Toshiba Computer Deals and Best Sales

We've been sitting behind our laptops all day, putting together a roundup of the hottest notebook deals from the past week that are still available for you to compare. This week's top laptops include the new ASUS Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 2.3GHz 15.6" LED-Backlit Widescreen Notebook, plus best-selling notebooks from Lenovo, Samsung, and Dell. With deals starting at just $380, it's a great time to invest in a new laptop.

Best Buy offers the 5.3-lb. Toshiba Satellite C655-S5503 Intel Core i3 2.3GHz 15.6" LED-Backlit Widescreen Notebook, model no. PSC2EU-08E02H, for $379.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our mention from two weeks ago and $99 under the lowest total price we could find for a Core i3-equipped 16" Toshiba C655 laptop elsewhere. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include an Intel Core i3-2350M 2.3GHz dual-core processor, 15.6" 1366x768 LED-backlit widescreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, DVD burner, webcam, 802.11n wireless, media card reader, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Best Buy offers the 5.5-lb. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5515 AMD E-300 1.3GHz 15.6" Widescreen Notebook, for $279.99 with free shipping. That's $45 under last month's mention of a similar configuration (which had slightly more RAM) and among the least expensive shipped Toshiba 16" LED-backlit laptops we've ever seen without rebate hassles. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include an AMD E-Series E-300 1.3GHz dual-core processor, 15.6" 1366x768 LED-backlit widescreen LCD, 2GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics, DVD player, 802.11n wireless, webcam, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Best Buy still offers the 6.2-lb. Toshiba Satellite C675D-S7109 AMD E-300 1.3GHz 17.3" LED-Backlit Widescreen Notebook, model no. PSC4AU-029015, for $329.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our mention from a week ago as the lowest total price we've seen for a 17" Toshiba laptop with an AMD E-3000 CPU. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include an AMD E-Series E-300 1.3GHz dual-core processor, 17.3" 1600x900 LED-backlit widescreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, webcam, media card reader, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Best Buy offers the 5.3-lb. Toshiba Satellite C655-S5503 Intel Core i3 2.3GHz 15.6" LED-Backlit Widescreen Notebook, for $379.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our December mention as the lowest total price we could find for a non-refurb Core i3-equipped 16" Toshiba C655 notebook. (For further comparison, it's $50 under a similar configuration from two weeks ago, which had less RAM and a smaller hard drive.) Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include an Intel Core i3-2350M 2.3GHz dual-core processor, 15.6" 1366x768 LED-backlit widescreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, dual-layer DVD burner, webcam, 802.11n wireless, card reader, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Best Buy offers the 6.2-lb. Toshiba Satellite C675D-S7109 AMD E-300 1.3GHz 17.3" LED-backlit Widescreen Notebook for $329.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our mention from a week ago as the lowest total price we've seen for a 17" Toshiba laptop with an AMD E-3000 CPU. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include an AMD E-Series E-300 1.3GHz dual-core processor, 17.3" 1600x900 LED-backlit widescreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, DVD burner, AMD Radeon HD 6310M graphics, 802.11n wireless, webcam, media card reader, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

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