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HP Laptop $349.99 at Best Buy (expired)

HP laptop at best buy

Nicely specced laptop currently available at Best Buy. At the moment about half the stores have these in stock – the rest you can purchase through their “Ship-to-Store” system and get it in about 3-5 days.

Specification

AMD Phenom II Dual-Core Mobile 2.6Ghz Processor
14″ Screen
4Gb DDR3 memory (expandable to 8GB)
500Gb SATA Hard Drive
Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Optical Drive
High-definition widescreen LED with BrightView technology (1366 x 768)
Multi-Format Media Reader
Wireless B+G+N
Built In Webcam, Microphone & SRS Sound
Radeon HD 4250 Graphics Card
Windows 7 Home Premium
1.4″ Thin & 4.7 lbs

(Still available – but at $399.99)

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Kickstarter

This is one of my favorite websites at the moment – diving into new technology and design at the bleeding edge where people have superb ideas, have managed to prototype but need angel investors. The website creates a structure where inventors can describe their ideas and plead for small (and we are talking $1 and up) investors to come along and support them.

Some of the ideas make you immediately say “OOOh I want that!” whereas others are simply “oh another one of those”; but it’s fascinating just reading through and watching the videos as these entrepreneurs demo their new baby.

Hey – and you can even join in. Whether its the revolights that put your cycle lights on the wheel, The Isostick that boots ANY PC from a USB thumb drive that pretends its a CD Drive, or even the Kammok – a use anywhere , tie to anything rip-stop hammock…

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