Louis Ramierz

Touchscreen laptops aren’t the future of mobile computing; they’re present day must-haves. According to NPD DisplaySearch, as many as 19.8 million touch-enabled notebook PCs shipped last year, and the number is expected to increase in 2014. And being the natural penny pinchers we are, we decided to track deals on touchscreen laptops to see where prices are going and how they compare to traditional systems. Our conclusion at DealNews? Your next laptop purchase should include a touch display. 15″ Touchscreen Laptops Are 45% Cheaper Than They Were Last Year At the start of 2013, the cheapest 15.6″ touchscreen laptop...

  Laptop sales are in the dumps. Windows 8 was supposed to give them a jump-start, but Redmond’s new operating system turned out to be worse than Vista. In fact, analysts are now blaming Windows 8 for the lull in sales, which in turn is giving tablet sales such an upper hand that they’re expected to surpass notebook shipments later this year. Even the mighty Intel can’t save the laptop industry. While this all may sound like a nightmare scenario for retailers, it’s a blessing for consumers: this summer you’ll be able to score some extraordinary laptop deals at...

Like it or not, Ultra HD televisions (aka TVs with an enhanced 2160p resolution) are on their way to market, and this past weekend manufacturer Seiki rocked the industry by releasing the first budget 4K HDTV — the 50″ Seiki SE50UY04. Checking in at $1,500 MSRP, it’s by far the cheapest 4K TV publicly announced thus far. What’s more, we at dealnews already found a deal on it! TigerDirect has knocked $300 off the retail price, dropping it to $1,199.99 (via coupon code “TJM88351” with free shipping, a low by $299). Although it’s not unusual to see a quick...