Usually when getting set for a new year, most people usually have wish lists of items which they would love to either get for themselves or have other people give to them as gifts. While it may be hard to shop for appropriate gifts for people, this article takes a quick look at some gifts people would find hard to say no to.

The 2011 Nissan Leaf EV

The modern and compact design, the 2011 Nissan Leaf EV is one gift that many would gladly accept. Its hatchback design also greatly enhances its versatility and usefulness in comparison to sedan automobiles. While it may not be exactly advisable to use the Nissan Leaf EV for extremely long road trips, when full charged it can travel for almost 100 miles and a weekly charge should be enough to use the automobile to get the weekly errands around town done in a more cost effective way since there won’t be the need to make any budgets for gasoline as the car requires none. For a new car with guaranteed savings on gasoline the 2011 Nissan Leaf EV is relatively inexpensive at a price of around $25,280 after a tax credit of $7,500.

Gran Turismo 5

For those who own a PlayStation 3 gaming console, the Gran Turismo 5 would serve as a perfect gift especially for those who love cars and racing games. The GT5 game comes with more enhanced features, exciting range of races and there is a greater feel of realism added to the gaming experience.

A 13” Apple MacBook Air

For addicts and non-addicts of Apple products, there is a certain appeal about the latest MacBook Air model from Apple that makes it a great machine to have. Although the MacBook Air comes with a 13 inches screen like the MacBook Pro, it has a higher resolution of 1440×900 which makes the graphics better. It is also far lighter than the MacBook Pro which makes it less of a load to carry around when in transit. The MacBook Air comes with a default configuration of 1.8GHz processor, 128GB SDD and 2GB of RAM. The default configuration is also upgradeable for those who desire to have a much higher configuration on their machine.

60″ Samsung 1080p 120 LED HDTV

Samsung is well known for designing television sets that have lovely and well defined displays. A 60 inches LED high definition TV would thus be a great addition to liven up any living room in the home. With the 60 inches screen pictures are bound to appear bolder especially since it is a high definition TV. For gamers, such a big screen would make playing games more thrilling as the images will appear even more lifelike.