| Computers, especially notebook computers, are a | | | | notebook phenomenon. Machines that entered the |
| prime example of a 'disposable' electronic item. Due | | | | market at $400 are now selling for $250 as the |
| to Moore's Law and transistor count doubling every | | | | manufacturers compete for consumer demand. |
| 18 months, the capabilities of computers progress as | | | | This same practice applies in other notebooks laptop |
| regularly as clockwork. Which means that what was | | | | sale categories. By cruising local wholesale style |
| a high end machine last Christmas may be deep in | | | | retailers (Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, etc), you can try and |
| the discount bin now. | | | | type on some of these machines and get a feel for |
| The reason why sale notebooks are popular is the | | | | them…however, it's usually worth your trouble to |
| same reason that Intel Atom-powered netbooks are | | | | ask about any notebook sales they may have, selling |
| popular: For most computing tasks, there's no real | | | | models that are a few months behind the curve. You |
| downside to having a machine that's less than the | | | | can often times score significant bargains on |
| extreme top-end-of-the-market. No matter how | | | | notebooks laptop sales by doing this. |
| much Microsoft has cluttered up Windows with the | | | | Another place to get a good deal on sale notebooks |
| Aero interface, advances in processor technology | | | | is online, through vendors like Amazon, NewEgg and |
| keep bailing them out…and for the people who | | | | eBay. These places regularly have notebooks laptop |
| primarily use a notebook for surfing the weapon, | | | | sales, or sales on laptops, as inventory turns, or even |
| doing some word processing and writing emails, the | | | | as press releases for competing models come up into |
| vast majority of laptops released in the last three | | | | place. It's worth it to check these sites regularly for |
| years (almost two complete generations) are more | | | | models you want. EBay is the best place to buy sale |
| than adequate. | | | | notebooks that have just been released, because |
| Intel is aware of this; the Atom processor is roughly | | | | there are people who buy them in other countries |
| comparable to a Pentium IV in overall capabilities, yet | | | | before they reach the US and re-sell them here to |
| consumes about 5 watts when run (a typical laptop | | | | the rabid "early adopter crowd". |
| CPU runs about 30 watts). This allows Atom driven | | | | Whenever you buy a notebook that's on sale, make |
| computers to run for hours at a time from a fairly | | | | sure that you're getting the full kit – the charger, |
| modest battery. This processor came on to the | | | | a new (or nearly new) battery, and all accessories |
| market in the second half of 2008, and is now pretty | | | | that come with it. If it comes with a manufacturer's |
| much the category standard. However, even as the | | | | warranty, make sure that's specified before you buy. |
| category standard, netbook go through the sale | | | | |