Saturday, August 14, 2010

Earl's Cyber Steals and Deals

For its newsletter subscribers only, newegg.com offers the Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Internal Hard Drive, model no. ST32000542AS, for $98.99. Coupon code "EMCYWZP63" drops it to $89.09. With free shipping, that's $0.04/GB, an $11 drop from this morning's mention, It runs at 5900 rpm and features a 32MB cache.

Staples has the HP Pavilion p6510f Desktop PC for $416 with free shipping. AMD Athlon X4 630 2.8GHz processor, 4GB memory, 750GB hard drive
ATI Radeon HD 4200, SuperMulti DVDRW, Wireless-N, Win 7 HP x64


Less than 5 cents/GB : Samsung 1.5TB SATA 3Gbps Internal Hard Drive for $68 + free shipping
SuperBiiz.com offers the OEM Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Internal Hard Drive, model no. HD154UI, for $75.99. Apply coupon code "PREPPY" to lower it to $68.39. With free shipping, that's $0.05/GB and the lowest total price we could find by $16, although we saw it for $3 less two weeks ago. This 3.5" drive features a 32MB cache and runs at 5400 rpm. Coupon ends August 15.



Refurb ASUS Eee PC Celeron 630MHz 7" Netbook for $100 + $11 s&h, more
UncleVic.com offers the factory-refurbished, 2-lb. ASUS Eee PC 701SD Intel Celeron 630MHz 7" Widescreen Netbook in Galaxy Black (pictured), model no. EEEPC701SD-BLK004X, or White, model no. EEEPC701SD-WHI006L, for $99.99 with $11 for shipping. That's $10 under our July mention and the lowest total price we've seen for any 701SD-series netbook this year. (It's also $43 under the lowest total price we could find for a new unit.) It features an Intel Celeron M 353 630MHz processor, 7" 800x480 widescreen LCD, 512MB RAM, 8GB Solid-State Disk (SSD) hard drive, 802.11g wireless, Secure Digital card slot, webcam, 4-cell battery, and Linux. A 90-day ASUS warranty applies


Dell Home offers its Dell Inspiron 570 AMD Athlon II X2 2.8GHz Mini Tower Desktop PC in Pure White (pictured) or Piano Black for $399.99. With free shipping, that's $19 below our mention from two weeks ago (which featured more RAM) and it's the lowest total price we've seen for any Inspiron 570 desktop. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include an AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.8GHz dual-core processor, 3GB RAM, 500GB 7200 rpm hard drive, DVD burner, memory card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
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Dell Home offers the Dell Inspiron 580 Intel Core i3 Dual 3.06GHz Desktop PC (no monitor) for $469.99 plus $19 for shipping. That's tied with our mention of this system from last week and the lowest total price we could find, although we saw an Inspiron 580 with a Core i5 dual-core processor and larger hard drive for $19 less yesterday (since expired). Sales tax is added where applicable. It features an Intel Core i3-540 3.06GHz dual-core processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200 rpm hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce G310 512MB video card, DVD burner, Gigabit Ethernet, 19-in-1 media card reader, 2GB of Dell Online Backup for one year, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Deal ends September 14.

Dell Small Business offers its Dell Vostro 230 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz Mini Tower Desktop PC bundled with the Samsung 2494LW 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor in Black for $499.99. With $8 for shipping, that's $311 off and the lowest total price we've seen for this configuration.) Features include an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz dual-core processor, 2GB RAM, 320GB 7200 rpm hard drive, DVD burner, integrated graphics, keyboard, optical mouse, Gigabit Ethernet, and Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit.

Sunday, August 08, 2010

OnComputers Radio show Podcast 08-08-10

This is the On Computers Radio show podcast for 08-08-10. You can listen live every Sunday from 10AM to 1PM Pacific that's 1PM to 4PM Eastern. Join us for the live show and chat. If you prefer, you can download the same MP3 file here via ftp.

Today's App Corner

Today's app for iOS, is also a web site and a mobile web site.

http://www.beatthetraffic.com/

"Beat the Traffic" will help you find the nasty parts so you can re route your trip.

Links from the Gregg Zone

1) Okay here we go; I suppose it had to come to this eventually, not sure how to approach this so I am just going to blurt it out: Poo Car. Not horse poo, or cow poo, human poo. This is an interesting article about a company in England who built the pro-type; they are planning to expand into kitchen waste, and hope to eventually do whole house waste. As weird as it sounds, it actually makes sense as do a lot of the ideas I see, although most of them will not be popular until after I am gone. http://www.thesun.

