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26th
NOV
A Successful Black Friday
Posted by Jonathan | Filed under Deals, Technology
Well at least for me. My goal was to find a desktop to replace my 4 year old system. After careful review of the ads I decided on the HP Pavilion m8226x at Circuit City. I believe it will give another 4 or 5 years. Here is what it is loaded with.
Dual core/64-bit processing: The 3GHz Athlon 64 X2 6000+ This processor is also capable of processing 64 bits of information at once, twice as much as standard 32-bit processors.
- This desktop features 3GB of DDR2 system memory—enough for the most demanding users, vista, gamers and multimedia professionals.
- HyperTransport technology works like a fully-integrated frontside bus that increases bandwidth, reduces bottlenecks and enables processors to work more efficiently.
- Processors search for the same data over and over. L2 caches keep this data neat, organized, and nearby so it can be retrieved more quickly. This 2 x 1MB L2 cache is large, providing a potentially strong boost in performance.
Tags: , Black, Black Friday, Friday, Sales, Technology
21st
NOV
Best Deals from Black Friday
Posted by Jonathan | Filed under Deals, Electronics, Technology
These are some of the best deals of the 2007 Black Friday weekend. The items are divided by store.
Circuit City - If you don’t want to wait in line most of the deals are available online starting at 12:01am on 11/22
- Acer 22″ Widescreen LCD Monitor — $169
- SanDisk 2GB SD Memory Card –$6.99
- Sandisk 4GB High Capacity SD Memory Card w/ Free Reader — $27.99
- Element 7″ Digital Picture Frame — $49.99
- VisionTek ATI Radeon HD2400 PRO 256MB 16x PCIe Graphics Card –$49.99
- Seagate 500GB FreeAgent External Hard Drive –$79.99
- Wii Remote & Nunchuk Gloves –$2.99
- Wii Sports Set — $9.99
- SanDisk 2GB SD Memory Card — $2.99
- Seagate 320GB 3.5″ Internal SATA Hard Drive — $59.99
- Western Digital 500GB 3.5″ External Hard Drive — $99.99
Tags: Black, Black Friday, Consumer, Friday, Sales, Technology, Websites
12th
NOV
Black Friday Preview
Posted by Jonathan | Filed under Websites
Black Friday - Every year stores try to allure prospective shoppers with early bird specials, door-busters and incredible one-day-only deals in hopes of pushing their revenues into the black in their ledger books for the year. The local paper will be consumed by Thanksgiving Day advertisements, offering the consumer a one day peak at the deals spread-out before them. If you have ever attempted to go Black Friday shopping you know that the stores will be hectic and the lines will be long many hours before the sun even rises. Some avoid the day not wanting to have to wait in long lines and endure early hours to get the deals. Others will prepare for the early morning frost, wait in line and hope they made it early enough to get that door-buster special.
Tags: Black, Black Friday, Consumer, Friday, Sales, Technology, Websites
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