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DELL Vostro 220 Slim Tower ($429)

Yeah, Zap, I've been watching these Vostro deals go by, and that slimline looks like voodoo to me. I have several drives I want to shove into the thing, and the little guy just isn't going to cut it. Interestingly, the minitower is also $429 with Vista Biz, the XP downgrade, but (sigh) only...
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- Post #7
- Jan 13, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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*Dead but others available* Budget PC Deal: Refurb Dell - Celeron 2.4ghz, 40GB HD, 512MB Ram + Windows XP Home - $105

All those Dells from the Geeks are SX270s and SX620s. Bad capacitors ... beware. http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?p=57904 Cran
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- Post #6
- Dec 16, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Kingston 2GB microSD Secure Digital Card - SDC/2GBSP $10.00 Shipped Free

And if: 1) You can't wait for it to come back in stock 2) You don't have GCO or 3) You want the SD adapter for $0.95 more (plus free ship -- don't know what buy.com's shipping is) Go to www [dot] cdrdvdrmedia [dot] com/kingston-2gb-microsd-card1.html (not sure why the hotlink...
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- Post #5
- Jun 16, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Canon ICMF4150 All in one Laser Printer $149.99

I see, as usual on the low end, this guy doesn't support network scanning. I can live without that. Two questions: 1. Anybody know if it'll work with a cheap USB network interface? I see it works with an AXIS 1650, but that network interface is a $172 one. Ahem. I have an el cheapo...
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- Post #14
- Dec 5, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Pretty hot - MAG 32" LCD $499 @ Staples B&M + Online

Before you all who didn't jump start abusing yourselves, there is a problem with this TV, reported in at least a couple places (me included) -- it doesn't retain its cable-found digital channels on a power cycle avsforum link There's a similar thread at chubbywallet. Also note that...
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- Post #15
- Feb 19, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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More free gigs at easynews!

Us3n3t is impossible to explain. Even to people who've been using a computer for awhile. I've tried, and it can't be grokked. I don't even bother anymore. How did I learn about it, well, way back in '86 ... The Law of Unintended Consequences seeks out the MPAA and RIAA. I bet they've...
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- Post #25
- Jan 12, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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More free gigs at easynews!

Us3n3t is like a plague to me. When I have one of those $15/month all you can download plans, I seemingly spend every waking moment managing the computer that's doing the downloading. Frankly ... it's a pain. Now, to concentrate my Us3n3ting, I use usenetserver's 3 day/$3 deal about once a...
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- Post #14
- Jan 11, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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~~~~ Rebate Tracking Thread ~~~~

The height of rebate buffoonery, courtesy rebatestatus.com and D-Link "Unfortunately, we were unable to honor your request for the following reason: We did not receive a rebate certificate with your request." Ahem, the rebate certificate (ChumpUSSR form from the cash register) also had...
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- Post #129
- Mar 28, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Logitech Keyboard + Wireless Mouse $16.50 No Rebates (Black)

These guys have been around for awhile. They had an über hot deal several years back on rebadged SonicWall routers. No problems with the order(s). C'ya Cran
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- Post #6
- Dec 31, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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sbc 11/01/05 new rates and promotion

Nick: There's a reason why you never saw it ... Old deal (which just expired): $15/month * 12 mo = $180/year (1.5 down) $25/month * 12 mo = $300/year (3.0 down) New deal $17/month * 6 mo + $30/month * 6 mo = $282/year $22/month * 6 mo + $35/month * 6 mo = $342/year Maybe in...
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- Post #7
- Nov 3, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Hot Deal for owners of ATI All In Wonder Cards

The advice here is "upgrade at your own risk." The road is littered with the carcasses of computers who haven't survived an upgrade of either the Catalyst drivers or Multimedia Center. ATI's software, on it's most generous day, leaves a lot to be desired. The fact that they don't want to...
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- Post #9
- Apr 3, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Hungry Hungry Hippos 9.99 free shipping

If you have a family or friends with toddlers/little kids, who you want to get even with, this is the game for you. Man that game made a racket! This was the first game for my now 7 year old that got "lost" (she was two at the time). Or at least the noisemaking part of it did. We owe the...
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- Post #7
- Mar 20, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HostPC 2/1 sale

Hues: No clue on timeframe. I've had an account with them for just under 4 months, and I'm happy with it. For all I know it's a flybynight operation that will fold up any day, and I'll be out ... now, let's see, $24. WHB certainly doesn't have support like kirbsaw was saying (5 mins)...
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- Post #19
- Mar 20, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HostPC 2/1 sale

Not a thread crap, but when faced with a choice, I went with www.webhostingbuzz.com Linky-poo. 1GB of space, 25GB of bandwidth, unlimited emails, parked domains, add-on domains, subdomains. Not bad for me. Lotsa flexibility for another $6 a year. Got two main webpages, and no...
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- Post #17
- Mar 20, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Cheap Motherboard/CPU combos back in stock at outpost

Starting to veer off-topic ... since K7S5As have been brought up... Now that the K7S5A is out of production, what's the new low-end mobo to buy? I've probably built a dozen K7S5A based systems for myself, friends and family, and one or two of them are starting to show quirks -- restarts for...
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- Post #13
- Mar 20, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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