2) I had some difficulty trying to decide which link to use for my green link, so I just thought I would use them all. This one caught my eye just by the title, and the source I knew I would probably post it here. “Pollution Eating Cement” I mean is that an urban dream come true or what. If it is as advertised it could make a big difference in future pollution calculations. http://www.cnn.com/

3) This is one Joe sent me yesterday, I know another green thing sorry, but you got to check this out. This is a first for the United States, North America for that matter. The very first public quick charge station for electric cars. I would think if one was looking for work, business, or career there may be some serious opportunity in the change-over to electric infra-structure. http://www.marketwatch.com

4) One more? As long as I jumped into the deep end of this green link pool I may as well turn it into a mini green-marathon. Anyway, this one tops them all. Quite an interesting article putting together information coming out from the scientific world, about getting fuel for our cars from just regular air. How can you beat turning air into gasoline? http://www.telegraph.co.

5) Well after all of that for my geek link I tried to make up for it just a little. This is an article titled “10 Ways the Next 10 Years Are Going to be Mind Blowing” let me just say I thought this was very cool you really should check it out. http://www.highexistence.com/

Earl's Cyber Steals and Deals

Lenovo offers its Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 Intel Core i5 2.4GHz 15.6" Widescreen Notebook, model no. 09143EU, for $799. Coupon code "USPLENOVO805" drops it to $679.15. Features include an Intel Core i5-450M 2.4GHz dual-core processor, 15.6" 1366x768 backlit-LED LCD display, 4GB RAM, 500GB 5400 rpm hard drive, dual layer DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Coupon ends August 11.

HP Pavilion p6367c Desktop - Intel Core 2 Quad 8300 2.5GHz, 8GB, 1TB, DVD+RW, Keyboard,
Mouse, Windows 7 Home Premium - Refurbished
FREE BUDGET SHIPPING Buy.com price: $499.99
List price: $1,199.99

Amazon.com offers the Dell Studio XPS 8100 Intel Core i5 3.2GHz Desktop PC (no monitor) in Piano Black, model no. sx8100-850NBC, for $699.99 with free shipping. That's $250 under what Dell charges for a Studio XPS 8100 desktop with these specs. Sales tax is added where applicable. It features an Intel Core i5-650 3.2GHz dual-core processor, 6GB RAM, 1TB 7200 rpm hard drive, dual-layer DVD burner, NVIDIA GeForce G310 512MB video card, media card reader, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

TDK 4.7GB 16x DVD-R Media 100-Pack for $15 + free shipping
For its "M" Club members only, mwave.com offers the TDK 16x 4.7GB DVD-R Media 100-Pack, model no. 48518, for $14.99 with free shipping. ("M" Club membership is free; click here to join.) That's $0.15/disc and tied with our mention from two weeks ago as the lowest total price we could find for this quantity by $5. It comes in two 50-pack spindles.

Walmart has the HawkEye Portable Fish Finder for $44 with free shipping. Features depth, fish and bottom structure readings from 2.5' to 99.9', ultra-wide 45-degree sonar angle and pivoting LCD protector/display stand

Newegg has the MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $85 - $30 rebate [Exp 8/31] = $55 with free shipping. Starcraft II trial coupon (7 hours gameplay) included with purchase.

Newegg has the Hitachi Deskstar 0F10311 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive for $110 with free shipping. Features a rotation speed of 7200RPM, 32MB buffer, 8.2ms average seek time, and uses a 5 platter design

Dell has the Dell Inspiron 580 Core i5 Quad Core Desktop PC for $680 + $0 shipping with coupon code ?8CN$RJ?W5TQ0C [Exp 9/1] = $680 shipped. Features Intel Core i5-750 2.66GHz processor, 4GB DDR3, 1TB HDD and ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 graphics. Inspiron 580s Slim Core i5 Desktop = $630 shipped w/ ?8CN$RJ?W5TQ0C

Office Depot has the
Lenovo G550 - 29589PU 15.
6" Dual-Core Notebook PC on sale for $400 with free shipping. Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4500 2.3GHz, 4GB DDR3, 250GB HDD
Intel GMA 4500M, 15.6" 1366x768, DVD±RW Drive, Win 7 HP x64

Office Depot has the MSI A6200-206US 15.6" Core i3 Notebook on sale for $500 with free shipping. Intel Core i3-350M 2.26GHz, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, DVD±RW DL
Intel GMA HD, 802.11b/g/Draft-N, HDMI, webcam, Windows 7 HP