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Black Friday for Apple Fans
TheAppleBlog —
... Black Friday Sale.
If you’re having trouble deciding where to shop, MacRumors has put together a nice chart showing the best discounts on Macs between the two sites.
If you’re shopping for discounts on accessories for your Mac or iPod, check out the great web site, bfads.net for searchable listings and scans of all the major retailers. For example, check out these hard drive, printer, and digital camera deals. Online, newegg.com and Amazon.com are having some great sales too.
If you know of other ...
Discounts, doorbusters, and more: TUAW sampler of holiday savings
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... is overly Apple-oriented; $19 for an 8 GB flash drive might raise some eyebrows and liberate some funds, though. ...
Cyber Monday Deals!
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
... discounts iPods $2-$9 (seriously, there are never any iPod deals outside of Apple Refurbished), plus sales on camcorders, point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras, DVD players, widescreen computer displays, Epson projectors, and memory cards. Here's everything that's on sale . Best Buy has the same "barely sale" on iPods, plus an online-only sale on movies ($17 for a season of The Office!) Newegg.com has Cyber Monday deals on lots of stuff, including Xbox 360 games, Bluetooth , and a nice-looking Philips home theater ...
Early Samsung NC20 Hands-On at LAPTOP
jkOnTheRun —
... is the 12.1-inch bigger brother of Samsung’s NC10 netbook, which is fairly popular due to the long run-time of the 6-cell battery. Aside from the size differences, the NC20 uses a 1.3GHz VIA Nano CPU in lieu of the 1.6GHz Intel Atom found in the NC10 and many other devices in this class. I like the look of the keyboard on the NC20 already and although I don’t need 720p video playback on my netbook, those that do will be happy according to LAPTOP. They also say that the NewEgg will be an exclusive seller of the NC20 here and that March 16th is the expected date to ...
Buying advice: Internal Hard Drives
Macworld —
... 2.5- or 3.5-inch internal drive, providing power (bus power or a built-in supply) and connection interfaces. It also provides a convenient way to initialize a new internal drive, allowing you to enclose your new internal drive as an external drive, clone your old drive’s contents to it, and then swap the drives around. To build your own external drive, find an enclosure that supports your disk drive’s size and interface, preferred connection(s), and design aesthetic; OWC , NewEgg.com , and TigerDirect.com are good places to buy enclosures online. Look for one ...
Hard drive noises
MacFixIt —
... ), then install the drive in that computer and try reading it. In addition to using another computer, you may try putting the drive in an external FireWire or USB enclosure to read. Many times having a new controller access the drive can allow an operating system to read from the drive again. External enclosures can be very cheap, and are available at multiple vendors including: NewEgg , ...
A Cool Gaming Companion
Gearlog —
... For high-performance gaming, anything that helps you squeak out better performance is worthwhile. The Cryo S is made from brushed aluminum and has a rubber finish that keeps your notebook from sliding around. It even includes two extra USB ports, so you can plug in Flash drives, a gaming mouse, or anything else. It holds your notebook at a slight angle for more comfortable use. Visit the NZXT site to learn more about the Cryo S. It should be available soon for $49 from Newegg.com.
TechSaver Test: NewEgg.com Independence Day Sale
Gearlog —
... NewEgg.com, one of my favorite destinations for buying computer hardware, is celebrating our nation's birthday with an Independence Day Sale. The sale, exclusive to NewEgg.com e-mail subscribers, features a bevy of discounted prices in computer hardware, electronics, peripherals, and accessories--all with free shipping, no less. Discounted prices and/or promo codes are valid until July 6. ...
Back-to-School Savings: NewEgg.com
Gearlog —
... NewEgg.com is running an exclusive Back-to-School Presale where you can save up to 70 percent off on computer hardware, electronics, and peripherals. For example, you can get a Saitek keyboard for $36, a 23-inch Acer HDTV for $170, and a Jawbone Bluetooth headset for $60. ...
Samsung Releases N310, Newegg Shows It Off
Gearlog —
... netbook may not be too different from the rest of the field spec-wise, but it sure is pretty. The computer, which is available starting today from Newegg.com, comes in a choice of three colors--blue, red and black--with finish that extends over the entire body of the machine. Expect the typical netbook assortment of hardware. The N310 runs the Intel Atom N270 at 1.6Ghz, 1GB of RAM, integrated Intel graphics, a built in SD reader and a 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 screen. ...
Put spare hard drives to work
Macworld —
... is a RAID enclosure that supports up to four SATA drives of any capacity. Going for just over $350 , the Drobo works over a USB 2 or FireWire 800 connection. The thing to note about the Drobo is that it doesn’t provide the accumulated capacity of each drive because it’s a redundant system—it stores two copies of your data. So, for example, if you were to shove four 1TB drives into it, you’d realize only about 2.7TB of storage. While it’s a shame to lose some of that storage, you’ll cry far fewer tears when one of those drives goes bad ...
Newegg and CyberPower Release Back-To-School Gaming PCs
Gearlog —
... All of the systems are available now from Newegg.com.
The $300 challenge: The telecommuter
Macworld —
... . It sports a long, thick cable that’ll deter most casual thieves. Safety net Of course, the security of your information is only as good as your last backup. Leopard’s Time Machine makes backing up easy and relatively painless. It does require an external drive, however. Luckily, these go for a song these days. I picked up the roomy Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB drive for a mere $119 from NewEgg.com . The only trick is that I have to remember to plug in the drive every time I sit down at my desk at home. That takes care of a local backup, but backups are like potato ...
The $300 challenge: The blogger
Macworld —
... allow me to produce videos viewers can subscribe to from within iTunes. And I’m keeping my fingers crossed that my hard drive won’t fail me, since I didn’t have the money for an expansive backup drive. The splurge Once I was done with my shopping spree, Macworld asked what I would do with an extra With an extra $300. Here’s what I’d add… Back up my files With a bit of extra cash in my pocket, my first purchase would be a good backup drive. When seeking inexpensive computer gear, Newegg.com is a good place to start. There I found a Seagate FreeAgent 500GB USB 2.0 external hard ...
Get Black Friday Deals for 2009
Mac|Life —
Photo Credit: jardenberg Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, has become one of the most popular shopping days over the years. With the economic situation, there’s no doubt that more people will be looking for deals when it comes to holiday shopping this year. Looking at the Black Friday circulars that have already been released, electronics--including computers, MP3 players and GPS systems-- will be extremely popular gifts this year. Everyone wants an edge when looking for deals, and for the past few years websites like ...
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