Tigerdirect.com is currently offering the 15.4-inch, 2.0GHz HP 550 Notebook PC (model no. KS158UT#ABA) for $329.99, which is $170 off its original price of $499.99 and $70 less than the next available laptop we could find of the same model. Shipping rates start at $1.99 for ground and sales tax applies for residents of Florida, Illinois, Texas and North Carolina.
Continue up the ladder with the 15.6-inch Asus G50VM-X1 Notebook PC that we found two weeks ago at Ecomelectronics.com, which still carries its discounted price of $669.95 and includes FREE shipping. This high-grade laptop offers a significant amount of additional RAM and hard drive space, and appears to be well liked according to customer reviews. Unlike the featured product the Asus has less fluctuation in the pros and cons of its performance, generating a pretty steady amount of praise, while the HP tends to vary depending on the website it’s purchased from. Now just so you don’t think the HP is all smoke and mirrors it still is a well designed machine and worth the sale price. In reality, it would probably come close to rating the same as the Asus if you took away all the complaints caused by bad customer service, shipping problems, and random order cancellations. For those of you who have decided to get a new laptop you should also take a look at the Verbatim wireless slim keyboard and mouse combo that was found yesterday at Besbuy.com. It’s still on for the impressively low price of $24.99 after rebates and has FREE shipping included. However, if you’re fine with the laptops integrated keyboard and touchpad why not protect it instead? Buy.com also has the stylish HP Urban Courier Notebook case priced at $33.99, and comes with FREE shipping.
