The internet is a huge worldwide network, that can be used for all sorts of purposes. From  reading information about any domain you can think of, to downloading music and pictures, from meeting new people to buying all sorts of things (and many more other activities)…you can do anything on the internet. As we said you can also buy all kinds of products, and some of the best selling online items are the electronic products. And for today we’ll discuss about one of these sites, which is geeks.com (also known as computergeeks.com).

It is an  online retailer of computer hardware, peripherals and others consumer electronic products and it offers them to businesses, resellers and also to regular consumers. It usually focuses on buying excess inventories from companies, closeouts, and other out of date products, and this is why here on this site you can find some items that are not produced anymore, and that can’t be found in any other stores. The company also offers customer service, but this  one doesn’t seem to be as good as on other stores. It was founded in 1996 and has the headquarters in Oceanside,  California, United   States of America. It has more than 200 employees, so it is not just a simple site, it is a serious company. Among its products you can find: Desktop Computers, Laptops / Notebooks, PDAs,     Bags / Cases / Backpacks, Cables, Cell Phones, Computer Cases, Computer Gadgets, Computer Power Supplies, Consumer Electronics, Cooling Fans,    CPUs / Processors, Digital Cameras,          External Drive Cases, Flash Memory / Card Readers, Gaming, GPS, Hard Drives, Joysticks, Keyboards, Modems, Monitors / LCDs, MP3 / MP4 Players / iPod,  Printers, Removable Storage, Scanners, Sound Cards, Speakers / Microphones, Televisions, Video Cameras & Web Cams and many more others.

And here on this site you can also find some of the best deals on laptops, and as we said before you can also find some models that are new, but they are not produced anymore, and they are not found in other stores either. (for example the Apple G5). So for today let’s take an example of laptop offered by this site, and discuss more about it. Let’s choose a really small and cheap one, which is the Samsung NP- N 130 netbook. This one has a price  of just 249 dollars, and it offers the usual features of a netbook. First of all the display screen is a 10.1 inch LED-Backlit Widescreen LCD, that may not be good for video games or movies, but can be ok for internet browsing, documents writing and stuff like that. Its processor is an Intel Atom N 270 that has a speed of 1.6 Ghz, while the RAM memory offers 1 GB of DDR 2. So it may not handle really advanced tasks, but it can work really well with the activities we mentioned before. Its battery is a 6 cell and since it doesn’t have such powerful features, it means that the battery life will be longer. Its hard drive is quite ok for such a small laptop, and offers 160 GB of disc space. Like in all the other netbooks, this one doesn’t have an optical drive, so if you really need to use one, you have to buy an external one.;

The graphics engine is the basic Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and the sound is a Realtek High Definition audio with built in stereo speakers. And of course it also has wireless connectivity for easy access to the internet and a 3 in 1 card reader (with Secure Digital (SD), Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) and MultiMediaCard (MMC) support). And it even offers a 0.3 megapixel Digital Livecam, so that you can video chat with your friends and family. The dimensions for this small laptop are:  1.2 x 10.3 x 7.25-inches (H x W x D, approximate) and a Weight of 2.8 lbs. And finally here is what you will receive if buying this laptop from geeks.com:

Samsung NP- N 130 Atom N 270 1.6 GHz 10.1 inch Netbook<
Microsoft Windows 7 Starter 32 bit pre-installed w/CoA<
AC adapter (Input: 100 – 240 V, 50/60 Hz, 1.0 A / Output: 19 V, 2.1
Power cord

If you still don’t know what a laptop is, then the simplest definition for you would be: a laptop is a portable computer. It has the same components as any PC (display screen, processor, RAM memory, hard disc etc.) and it can do the same tasks (play movies, music, video games, browse the internet etc.). But the difference between these 2 devices is the size and shape. While a computer is quite big, and made out of many pieces, a laptop is small, thin and has all of the components integrated into a single unit. It can also work with an included battery, so it means that it is really portable and can be used almost anywhere. You can watch a movie on your laptop while sitting at the beach, or you can write an email to your business partner while traveling with the plane, or you can play listen to some music at the picnic and so on…the possibilities are practically infinite compared to a desktop PC that can be used just at home or at the office.

There are many models of laptops on the market, and they can be bought from different sources. And since the internet has become a part of our lives these days, you can find many notebooks for sale on this huge worldwide network. There are so many sites offering good laptops and some of the best laptop deals online can be found on the site www.geeks.com) . Here you can find many kinds of electronic products, including new and refurbished laptops.

