Well, this week my HP Pavilion laptop decided to drop dead on me. Just out of the blue, no warning. So even though I love to shop for electronics, laptops, TVs, and anything else with a plug-in, I really didn’t feel like going out and buying a brand-new laptop. I hadn’t bought one for a long time, soI started to do a little better research again see what was out there and what prices were looking like.

The first place I went, and usually always go first, was Costco. To my surprise they really didn’t have much. They were stocked with HP’s but I was staying far away from those this time. Next up, Best Buy. Surprisingly, it seemed like they actually had better prices than Cosco had a lot more to choose from. the girl that worked at Best Buy really wanted me to buy a Mac, but I did really want to switch everything over to Mac just yet, even though it was fairly tempting.

Then she showed me the Toshiba line. The Toshiba A505 — s6960 was the one I was in the go for, but at the last minute found this sweet laptop at of all places, OfficeMax. More powerful processor, and about 30 bucks cheaper.  So far, I love it.

UPDATE: 8-1-09Still loving it.  Works fast.  Even faster than my desktop. Just registered for my free Window 7 upgrade too.