Cheap New Laptops


AT&T Offers Acer’s AO722 Netbook with HSPA+

After a long time, here’s an announcement of a netbook with built-in mobile broadband. AT&T has started offering an Acer Aspire One A0722 11.6-incher with built-in HSPA+ connectivity, a low-end AMD C-50 dual-core 1GHz processor, a 320GB HDD, 2GB RAM, HDMI, and Windows 7 Home Premium.

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Acer Aspire One AOD270 with Cedar Trail on Pre-Order in US; Price Starts at $280

Acer Aspire One AOD270

Acer Aspire One AOD270

Intel Atom Cedar Trail platform for netbooks is already well known, and we knew that Acer will release their AOD270 Aspires with the new Intel chips. But now we have names of the first models for the US market, their pricing, and active pre-order buttons on Amazon.

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ASUS Unveiled Four New Eee PCs

Asus Eee PC Flare 1025C

This is the Asus Eee PC Flare 1025C netbook.

At the Consumer Electronics Show, Asus has announced the Asus Eee PC Flare 1025C, Flare 1025CE, and Eee PC X101CH netbooks, as well as the Asus Eee PC 1225B ultraportable.

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HP Mini 110, Mini 210 Netbooks Equipped with Cedar Trail Platform

The HP Mini 110 and Mini 210 netbooks are now equipped with the Intel Cedar Trail platform and accompanying 1.6GHz Atom N2600 and 1.8Ghz N2800 dual-core processors, respectively.

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MSI Wind U180 Netbook with Atom N2800 Cedar Trail CPU Available for Pre-Order in Germany

The MSI Wind U180 netbook featuring the Intel Atom N2800 Cedar Trail processor is now available for pre-order in Germany for 349.00eur. The Wind U180 has a 10″ glare LED (1024×600) display, managed by the Intel GMA 3650 graphics.

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Asus Eee PC Flare Netbook Design Announced

Asus has released the Eee PC Flare, a new netbook design which is successor of the Seashell look. Besides the ultrabook-like thinnes, the Eee PC Flare models have chiclet-style keyboards and provide various color choices.

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Acer Aspire D270 Netbook with Intel’s Cedar Trail Platform Available for Pre-Order in Europe


The Acer Aspire D270 netbook with Intel’s Cedar Trail platform is available for pre-order on the European market.

The Aspire D270 features the 1.6GHz Atom N2600 processor and Intel GMA 3600 integrated graphics.

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CTL MB40U 14.1″ Laptop Offers Ubuntu OS, Intel Core CPUs

The CTL MB40U is a new Intel Core i-based laptop which features Ubuntu Linux operating system instead of Windows.

The 14.1-inch MB40U comes with Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot” 64-bit pre-installed, which includes with a wide range of free applications, including an office suite. The notebook is configurable with Core i processors ranging from i3-2330 to Core i7-2630QM. Customers can also choose 2 – 8GB of DDR3 memory, and up to 500GB of hard drive space or up to a 512GB solid state drive. There’s no info on optical drive in the specs sheet, but an ODD is present on the image of the MB40U. Intel’s HD integrated GPU is the only graphics choice.

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VPCEL22FX/B – Cheapest Sony VAIO Laptop

With a price of $350, the VPCEL22FX/B is the cheapest Sony VAIO-branded laptop on the market today and apparently the cheapest Sony notebook ever.

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Asus K53E-BBR4 Laptop Offers 2nd Gen Core i5 for $450

The 15.6″ Asus K53E-BBR4 is another example of a big laptop price fall. The model costs only $450 and packs the Intel Core i5-2430M “Sandy Bridge” processor. The Asus K53E-BBR4 is even cheaper than the Samsung RC512 Black Friday laptop deal, which seemed very tempting itself a week ago.

The dual-core CPU runs at 2.4GHz normally and up to 3.0GHz in Turbo Boost mode. The i5-2430M scores 3,479 points in PassMark processor benchmark. For comparison, the fastest available “Sandy Bridge” Pentium laptop CPU – the B950 scores 1,993, while the 2.2GHz Core i3-2330M without TurboBoost capability is ranked with 2,805 marks.

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HP ProBook 4530s XU073UT Delivers Core i5, AMD GPU for $550

Tiger Direct has revealed its Cyber Monday deals. Among them, we like the HP ProBook 4530s XU073UT Core i5 15.6-inch business laptop offer with a price of $550.

In addition to the Intel Core i5-2410M dual-core “Sandy Bridge” processor at 2.3GHz, the HP ProBook 4530s XU073UT includes the AMD Radeon HD 6470M 1GB video card, 4GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive with Windows 7 Professional. With its price, the 4530s XU073UT is the cheapest laptop we have found on the market which combines a Core i5 chip with a dedicated video card. Besides the powerful CPU and GPU, laptop’s hard drive belongs to the higher-end segment with is rotational speed of 7,200rpm versus 5,400rpm in the majority of notebooks.

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Lenovo 1068AFU – B570 Series Laptop for $320

The 15.6-inch Lenovo 1068AFU dual-core Intel Pentium-based laptop model has appeared on Best Buy for a cheap price of $320.

Best Buy didn’t provide info on which laptop series the Lenovo 1068AFU belongs to. After looking at its images, we strongly believe it’s a B570 series notebook, aimed at budget-minded business customers.

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Toshiba Satellite L775-S7307 – Cheap Desktop Replacement Laptop

If you are looking an affordable desktop replacement laptop with a large screen and good performance, you should check out the 17.3″ Toshiba Satellite L775-S7307, selling for $350 at Best Buy.

The L775-S7307 includes the Intel Pentium B950 processor at 2.1GHz, accompanied by 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive with Windows 7 Home Premium pre-loaded. The 17.3-inch 1600×900 TrueBrite (glossy) screen is powered by the Intel HD graphics, integrated on the CPU.

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Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5302 on Sale for $280

The 15.6″ AMD E-300-based Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5302 is a Best Buy Cyber Monday deal with a price of $280.

The Satellite C655D-S5302 is basically the same C655D-S5300 laptop which was selling for $270, with exception of smaller RAM. The C655D-S5302 has only 2GB while the S5300 has 4GB. Besides a lack of an HDMI port, the small amount of installed memory may be a deal breaker for some. On the other side, you can put up to 8GB in this laptop. The RAM type is DDR3 and this component isn’t expensive. You can buy an additional 2GB DDR3 SODIMM module for slightly more than $10 on the market today and upgrade it yourself, but hoping that Toshiba hasn’t occupied both SODIMM slots with two 1GB parts.

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HP 2000-329WM $349 Laptop Bundle with Case, Mouse, Printer Now on Walmart

The HP 2000-329WM 15.6-inch notebook was priced at $248 on Black Friday at Walmart. During the ongoing Cyber Week, the retailer offers it in a nice bundle with a carrying case, wireless mouse and multi-function printer for $349.

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