Thinking about doing some last minute shopping for some gadgets.
You can buy most of them locally or use the Internet.
www.amazon.com does a good job of
shipping as do other sites like
www.staples.ca . The list below is in no particular order and
many in the list can be obtained from your friendly computer store:
| Gadget Name |
Price |
Description |
| Laptop Fan |
Below $50 |
This will get your laptop up off the table and runs a small
whisper fan to keep it cool and increase the lifetime |
| Laptop |
$800 |
The Inspiron 64 bit 17" laptop is a good buy from
www.dell.com now. It can
be had with standard 500 GB disk and 6GB of real memory.
It's fast and with System 7 very stable runs cool. |
| USB Hub |
About $10 |
Are you running out of USB connections to your computer?
If so, get a hub and connect anything you want. |
| Slingbox |
$300 |
Going on holiday south? Want to tune into your regular
TV stations from your laptop via your own home TV? |
| USB removable disk |
$100 |
These are very good for backup of your files and pictures |
| Desktop Computer used |
$300 |
You can get some excellent buys on refurbished desktop or
tower computers. Some are much more powerful and faster
than your laptop You can buy them at big box store online
or your local computer store. Don't buy them from your
uncle Ed his way to the dump. |
| Kindle or Kindle Fire |
$109 to $199 |
From www.amazon.ca is a
powerful tablet at very low price. The traditional black
and white is very useful for your reading choice. The Fire
has a few startup bugs so you might wait for a while, but the
B&W is good for reading on the beach. |
| Android based phones |
? |
Google is in this for the duration and they have so many
companies using their Android Operating System. Pay close
attention to the interactivity of this operating system over
time |
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