Best Black Friday Deals on Notebook Peripherals – Monitors, Mice, and More

It’s awfully expensive to buy notebooks and netbooks for everyone on your gift list. And what if your giftees already have portable computers that they love? Some of the best gifts are accessories that help notebook users be more productive, save themselves from disaster, or just have more fun. Here are some of the best notebook accessories and peripherals by category.

LCD Monitors

When you’re on the go, you must rely on your notebook’s screen, but for the many hours you spend at your desk, you’ll appreciate a bigger screen with more workspace. For well under $200, you can add a high-quality external monitor.

• Viewsonic 22-inch LCD Screen for $149. Get this high-definition 1920 x 1080 display for less than $150. Great for watching videos, opening lots of windows side-by-side, and seeing more of your Web pages and documents. (Buy)
• Dell E2310H 23-inch LCD Screen for $169. This 23-inch screen offers a full HD 1920 x 1080 display at an incredible price. (Buy)

Wireless Mice

Your notebook’s trusty touchpad or trackpoint is great when you have the system on your lap, but if you want to do more serious work, packing a lightweight, wireless mouse can be very helpful. At prices below $40, wireless mice make particularly affordable gifts and plenty of notebook users still don’t have one.

• Logitech M505 for $29.99. This light-weight notebook mouse fits easily in your bag and in your hand. Best of all, it has a tiny nano receiver that can stay attached to one of your notebook’s USB ports all the time without adding width to the system. (Buy)
• Logitech V450 for $29.99. Another lightweight logitech mouse with a nano-sized receiver, the V450 comes in a wide variety of colors to match a wide variety of notebooks. (Buy)

Printers

It’s a digital world, but still not a paperless one. The right printer can help you print business cards, resumes, or even family photos and greetings.

• HP Color LaserJet CP1518ni for $179.99 (check out with coupon code SVMY478761). Why buy an inkjet when you can get a high-speed color laser that outputs up to 8 pages per minute in color and 12 pages per minute in black and white. Better still, it has a real drawer to hold paper in place and prevent jams. This is a pro’s color printer. (Buy)
• Samsung ML-2510 B&W Laser Printer for $65.99. If you don’t need to do any color printing, you can save a bundle with this monochrome laser. It too has a paper drawer to prevent jams. (Buy)

Portable Hard Drives

Whether you need to back up your data or carry around a large library of media files, a portable The storage device that holds your OS, programs, and data.
Learn Morehard drive is a great way to take tons of storage with you. If portability is important to you (and it should be), be sure to get a bus-powered USB hard drive so you won’t need to plug into a AC outlet to use the drive.

• Western Digital My Passport Elite 500GB for $79.99 (Buy)
• Hitachi SimpleDrive 250GB for $59.99. (Buy)