Well, Black Friday is officially here and you will need to take advantage by using these coupons:
(Most of these only work from 11/28/2008 12AM to 11/29/2008 6AM)
Laptops
Black Friday Savings! Save $285 on the Inspiron 1525 laptop! Only $559 after Instant Savings.
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple resellers are getting ready for the post-Thanksgiving rush with some special deals on the MacBook and the Office suite. So far, the MacBook Pro will be $200 to $250 less on Friday. Grab one up!
TomsGuide has some great insight on Windows 7 and its impact on the netbook, which is now the most popular format
The Samsung R610 continues the trend of good looking Samsung laptops. Plus, the $1050 laptop has some great specs to offer for the price.
With a 2 GHz Intel Core Duo and 3 GB of RAM, the R610 is a solid home computer. At 6 pounds, it’s amazing the 16 display and internal setup don’t weigh it down more. But, at that size, are we leaving too much of the portability behind? Propably. And that’s the downfall of the R610. Because it’s larger and less portable, it doesnt stand out against otehr 16 inch laptops. It’s middle of the road, at best.
With a lot of recent buzz about the addition of 3G to some popular Mini Netbooks, bot the Dell and HP, I thought I’d show you a hack I found a while back on how to add 3G to an Asus Eee PC. It’s actually pretty easy and it gives you even more freedom with one of the best netbooks out there.
Adding 3G can have a lot of benefits, and pretty much every netbook should be thinking about how to access the 3G network. But, as companies are still figuring it out, you can hack you Eee PC to do it right now.
Here’s how:
The $1000 Acer Aspire 6930G is a great candidate for a home media machine. Offering an attractive design for an Acer laptop and combining some pretty stellar specs for the price point.
The 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor will keep you app switching and the 16″ display and the Nvidia GeForce 9600M will allow for some minor gaming and great movie watching. Even without the Blu-Ray drive, this litlte laptop is powerful enough to get you through for a few more years.
A little heavy at 7.2 pounds, the 6930G is a true laptop, so you can expect the full package here.
eMachines have always been the low-cost alternative. But now with netbooks flooding the market, eMachines needs to step up its game. So, the company is releasing a full sized laptop for less than $400. Is the eMD620 woth it? Let’s see.
As a Best Buy exclusive, this notebook is subpar. An Athlon 2650e with 1.6 GHz won’t get you very far in the office of on the net and the low 1 GB of RAM will surely lead to slowdown within a year.
Plus, the little thing us pretty ugly, sports low battery life and only has two USB ports.
Overall you are looking at a ba
cNet reported Dell announced the Inspiron Mini 9 will rival HP’s Mini 1000 by adding 3G network support. Dell’s Mini 9 are now shipping with the built-in wireless network made famous by the iPhone.
In the battle against laptop thieves, Lenovo is giving users a new weapon. The popular ThinkPad manufacturer will start engineering a new SMS, or text message, security system into their laptops. The service will allow users to remotely disable their computers by sending a text message it it.
Each device will be able to link to ten cell phones, so expect larger companies to start integrating the service into their laptop fleets. To use the service, you will need a cellular data card and a working data service provider. But, the added security might well be worth the extra cos
