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Best Buy laptop deals for the week (10/23-10/29): $259.99 Toshiba and $349.99 Samsung

href="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/best-buy.png"> class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2096" title="best-buy" src="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/best-buy.png" alt="" width="350" height="241" />What do you want out of your wireless mobile computing experience? Do you want the desktop-like experience that you can get from a large 15.6-inch laptop computer, or do you want the most mobile laptop you can get in a 10.1-inch netbook? The two options offer their own positives and negatives.

Picking the 15.6-inch model means you’ll have a powerful and capable mobile computer, but you’ll have to deal with carrying a computer that weights around four pounds in most cases and features battery life performance below five hours in most cases. When you pick the 10.1-inch netbook option you’ll have a mobile laptop that weights under three pounds and offers more than 6 hours of battery life in most cases, but the overall performance of the system is only good enough for light computing tasks unlike a large laptop computer.

Best Buy is offering a 15.6-inch laptop and a 10.1-inch netbook this week on special

Like last week the Best Buy laptop deals for the week running through next Saturday (10/29/2011) include Toshiba and Samsung branded computers. The Toshiba mobile computer is a 10.1″ netbook and the Samsung is a full-sized 15.6″ laptop computer. The Toshiba netbook is the Blue Mini NB505-N500BL netbook that’s href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3625067-10954609">available for 9.99 all week src="http://www.tqlkg.com/image-3625067-10954609" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />, the Samsung laptop is the RV510 and it’s href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-3625067-10954592">available in Black for 9.99 all week src="http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-3625067-10954592" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />.

id="attachment_8809" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 531px"> href="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Toshiba-Mini-NB505-N500BL-best-buy-00.jpg"> class="size-full wp-image-8809" title="Toshiba Mini NB505-N500BL best buy 00" src="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Toshiba-Mini-NB505-N500BL-best-buy-00.jpg" alt="Toshiba Mini NB505-N500BL best buy 00" width="521" height="411" /> class="wp-caption-text">The Toshiba Mini NB505-N500BL 10-inch netbook. Image: Best Buy

The Toshiba netbook is a new model that Toshiba introduced to the market earlier this year. According to Best Buy’s product description the href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-3625067-10954609" target="_blank">9.99 netbook features the 1.66GHz Intel Atom N455 processor (512KB of L2 cache) and integrated Intel GMA 3150 graphics. Toshiba’s Blue netbook is also listed with a 10.1-inch (1024×600) TruBrite LED back-lit screen, 1GB of DDR3 RAM, a 250GB 5400RPM hard disk drive, a webcam and microphone, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, a 4-in-1 card reader, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, 10/100 Ethernet LAN, up to 8 hours and 21 minutes battery life, and Microsoft Windows 7 Starter Edition.

id="attachment_8810" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 530px"> href="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Toshiba-Mini-NB505-N500BL-best-buy-01.jpg"> class="size-full wp-image-8810" title="Toshiba Mini NB505-N500BL best buy 01" src="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Toshiba-Mini-NB505-N500BL-best-buy-01.jpg" alt="Toshiba Mini NB505-N500BL best buy 01" width="520" height="378" /> class="wp-caption-text">The EasyGrip finish is featured on the netbooks lid and palm rest area. Image: Best Buy

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In the design department the netbook feature a finish that Toshiba calls EasyGrip, basically it’s a rubberized texture that makes the netbook harder to drop on accident. Size wise the Toshiba Mini NB505-N500BL is 2.9 pounds and measures 1.4-inches thin.

id="attachment_8808" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 535px"> href="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Samsung-NP-RV510-A03US-best-buy-01.jpg"> class="size-full wp-image-8808" title="Samsung NP-RV510-A03US best buy 01" src="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Samsung-NP-RV510-A03US-best-buy-01.jpg" alt="Samsung NP-RV510-A03US best buy 01" width="525" height="369" /> class="wp-caption-text">The price of the Samsung NP-RV510-A03US is more attractive the laptops looks. Image: Best Buy

The Samsung laptop is the Samsung NP-RV510-A03US and it’s also a computer that was released this year. The hardware specifications for the Samsung laptop are better for raw performance compared to the Toshiba netbook, but that isn’t that much of a surprise. According to Best Buy the Samsung RV510 they offer has a dual-core 2.1GHz Intel Pentium T4300 (1 MB L2 Cache) processor and Intel GMA 4500M integrated graphics.

Other specifications for the Samsung laptop include a 15.6-inch (1366 x 768) LED screen, 4GB of DDR3 RAM (good or multi-tasking), a 320GB 5400RPM hard disk drive, a Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW optical drive with double-layer support, a 0.3MP webcam with microphone, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, a 4-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth 3.0 HS, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN, and Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit.

id="attachment_8807" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 531px"> href="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Samsung-NP-RV510-A03US-best-buy-02.jpg"> class="size-full wp-image-8807" title="Samsung NP-RV510-A03US best buy 02" src="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Samsung-NP-RV510-A03US-best-buy-02.jpg" alt="Samsung NP-RV510-A03US best buy 02" width="521" height="351" /> class="wp-caption-text">The Samsung NP-RV510-A03US laptop has a glossy Black lid. Image: Best Buy

The Samsung RV510 being offered for href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-3625067-10954592" target="_blank">9.99 has a Black glossy body that will be prone to fingerprints and scratches. In size the RV510 is listed at 5.4 pounds with a width measurement (thickness) of 1.5-inches. The Samsung RV510 is a large laptop computer compared to the Toshiba netbook, but for the 15.6-inch segment of laptops the Samsung is only average in size (weight and thickness).

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