You Need This: Touch Book Laptop

These days everyone’s trying to get the biggest bang for their buck, especially when it comes to buying pricey new electronics. Which is why the Touch Book laptop from Always Innovating should be your next purchase. Weighing in at a mere two-pounds, the Touch Book sports a 9-inch, crystal-clear 1024×600 screen, internal USB ports (unlike many netbooks, which have awkward dongles), built-in WiFi and Bluetooth and an easily upgradeable 8GB micro SD card for storage.

But the Touch Book’s real magic is in it’s innovative design, which allows the screen to detach from the keyboard and function as a fully-operational touchscreen tablet! This also allows the screen to be used as an e-book reader or portable gaming platform. It also has a freakin’ magnet in the back, so it can attach to the refrigerator and act as a kitchen video monitor. On top of that, it has 10-15 hour battery life – significantly longer than any other netbook on the market, and it only costs $300.

The only possible downsides are in the open source operating system, which requires a bit more tinkering than Windows or Apple (but can also be much more flexible and powerful, if you know what you’re doing or learn). And it’s probably not best used as your primary computer. But so what? This thing is badass.