Amazon's second most popular laptop is the Acer Aspire AS5251-1805 15.6-Inch Laptop. This $379.00 priced Acer will handle basic functions as well as some games. 15.6” LCD, AMD (2.2 Single Core) processor, 3GB of (DD3) RAM, and 250GB hard drive. The ATI (Radeon HD 4250) graphics card is modern. One of the most notable features is the Multi-Gesture Touchpad that allows you to pinch, flick and swirl while browsing. DVD drive, Wireless N, 3 USB ports. This baby weighs 5.74 pounds and gets about 3.5 hours battery life from the 6 cell battery. Read the rest of this entry »

eMachines eME527-2537. Priced $279.00, this eMachines is a laptop best used for everyday email, internet, and office functions. It features a 15.6" LCD, an Intel Celeron CPU (2.2GHz), 2GB of (DDR3) Memory, and a 160GB hard drive. Your graphics card is the basic playing Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M. Comes with DVD drive, 5-in-1 media card reader, wireless N, and 2 USB ports. Weighs 6 pounds. Overall battery life is 3-4 hours. Read the rest of this entry »

All this month we've been looking at Best Buy's laptop and desktop offerings. Our final stop is a quick peek one their Everyday Laptops. Basic laptops are best used for activities like surfing the internet, checking your email, typing documents, and social networking. Best Buy sells about 104 of these type of laptops. At the top of the list is the Acer AS5532-5535, a great value basic laptop priced at $300. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday Apple released the new Macbook. Looking on the outside reveals that there's no physical difference between this newer refresh and the previous system...all the glorious changes are inside! This new machine features a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the newest Nvidia graphics card (the GeForce 320M). The previous-generation MacBook had a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and used Nvidia's GeForce 9400M graphics card. The two minor changes to the processor and video card boosts the overall battery life by an additional 3 hour; this newest Macbook now claims a 10-hour battery life Read the rest of this entry »

This week Newegg's deal of the week is the Lenovo IdeaPad Y550-41865GU. This Lenovo is a mid range all purpose laptop the can be used to business use, gaming, or everyday computing. It's got a Intel Core Duo 2.13Ghz processor with 4GB the faster DDR3 RAM, and a 320GB hard drive. Buyers indicate that the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M video card is a mid level card that packs enough power to play most games at mid to high level settings. It comes with a DVD±R/RW optical drive, a 1.3MP camera, wireless N WiFi, and Windows Home Premium. The 6 cell battery typically will last 2-4 hours. The Y550-41865GU is sell for $799 at on Newegg, $200 off the regular $999 price. Read the rest of this entry »

Every week Newegg drops the price of one their machines and features a "Notebook of the Week." This week's special is the TOSHIBA Satellite L505D-S5010. This basic system has a little more power than their Satellite L505D-S5986. It's got a 15.6-inch widescreen display, a 2.0GHz AMD Processor, 4GB RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. You've got a DVD burner optical drive and Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit Operating System. Newegg is selling the L505D-S5986 for $450; that’s $150 off the usual $600 price. There's no additional cost for shipping. Read the rest of this entry »

This week Newegg is featuring the Lenovo G530 4151A2U for $399. This basic laptop has 15.6-inch widescreen, 3GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive. You can burn media with the DVD burner/rewriter and get internet through the WLAN. The onboard Intel GMA 4500M graphics has is great for internet surfing, multitasking, and office applications. Battery ranges from 4 to 4.5 hours. You won't be buying the G530 4151A2U for playing high def movies or gaming, just everyday basic computing for the casual user. Read the rest of this entry »

I just bought the Toshiba T135-S1309. It's a 13.3" Ultra Thin laptop that gets about 8 hours battery life. The T135-S1309 comes with fairly speedy 1.3Ghz dual core processors, 3GB of RAM, and a spacious 300GB hard drive. The screen is bright and beatiful, ultra thin (1"), and only weighs 3.9 pounds! I've found the keyboard very easy to type on; the touch pad is average but functional. It comes with all the basics: wireness N, webcam, card reader, LAN networking, and 3 USB ports. The only things missing are Bluetooth and an optical drive. Most software be can installed via the internet or extra DVD drive these days. Bluetooth is a nice feature to have but not absolutely required in my opinion. Read the rest of this entry »

HP has, with moderate success, plunged into the so called "Ultra Thin" laptop category with their DM3-1030US. This system has a slower CPU that makes it best used for everyday simplistic computing. The processor is actually the new AMD Athlon Neo X2 Dual Core processor which runs at 1.6GHz. The machine comes with a 320GB hard drive, 4GB of DDR 2 RAM, and a 13.3-inch LCD screen (1366 x 768 resolution). Of course it's got wireless g/n, WLAN, and Bluetooth, and a 5-in-1 digital media reader. Read the rest of this entry »

MSI's X340-021US is a cheap Apple Macbook Air knockoff. Designed for everyday basic computing, this machine is an ultra thin laptop that brings to the table many positives and negatives Read the rest of this entry »

This week Newegg's Notebook of the Weeek is the ASUS P50IJ-X1. This $499 priced laptop is comes equipped with an Intel Pentium Dual Core and 4GB of memory so you can run even the most demanding applications confidently. The included 320GB hard disk allows you to work on your most important files, whether they're large images, videos or more! The 16-inch display gives you all of the viewing real estate you need to finish tasks without feeling cramped. Whatever you're viewing will also look good thanks to the Intel GMA 4500M graphics processor. Best of all, the ASUS P50IJ-X1 comes installed with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. You'll be ready to tackle anything now and well into the future! Read the rest of this entry »

Every week Newegg features a Notebook of the Week. This weeks Notebook is the TOSHIBA Satellite L505D-S5986. The L505D with a 15.6-inch LCD screen, a 2.0GHz AMD Processor, 3GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, DVD SuperMulti Drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit Operating System. Here's the full pecs on the L505D on Toshiba's website. Read the rest of this entry »