Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Netbooks and laptops

Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide ! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures this year. Below is today’s bevy of hand curated picks, and you can head back to the Gift Guide hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the holiday season. We’re not going to lie, buying a laptop as a holiday present can be seriously scary. Not only are there tons of systems to choose from, but you’re about to put down quite a bit of cash on something that’s probably going to end up being someone’s primary machine for a few years. Does your giftee need a netbook for just getting on the web to check e-mail? Or something thin and light with enough power to watch HD movies on the go? How about a Core i7-powered rig with discrete graphics to handle that Call of Duty: Black Ops that was in the stocking? You see, it’s a daunting task, but fear not, we’re here to ease the pain. Our breakdown of the best laptops is after the jump. Continue reading Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Netbooks and laptops Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide: Netbooks and laptops originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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