Good Deal: free PS3 or Vita for students buying VAIO laptops

Sony is offering students and faculty members a free PlayStation 3, PS Vita, or “$200 off your choice of PlayStation gear” with a selection of laptops starting from $746.89. For that price you can grab a Sony VAIO T Series ultrabook featuring a 1.7GHz Core i5-3317U Ivy Bridge processor with Intel HD Graphics 4000, a 13.3-inch 1366 x 768 display, 320GB hard drive, and 4GB of RAM. There are also 13.3-inch and 15.5-inch S Series VAIO models available from $775.99 and $824.49 that are included in the offer.

If you’re looking for something a little more powerful, Sony offers SSD, Core i7 quad-core processor and Nvidia GeForce G40M graphics card upgrades for some of the selected models. All the models ship with Windows 7 and you’ll be able to take advantage of the $15 Windows 8 upgrade program once Microsoft’s new operating system starts shipping.