So for today we’ll discuss more about a laptop offered on this site, and we’ll choose one from a producer that we didn’t mentioned so often – Gateway. And the laptop is the : Gateway LT 210 4u. This is actually a netbook, and you can tell this after the size of its display screen which is 10.1 inch. It has a WSVGA High Brightness LED Backlit LCD Display (with a resolution of 1024 x 600) that offers pretty good colors. So like any other netbook, this one is not so good for watching movies or playing video games, but in case you really like these activities, you can watch some online movies (from sites like youtube.com) or you can play free online flash games (from sites like miniclip.com). The processor for this model is an Intel Atom N 450 processor that has a speed of 1.66 Ghz and the RAM memory offers just 1 GB of DDR 2 memory. So yeah…these are not very powerful, but they are quite normal for such a small laptop. And it is known that netbooks are not used for very advanced tasks, but for the simple day to day computer and internet activities. It has a good hard disc of 250 GB of disc space and it comes with an installed version of the Windows 7 starter operating system.

The price of this laptop is just 274 dollars and we should have mentioned this earlier, so sorry about that. Like any other netbook this one doesn’t have an optical drive, so in case you really need one you must use an external optical drive. But you can copy information using a USB stick or using Multi-in-one media card reader (Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), xD-Picture Card (xD). It features both Ethernet (RJ-45 Ethernet) and wireless connectivity (802.11b/g/n wireless LAN) for easier access to the internet. So no matter where you are, if you are in a WiFi hotspot, you can easily access the internet and do all the things you like. And you can even communicate with friends and family, thanks to the built in webcam and microphone. This model features a 6 cell Lithium Ion battery, that will last for quite a good time. It is a really small and portable device and its dimensions are: 1.0 x 10.1 x 7.5-inches (H x W x D, approximate) and a Weight of 2.76 lbs (1.25 kg).

And finally here is what the package includes when buying this product:
Gateway LT 210 4u Atom 1.66 GHz 10.1 inch LED-Backlit Netbook
Microsoft Windows 7 Starter 32 bit pre-installed w/CoA
Power adapter (Input: 100-240 V ~1 A, 50/60 Hz; Output: 19 V, 1.58 A)
Power cord
6 cell 4400 mAh, 10.8 V Li-ion battery

There so many producers of notebooks on the market, and so many available models, that it can be quite a difficult task to choose the perfect one. And besides this there are also many sources from where you can get one, so to make the best deal for a laptop you will really have to do a lot of research. We’ll give you some examples of good sources (online sources), so you will save some time. First of all there are the official sites of the big laptop producers (such as HP, Dell, Asus, Acer, etc) that are also selling their products online. Then there are big retails stores that are selling their products on the internet, for example one of the best in the United States of America – Best Buy. And finally there are many more other sites that are selling electronic products (such as geeks.com) and also the auction sites (such as ebay.com, amazon.com and others).

The source we are going to focus on today is the site geeks.com, which offers many models of new and refurbished laptops, with a wide range of prices. And here on this site we found one of the cheapest laptops we have ever seen, and this is the Augen E-Go OE-A 730. This is actually a netbook (with a very small display screen of just 7 inch) and a price of just 94 dollars. Well…in terms of technical details, you will get exactly what you pay for.

And this means really weak technical details and technologies. We are not even sure if this laptop is good enough for browsing the internet. But it is probably enough for you to check your email address and browse through web pages that don’t have such an advanced graphic. Its processor is a MagicEyes POLLUX 3520 F 533 MHz processor (ARM 926 EJ). So you can just imagine how fast it is working . The RAM memory is also really weak, and can be compared to that found on computers about 10 years ago. It has 128 MB of DDR RAM. The hard drive is also really small, and it is a Nand flash storage device with a capacity of just 2 GB. So with this computer you will practically go back in time, to the computers used many years ago. But unlike those really big and heavy computers, this is a really small and lightweight device, that can be carried around and used practically anywhere.

