The holiday season is approaching, my last exam before the Thanksgiving break is tomorrow. As an authoritative figure in getting the most return for your dollar I am asking readers "What items do you want for Christmas!" I will use my superior art of bargain hunting to find a deal for you. If you have an amazing deal that is not posted, please leave a comment and I'll update the post.
Post will also include product recommendations. These are my opinions, I do not hold anything responsible. The product I recommend are items I would personally buy.
Updates 11/07/1008
Phones:
If you are renewing a new cellphone contract sign up with AT&T and get a XBox 360 + some randome cellphone for free. (Recommendtion on the deal, but not the individual phones)
Now a list of laptop computers:
Compaq 15.4in, 2GB, 160GB, $298, Black Friday only item.
(I do not recommend this laptop for school, unless your dirty poor. However this is usable for moms and dads, assuming your parents are not a video game addict, or use it for CAD and graphics)
Lenovo lineup. visite lenovo.com>>(under solutions for) Government & education>>Higher education>>under scroll options Student select Student & Alumni (click "Go")>>Notesbooks.
With this you can get a student discount of 5% and when you check out use the code USXTHANKSGIVING for an additional 10% off.
(I recommend the entire ThinkPad product line, don't buy IdeaPads unless you think they are pretty and would boost your self esteem.)
Hard drives:
For external HD you can purchase an internal HD and put an enclosure on it, making it a external or you can buy one prebuilt.
Enclosures: Search newegg.com, make you match sata to sata or ide to ide.
Cameras:
DSLR vs Point and Shoot: In ample light conditions, point and shoot camera can produce similar results as a DSLR. However, DSRL will have far better performance under low light conditions, such as in doors. DSLRs have minimal shutter lag (the time between when you press the shutter button to the time when the picture is actually recorded), usually bellow 0.5 seconds. Point and shoot camera will be well above one second. If you don't like missing shot or take a lot of action photos you would want an DSLR. DSLRs also allow manual control, enable you to creat special effects. You can also change lenses, allowing you to shoot far and near with the same camera body. The down side is that DSLRs are very expensive, ranging from 500-8000 dollars without the lens. Cheap lens will cost around $150-600 and more professional lens will range from $1000-10000.
Canon SD1100, awsome quality for your money. It lacks a wide angle zoom, depend on your usage, this might or might not be a problem
Nikon D40, entry level DSLR
Canon Xti, entry level DSLR
I'm keeping an eye on these cameras as Black Friday approches and the ads are released
TVs:
Buy a major brand television (Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, etc) unless your dirt poor. In that case you can have my old CRTs. If you need explaintation for the difference of DLP, LCD projection, LCD, Plasma, laser, OLED, etc, etc, etc please post a comment and I'll explain.
If you live in England you can now purchase a Dodge Avenger and get one for free... no kidding
More to come...
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18 comments:
Yay! ur like a modern day Santa...I want a nice camera (are you still selling urs?)
lol...
i need a nice external hard drive!
and a cheap but descent laptop for my mom...
o my sister says she wants "uggs"... shoes i think
dude uggs are expensive! good luck with that!
hey, her wish not mine...i'd be highly surprised if Jake finds uggs on woot.com and the likes lol
someone should look at the codes for stat counter. it never worked.
seems ok, why do u say the counter doesn't work?
weird.
i swear it stayed 1621 no matter how many times i visit the site.
haha, cuz it's not dependent on page loads, but unique visitors. If you return to the site with a cookie that's less than a day old, then the system will count you as just making a pageload rather than as a new unique visitor. Try it out, if you clear ur cookies and visit, the counter will go up
ahh. i'm a noob -.-
noob!
haha jk jk
kinda...
i'm jk, i really jk
haha this was a good idea
Jake, any recommendations on non-crappy laptops below $500 (preferably $400)?
By non-crappy, I mean that it's able to run Firefox, Winamp, and two or three Office programs at the same time WITHOUT stalling, giving me the blue screen of death, or freezing its ass on me. Oh, and if it can play modern games (non-Solitaire/Minesweeper) games, that'd be nice too.
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