Ivy Bridge laptops top September electronics bargains

09.09.2012
While electronics bargains associated with Back To School sales disappear after Labor Day, that doesn't mean deal-seekers should write off the rest of the month.

Bargains will abound in September for gizmos like Ivy Bridge laptops, last generation iPhones, 55-inch HDTVs, and solid state memory drives, according to smart shopper site .

In the current notebook market, all PC makers--with the exception of Apple--have been unable to sustain premium prices for their products, and that appears to be the case with laptops based on Intel's .

When introduced in April, laptops based on the chips were priced in the $800 to $1000 range, but as more models began to , prices began to plummet.

, 15-inch Ivy Bridge laptops selling for a grand in April were peddled at around $480 at the end of August--a drop of more than 50 percent. "We expect to see even more aggressive deals as Microsoft preps systems for its Windows 8 launch in late October; shoppers would be wise to wait a few more weeks to see the best laptop deals," the shopping site advises.