The producer says that this netbook was specially made for internet use, so we guess that it will work ok on most of the web pages. For easier access to the internet it has  wireless connectivity (WiFi 802.11 b/g controller) and also a 10/100 Fast Ethernet controller. You can’t do much with the 7 inch widescreen TFT LCD display that has a resolution of (800 x 480), but it can be ok for watching pictures, documents or videos from the internet (from sites like YouTube). We are not sure how much space does the operating system have, and after installing some more software, and copying some of your files, you will probably won’t have enough space for storing a movie of 600 MB. And since it doesn’t have an optical drive either, your only solution will be to watch a movie directly from an USB stick. So this means that this laptop has not one, but 2 USB ports. And it also has a SD/MMC card reader, so that you can copy pictures…but not too many, because the disc space won’t allow you. As you buy it, it comes with an installed version of the Windows CE 5.0 operating system, and also with programs such as Internet Explorer Outlook Express, Skype & more.

It also has two built in speakers with a power of  0.5 watts each and a keyboard with touchpad. The ports it has are:
Two (2) USB 1.1 ports
One (1) Mini USB port
One (1) Microphone in jack
One (1) Headphone out jack
One (1) RJ 45 Ethernet port
One (1) Rest button (on bottom)
And its dimensions are:
1.25 x 8.5 x 5.5-inches (H x W x D, approximate)
Weight: 1.6 pounds

So in conclusion it is a really cheap laptop, accessible to most of the people, but with really weak features too. You can buy this one in case you are really not passionate about computers, and you simply want to browse the internet from time to time, or to write documents anywhere you are going, without needing to worry about the dimensions and weight of your laptop.

Best Buy is a major retail store from the United States of America which is specialized in selling all types of consumer electronic products. It was founded in 1966 with the original name “Sound of Music” and it changed its name into Best Buy in 1983. It has the headquarters in Richfield, Minnesota, United States, but it operates all over this country. But this is not all, because Best Buy had expanded in other countries too, such as: Canada, Mexico, China, Turkey and UK. It makes billions of dollars of profit each year, and it offers products such as: TV-s, DVD players, home theater systems, speakers, headphones, satellite radios, audio systems, iPods, MP3 players, digital cameras, webcams, computers, notebooks, Tablet PC-s, netbooks, monitors, mobile phones, movies, music, video games, gadgets and many more others.

And since laptops are the ones who are interesting us, for today we’ll discuss about one of the best notebooks from Best Buy , and this is the Alienware – M 15 X Laptop with Intel® Core™ i7 Processor – Cosmic Black, Model: M 15 X-722 CSB. Alienware is a company specialized in producing very advanced and expensive gaming laptops, and since  a game requires very powerful features, it means that a gaming laptop can easily be used for any other kind of computer activities. This model that we’ll discuss today is very expensive too, and has a price of 1,999 dollars. We all know that this is just a trick used by stores to make the customer think that a product costs less than it really is, so let’s say it straight – this laptop has a price of 2,000 dollars. It is true that you will get really powerful features for this money, but this is definitely not a laptop that is affordable to most of the people.

It has the best laptop processor on the market right now, and this is the Intel Core i 7 processor that has a 6 MB cache and a speed of 1.6 Ghz with turbo boost up to 2.8 Ghz. The RAM memory is also very good offering 4 GB of DDR 3 memory, that can handle any computer activity, and even more at the same time. The display screen has a diagonal of 14.9 inch, so it is the classic size found on most of the laptops. It is a widescreen display that offers great colors and a High Definition resolution of 1600 x 900. But you can’t have a really good video experience (and especially a good gaming experience) without a powerful graphics engine. So this laptop comes with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 M video card, that has a great memory of 1 GB video memory. And to make the gaming experience complete, this laptop also offers a good sound thanks to the Built-in stereo speakers with high definition surround sound audio 5.1 support.

The hard drive offers plenty of space to store many big video games, and it is a 320 GB hard disk @ 7200 rpm. But honestly…for this big price of 2,000 dollars we expected to get a 500 GB hard disc. The optical drive is good, but not the best, and it is a  Double layer DVD ± RW/ CD-RW. We said that it is not the best, because it doesn’t offer Blu- ray support. Like most of the notebooks today this one also has a multi in one media card reader, a built in webcam for video conferences on the internet, and a wireless connectivity for easier access to the internet. The networking parameters are:

-Built-in 10 /100 /1000 Ethernet LAN

-Wireless Networking – Wireless- B+ G+ N

This model also has a HDMI port, so you can connect it to a High Definition TV and enjoy movies and games at an even better video quality. And of course it also has a touchpad, and it comes with an installed version of the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. And since working or playing in a dark on a laptop can be quite a problem if you want to see the keys, this laptop also has a backlit keyboard.

