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Best Buy will be offering exclusive Samsung R80 notebooks starting 7 March. Highlights of the R80 include Nvidia graphics, Blu-ray drives, and a stylish design. Three R80 models will be available:

* R480 (14″ screen) - $729.99
* R580 (15.6″ screen) - $829.99
* R780 ( 17.3″ screen) - $929.99

All models have LED backlit widescreen displays and HDMI output. The R480 has integrated Intel graphics while the R580 has an Nvidia GeForce G310M and the R780 a GT 330M. The R480/R580 have Intel Core i3 processors while the R780 has a Core i5.

The new Samsung R80 notebooks will be available at Best Buy starting 7 March.

MegaMacs.com discounts a selection of Booq notebook messenger-style cases, custom bags and backpacks. Shipping starts around $6, giving each the lowest total price we could find. Deals end March 9. The bags:

* Booq Vyper M3 15″ Laptop Case in Black for $39.97
* Booq Mamba Sling 13″-15″ Laptop Bag in Red for $57.95
* Booq Taipan Shadow 13″ Messenger Laptop Bag in Black (pictured) for $66.95
* Booq Taipan Shadow M 15″ Messenger Laptop Bag in Charcoal for $75.95
* Booq Mamba 13″-17″ Laptop Bag in Red or Brown for $99.99
* Booq Viper Rush 15″ Laptop Messeger Bag in Black for $111.95
* Booq Boa Nerve 15″-17″ Messenger Laptop Bag in Navy for $129.95
* Booq Boa 17″ Laptop Bag in Black for $165.95
* Booq Boa Flow Professional 13″-17″ Laptop Backpack in Black for $174.95
* Booq Boa Flow Professional XL 17″ Laptop Backpak in Black for $174.95

Slappa recently unveiled a new line of ladies laptop shopping bags. From that collection we received a review sample of the sleek and sexy Loren custom bag. The bag’s Designer style, normally found in handbags, merges shape fully with business practicality. Nothing about the appearance of this bag says it is for laptops. It simply says minimalist elegance. It is the anti-type to the blaring pink women’s laptop and reusable grocery bags we often spot on the market today. This is a bag that could seamlessly transfer from boardroom to boardwalk.

We say minimalist because there aren’t a lot of frills on this custom bag. The outside has two pockets, one on each side. One of them a zippered pocket, the other a slide in pocket. Inside there is a large padded plush lining laptop pocket. Opposite of that are a few little pockets for holding various small items. The largest would hold an iPhone and it’s charger. Mostly I found myself just dumping stuff in the vast void space between. There is lots of room there and it is amazing how much i could fit. I actually lost my camera for two days in it.

The custom finished faux leather is really quite impressive right down to the feel of it. The customized bag has an overall sturdiness to it that makes one feel safe to carry a laptop in it. Keeping in mind that this is a faux finish and not real leather, it takes a careful eye not to scratch it and ruin the illusion. The metal pieces are 5 micron plating so that they will not tarnish. Inside is a floral non obtrusive print that is muted.

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THE oversized tote may have been the fashion must-have of years gone by, but handbags are shrinking in size thanks, in part, to multipurpose gadgets such as iPhones.

Instead of lugging around giant custom bags bursting at the seams with mobile phones, MP3 players and in some cases a laptop computer, women are increasingly turning to smaller shopping bags, stylists and retailers say.

A UK study found the average woman’s handbag weighed 1.5kg last year - half the 3.5kg they were carrying two years ago.

University student Martyna Wiencierz, 20, tries to stick to smaller customized bags and said the advent of iPhones had made this “so much easier”.