Core i3 Laptop Deals - Best Laptops for Sale

newegg offers the 2.9-lb. ASUS VivoBook Intel Ivy Bridge Core i3 1.8GHz 11.6" Touchscreen Laptop in Champagne, model no. X202E-DH31T-SL, for $379.99 with free shipping. That's $20 under our March mention and the lowest total price we could find by $20. It features an Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, 11.6" 1366x768 touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, webcam, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI, 2-cell battery, and Windows 8 64-bit.

Note that no optical drive is included.

Toshiba Direct takes up to $270 off select Toshiba Satellite L-Series laptops, as listed below. Plus, get select upgrades for free. (They're automatically upgraded on the product page.) With prices starting at $399.99, each is at least $20 under our mention from two weeks ago and at the lowest total price we could find. Shipping adds $24.99, or get free shipping on orders of $499 or more. Deal ends May 27. The laptops:

• Toshiba Satellite L850D-BT3N22 AMD A6 Dual 2.7GHz 15.6" Laptop (pictured) for $399.99
• Toshiba Satellite L840-BT3N22 Core i3 Dual 2.3GHz 14" Laptop for $429.99
• Toshiba Satellite L850-BT3N22 Core i3 Dual 2.3GHz 15.6" Laptop for $449.99
• Toshiba Satellite L870-BT3N22 Core i3 Dual 2.3GHz 17.3" Laptop for $479.99

Best Buy Computing Clearance offers the 3.2-lb. ASUS Zenbook Intel Core i3 1.4GHz 13.3" Ultrabook in Radiant Silver, model no. UX32A-R3502H, for $599.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $45. (For further comparison, we saw a similarly-configured Ultrabook with a 320GB hard drive with a 24GB SSD for $50 less a month ago.) It features an Intel Core i3-2367M 1.4GHz Sandy Bridge dual-core processor, 13.3" 1366x768 widescreen LCD, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, USB 3.0, HDMI output, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Of note, no optical drive is included.