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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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If you're anything like us (and we suspect you are), then you expect your laptop to be constantly multitasking as you update Facebook, browse YouTube videos, check email, and challenge your friends to online poker simultaneously. And thanks to its 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor, the HP dv6t does…

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