Three times more searches for laptops, as small, powerful models sweep the board.

Visits to laptops in August confirm that small, powerful laptops are the back to school favourite, with 3 times more visits than netbooks, reveals Twenga, the new generation shopping search engine.

The two most-searched for models this August were the Dell Inspiron N5010, and the Acer Aspire 5732Z. Top screen sizes are 13” or 15”, as opposed to smaller 8”-12” netbook screen sizes. Back-to-school shoppers are after well-performing laptops of around 4GB RAM, with sizable hard-drives from 260GB to 500GB for storage. The most popular colours are purple, white, pink, orange and brown, as parents and students snap up hot deals for the new term.

Visitors to Twenga can compare over 14,000 laptops from 460 online shops.

* Statistics based on visits to www.twenga.co.uk for the month of August 2010

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133% rise in searches across women’s coats as UK women get set for winter.

Early shopping for women’s winter coats reveals surprising items in the top five, with puffa jackets and ponchos both making the cut, reveals Twenga, the new-generation shopping search engine.

As women start their winter shopping, searches for women’s coats have increased by 133% over the past 30 days*. The women’s parka is the most popular, followed by the duffle coat, trench coat, puffa jacket and poncho.

Pink is the colour of the moment, followed by classics such as red, navy, brown and beige. For fabrics velvet leads the way, followed by wool, sheep skin, tweed and cashmere.

Users can compare almost 13,000 women’s coats on Twenga.