So after all it is a powerful laptop, that offers powerful features and technologies. But we think that the price of 2,000 dollars is just too big, and you can find similar laptops for prices of 1,500 dollars or less. So it is up to you to decide if you are willing to spend so much money for a gaming laptop.

The computers had evolved very much in the last decades and they became more and more advanced, and also cheaper. So cheap and so demanded by customers, that these days millions and millions of people are using a computer. So it is not so famous and “fashionable” as it used to be some years ago and many people don’t even want to buy a computer…they prefer to buy a laptop instead. A laptop is a device pretty similar to a computer, that has the same components and can do the same tasks, only that it is much thinner, smaller and lighter. So the biggest advantage offered by a laptop is its portability.

It is true that a laptop is a little more expensive compared to a PC, but it will worth the extra money. There are many producers of notebooks on the market and some examples would be: Hewlett Packard, Asus, Dell, Acer, Toshiba, Lenovo, Sony, Fujitsu, Alienware, MSI and Apple. Each of these companies offers a lot of models, so in case you want to buy a laptop, you will definitely have where to choose from.

There are also many sources from where you can get one, so the make the best laptop deal you will have to do some research first. And a good deal can be considered when you buy a really powerful laptop, at a really good price.

One of the stores that offers quite good deals at notebooks (both in real retail stores and on the internet) is Best Buy. Its site is bestbuy.com, and today we’ll discuss about a laptop from here. There are many criteria to decide which laptop to choose and if money are a problem for you, you can choose one of the cheapest models from the site, which is the Acer – Aspire Laptop with AMD Athlon ™ Single – Core Processor, Model: AS 5532- 5535. It has quite very small price for a laptop, of just 369 dollars. So now let’s look at what this laptop has to offer:

-warranty Terms – Parts 1 year limited

-Warranty Terms – Labor 1 year limited

-Product Height: 1.5 ”

-Product Width: 14.4 ”

-Product Weight: 6 lbs.

-Product Depth: 10.8 ”

-Processor Brand: AMD

-Processor: AMD Athlon ™

-Processor Speed: 1.6 GHz

-Battery Type: 6 cell Lithium-Ion

-Display Type: HD widescreen CineCrystal LCD

-Screen Size (Measured Diagonally): 15.6 ”

-System Bus: 667 MHz

-Cache Memory: 512 KB on die Level 2

-System Memory (RAM): 3 GB

- System Memory (RAM): Expandable To 4 GB

-Type of Memory (RAM): DDR 2

-Hard Drive Type: SATA (5400 rpm)

-Computer Hard Drive Size: 160 GB

-Optical Drive: Double-layer DVD ± RW/ CD-RW

-Optical Drive Speeds: 6 x DVD+ R DL; 6 x DVD-R DL; 8 x 8 x 8 DVD+ RW; 8 x 8 x 8 DVD- RW; 5 x DVD-RAM; 24 x 24 x 24 CD-RW

- Direct-Disc Labeling: No

-Digital Media Reader or Slots:Yes, digital media card reader

-Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3200

- Video Memory: Up to 1919 MB total available with Hyper Memory

-TV Tuner: No

-MPEG: Yes

-Built in Webcam: No

-Modem: None

-Networking Built-in: 10/100 Ethernet LAN (RJ 45 connector)

-Wireless Networking:Wireless -B+G+N

-Bluetooth-Enabled: No

-S-Video Outputs :None

-Audio High definition

-Speakers: Internal

-PCMCIA Slots: None

-USB 2.0 Ports: 2

-IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports: None

-Parallel Ports: None

-Game Ports :None

-Laptop Weight: Standard (more than 5.5 lbs.)

-Battery Life: Up to 2 hours and 30 minutes

-HDMI Output: No

-Blu-ray Player: No

-Operating System Platform: Windows

-Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

-Included Software: NTI Media Maker; Acer Arcade Deluxe; Adobe Reader and more

-ENERGY STAR Qualified: Yes

So as you can see the features offered by this laptop are not really advanced or really powerful, but what can you expect more for this price? But they are not weak either, and they can be quite enough to support most of the simple computer activities. So in case you are looking for a really cheap laptop, this model might be a good choice for you. Enjoy it!