ Free In-Store Pickup at BestBuy.com - the specifications at BestBuy are for the slower hard drive.
I'm just curious, but why would anyone want a netbook when you can get a laptop for just a little more. A netbook costs arond $300 when a decent laptop can be had for $400-$450? Is the portability the only issue? I'm trying to decide what to get for my daughter in college. I'm planning to replace her hand-me-down that is 3+ years old which seems to be sufficient but slow. She's using an AMD Sempron 3300 @ 2 Mhz with 2G of RAM. The only drawback is the 80G HD and no built-in webcam. However, here XP Home is very stable.
tsankey said: Also need to add the Toshiba Satellite L505D-LS5010 NoteBook AMD Athlon II M300(2.0GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR2 800 250GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon 4100 - Retail from Newegg for $421.40 after BCB, free ship. See it here.
Thanks, OP. Always looking forward to such threads.
philw
Senior Member
posted: Feb. 11, 2010 @ 12:31p
ty op...for the work to summarize the best deals..appreciated
rusmilinyet
Member
posted: Feb. 11, 2010 @ 3:29p
Thanks, I need a new laptop. I broke mine after dropping it down a flight of stairs yesterday
rusmilinyet
Member
posted: Feb. 11, 2010 @ 3:40p
shallot said: I'm just curious, but why would anyone want a netbook when you can get a laptop for just a little more. A netbook costs arond $300 when a decent laptop can be had for $400-$450? Is the portability the only issue? I'm trying to decide what to get for my daughter in college. I'm planning to replace her hand-me-down that is 3+ years old which seems to be sufficient but slow. She's using an AMD Sempron 3300 @ 2 Mhz with 2G of RAM. The only drawback is the 80G HD and no built-in webcam. However, here XP Home is very stable.
I've had both - laptop & netbook though they were always my secondary computer. Both have their pro's & con's. If you're just surfing, doing a little work and need to be portable, the netbook is great. Easy to put in your handbag & you're off to where ever.
If she plans on doing bigger projects or a lot of time on the computer, the smaller screen & keyboard can be frustrating. Ask your daughter. If your daughter is in college, she is old enough to have an idea what she needs.
The only thing I would change is have it in price order...
The best deal (cheapest) I found was B/M Microcenter 299 for emachine (same as acer) AMD uni-processor with 2G/160G w/ 15.4" & DVD/RW & cardreader. Has good built in (Rad 3200 equiv) graphics! Can be upgraded to dual-core TL-50 (S1 socket) for under ten bucks and a lesson on "how to strip a laptop and rebuild it". [You can go with faster S1 sockets dual-cores, too.] But, it's only about 2.5 hours on (6-cell) battery.
shallot said: I'm just curious, but why would anyone want a netbook when you can get a laptop for just a little more. A netbook costs arond $300 when a decent laptop can be had for $400-$450? Is the portability the only issue? I'm trying to decide what to get for my daughter in college. I'm planning to replace her hand-me-down that is 3+ years old which seems to be sufficient but slow. She's using an AMD Sempron 3300 @ 2 Mhz with 2G of RAM. The only drawback is the 80G HD and no built-in webcam. However, here XP Home is very stable.
You have to realize there are two different types of laptop/netbook buyers: those who are looking for something to supplement their primary PC, and those looking to buy something to use AS a primary PC. Those looking to supplement tend to look to the netbooks because they're cheaper, smaller, lighter, and often get better battery life. Those looking for a primary system tend to look at laptops because they have bigger screens, more power, bigger keyboards, and other additional things such as more ports.
I personally believe in having two systems - one desktop system for use at home, which should be powerful and comfortable in every way, and something portable. For me, anything other than a netbook would be silly - 99% of my use is web browsing, video watching, and simple word processing. A netbook is more than powerful enough for those things to be just as snappy as you could want. My use tends to be mobile - 15 minutes of use in the kitchen to refer to a recipe, 45 minutes in the garage to refer to automotive service guides, two hours to watch a movie in the car if I'm on a long trip and someone else is driving - all things that are helped by having a computer that is super portable and gets great battery life. Now, if my use was only semi-portable - by which I mean that I tended to need a portable computer, but but for stationary, sit-yourself-down-plug-in-pull-out-the-mouse-and-get-some-real-work-done kind of use - I might consider something bigger, more for the bigger screen and keyboard than for the additional processing power.
shallot said: I'm just curious, but why would anyone want a netbook when you can get a laptop for just a little more. A netbook costs arond $300 when a decent laptop can be had for $400-$450? Is the portability the only issue? I'm trying to decide what to get for my daughter in college. I'm planning to replace her hand-me-down that is 3+ years old which seems to be sufficient but slow. She's using an AMD Sempron 3300 @ 2 Mhz with 2G of RAM. The only drawback is the 80G HD and no built-in webcam. However, here XP Home is very stable.Hmm...daughter in college...not sure you should WANT a built-in webcam...
AmazingAsshole said: Is it safe to assume that if a laptop has HDMI it can play 1080p movies whether Blu-ray or ripped movie files? it has to have a blu-ray drive... there are laptops out there that have HDMI without a blu-ray drive
Just as an update...the ASUS is cheaper at TigerDirect.com Its 699.99 but 599.99 after $100 mail in rebate. You can use BCB at 10% to bring the total down to $530 with free shipping.
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