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Last week's deal was incredible on for a Core i3 laptop. This week features another laptop with a similar setup at a more typical price but still less than the average model. Newegg is currently offering a Toshiba Satellite L655-S5065 laptop for just $600. This 15.6-inch laptop features the Intel Core i3-350M dual core processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, 320GB hard drive, dual layer DVD burner, 15.6-inch LED backlit display, 802.11b/g/n wireless and Windows 7 Home Premium software. It also is relatively light for a 15-inch laptop with just a 5.5-pount weight.

Disclaimer: All deals are those advertised by the retailer in question and may have rebates or other conditions of purchase for the products. Please be sure to read all disclaimers from the seller before purchasing.

Computer Deal of the Week - Toshiba Satellite L655 Laptop originally appeared on About.com PC Hardware / Reviews on Sunday, September 5th, 2010 at 08:00:14.

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If you can look past its design pitfalls, the Motorola Charm is an affordable and usable entry-level Android handheld. Android power users, on the other hand, may want to look elsewhere.

If you can look past its design pitfalls, the Motorola Charm is an affordable and usable entry-level Android handheld. Android power users, on the other hand, may want to look elsewhere.

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For those looking at the purchase of a desktop computer, one of the key features that you will be presented with is the hard drive size. This is the primary method of data storage for the system and it has exploded in capacity over the past couple of years. How much space does one need? Does the type of interface really matter? Why does the system have two hard drives but only have the storage space of a single drive? Find out more about these types of questions you will be confronted with in my guide to desktop hard drives.

Guide To Desktop Hard Drives originally appeared on About.com PC Hardware / Reviews on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 08:00:48.

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The Asus TS Mini is a fast and easy-to-use NAS server for home networking. However, it could be frustrating and time-consuming if you want to service its internal storage.

The Asus TS Mini is a fast and easy-to-use NAS server for home networking. However, it could be frustrating and time-consuming if you want to service its internal storage.

EasyStore gets faster, more power hungry CPU

Acer has said it'll update its EasyStore four-drive Nas box later this month with a new Intel Atom processor.…

The key products, the top stories

The Nikon Coolpix S3000 is an attractive inexpensive ultracompact that's a step above your average camera phone.

The Nikon Coolpix S3000 is an attractive inexpensive ultracompact that's a step above your average camera phone.

If you can look past its design pitfalls, the Motorola Charm is an affordable and usable entry-level Android handheld. Android power users, on the other hand, may want to look elsewhere.

For OS fence-sitters

Here is ViewSonic's other Android-based tablet, though here the Google OS is secondary to Windows 7.…

But no Gigabit performance just yet

Netgear has announced what may well be the world's first consumer networking products based on the as-yet-unratified IEEE P1910 next-gen powerline Ethernet standard.…

Apple flavoured?

More laptops have been announced at the IFA show by Samsung. This time it's the "premium" QX series - given a "airfoil design exterior" that's aluminium clad like as certain fruit-branded manufacturer's notebooks.…

Worldwide recall of ball burners

Toshiba and US and Canadian consumer watchdogs are recalling three laptop models after receiving reports that people have been burned by the AC adapters.…

Netbooks have been extremely popular in this tight economy thanks to their low prices. Their compact and traditional designs make them very appealing to those that want to use a computer while traveling. Tablet PCs are the newcomers that offer a much flashier experience in a form factor that is just as small if not smaller than a netbook. Many people cite the iPad launch as a reason for the decline in netbook sales. With both netbooks and tablets designed for mobile computing, which one offers a better mobile experience? Find out which one might be better for you in my comparison article.

Apple consistently rates as one of the best when it comes to service among computer companies. They do have a very limited range of products that reduces the number of products they have to support but they also don't provide support via email for those products either. How do they manage to score such high ratings then? Find out more in my support profile.

Apple Support Profile

Included in the profile is a list the various avenues that users have for support, tips and advice with Apple computers. In addition to this, there is a survey on how readers feel Apple was able to resolve their computer problems. If you have used Apple's support in the past, be sure to vote in the survey and share your experience.

How would you rate Apple's support?

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Apple Support Profile originally appeared on About.com PC Hardware / Reviews on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 08:00:40.

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Solid image quality and features as well as sleek looks make Samsung's mainstream LNC630 LCD an affordable alternative to LED TVs.

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Netbooks are one of the hottest tech items. They have brought highly mobile computing to the market at an extremely low price. One of the methods of doing this was to remove some features from the systems. This leaves them open to a wide range of accessories that can expand upon their capabilities. If you happen to have a netbook, check out my guide to netbook accessories that help complement these PCs.

The majority of powerful graphics accelerators are exact replicas of the reference Nvidia and AMD products, but even here we can sometimes come across very interesting solutions that deserve a closer look. Our today's article will talk about one graphics card like that.

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz offers value for its price, but we'd suggest paying extra for a more powerful smartphone.

Microsoft's new Arc Touch Mouse features a travel-friendly design and some clever technical additions to its touch-sensitive scroll tab. Neither of those features makes it better than a full-size desktop mouse, but the Arc Touch Mouse is different enough in its form and in some of its functions that it should appeal to people looking to make a statement with their technology.

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Intel may have launched their new dual core Atom processor, but no products using this new platform have made it to market so far. AMD has finally started to release its new Athlon II Neo platform and NVIDIA's ION 2 should finally be starting to make it to market. Even with all these changes coming, performance still seems to be roughly the same as it has been. So, how does one know which is best? Find out what I think are the Best Netbooks based on certain features, uses and prices.

If you happen to own a netbook, share your thoughts about the system. Is it one that consumers should rush out and buy or avoid. Let other readers know what you think of your netbook.

We continue discussing the duel of the best cooling products for processors. Today a cooler from Thermalright will be fighting against the solutions from Noctua.

Thermalright is trying to regain its leading positions in the market by launching two new air coolers for central processors. Have they managed to accomplish their ultimate goal? Find out from our reviews!

After a pretty lengthy break the Japanese Ninja cooler comes before us in its third reincarnation. We are also going to talk about other two new cooling solutions from Scythe: Rasetsu and Mugen 2 Rev B.

After the launch of GF104 Nvidia got a real opportunity to design a dual-processor graphics card with Fermi architecture that would offer acceptable thermal and electrical specs. Our today's article will discuss the performance of a solution like that.

When they launch new drive series, it is especially interesting to find out what innovations they made to justify the appearance of the entire new series. With Seagate Momentus XT we knew right from the start: this drive combines magnetic platters and flash memory in one package. How cool is that? Find out from our new article.

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