If you are looking for a classy yet cheap but reasonably nice looking laptop as your desktop replacement, then I suggest you buy the Asus K50ij laptop. The Asus K50ij is definitely a good buy if you are into budget laptops. I just bought mine last year and I was really impressed with this notebook which only costs php26,500 $553 (last year’s pricing) but is now retailed at php 24,000 from most PC retailers here in the Philippines. I was lucky to have bought this since I was in dire need then of a budget laptop that was capable of running mainstream applications to get my work done.

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Woot.com is selling a refurbished 17-inch HP Pavilion AMD Dual-Core 2.1GHz Entertainment Notebook for only $549.99. Now this is definitely one cheap notebook deal that you should never miss out. Some interesting features of the HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx Entertainment Notebook include a 17.0” Diagonal WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440×900), AMD Turion X2 RM-72 2.1GHz Dual-Core Mobile Processor, an integrated webcam, 320GB (5400RPM) SATA 5400 RPM Hard Drive, ATI Radeon HD 3200 Video Graphics RS780M, and Altec Lansing speakers. The HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook comes with a 90-day warranty with a shipping fee of $5.

HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx Main Specifications:
• AMD Turion 2.1GHz X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
• 4096MB DDR2 SDRAM SO DIMM 200-pin
• 8GB Max RAM
• ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics RS780M
• 320GB (5400RPM)
• LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
• 17.0” Diagonal WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)
• High speed 56k modem
• Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
• 802.11b/g WLAN
• Altec Lansing speakers
• 101-key compatible
• Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
• 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
• 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
• 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
• 2 Headphone out
• 1 microphone-in
• HDMI
• 1 VGA (15-pin)
• eSATA + USB 2.0
• 1 RJ-11 (modem)
• 1 RJ -45 (LAN)
• 1 notebook expansion port 3
• 1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)
• 15.59 (W) x 11.22? (D) x 1.31 (min H)/1.66(max H)
• 7.75lbs
• Kensington MicroSaver lock slot
• Accepts 3rd party security lock devices
• 65W AC Adapter
• 8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

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Apple recently unveiled the new iPod shuffle, which is dubbed as “the first music player that talks to you” featuring a VoiceOver interface that announces artists, songs and playlists on demand. The new iPod shuffle with VoiceOver feature has a storage capacity of up to 4GB and with its new VoiceOver user interface; it is programmed to speak 14 languages: including English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. It is probably the coolest and hippest mini portable mp3 player available today, with 1.8″ height, 0.7″ width and 0.3″ thin.
Some cool features of the new iPod shuffle include the ability of synchronizing multiple playlists from iTunes, storing 1,000 songs encoded at 128 Kbps and one definitely great feature that the iPod can offer is providing users with information about battery life. And what’s new about this portable mp3 player is that they’ve transferred all of the control buttons in the right earbud cord, which allows you play, pause, adjust volume, and switch playlists without touching the shuffle. The latest iPod Shuffle will be retailed at $79, and is available in silver and black colors.