There’s no doubt that the credit crunch is hitting global economies hard, with all of us feeling the associated gloom. Rising costs, threat of unemployment - times are hard right now.
Well, the netbook can take a slice of glory amongst all of this gloom. Making money go a little further this Christmas will be key to making sure that everyone has a good time, even if cash flow is much tighter compared to recent years.
I bet you know someone who has asked for a computer this Christmas. The chances are that they’ve asked for a top of the range laptop that has Blue-Ray, a 17″ screen, webcam, tv tuner, subwoofer speakers, top of the range graphics card for playing games - and let’s not forget 4GB RAM and a hard drive fit for a king.
The Acer Aspire 8930 laptop would fit that description very nicely, but with a retail price of around $1500, it’s enough to bring tears to many Christmas shopper’s eyes…
Well my mission is to show you how buying a netbook can leave you enough money to buy so much more this Christmas.
Here’s what you can get for $1500 instead of that flashy laptop;
- Sony Playstation 3 (80GB model)- Plays the latest High Definition games in all their glory, and also has a built in Blu-ray drive to play those High Definition movies. COST $400.
- Sony Playstaion 3 Blu-ray Remote Control - Remote control of movie functions from your armchair. COST $20.
- MSI Wind Netbook (Windows XP model, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive) - Allows you to do to most things that you could ever want to do with a computer; internet, email, instant messaging, video chat, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, playing music, watching video, storing photos. COST $430.
- Toshiba Regza 32″ LCD TV- Allowing you to view Blu-ray movies, or Playstation 3 games in High Definition glory. You can also connect your netbook to this TV!!! COST $605.
- TOTAL COST FOR ALL OF ABOVE = $1455
So not only have you got so much more for your money, you even have $45 change to put back in your wallet!
Just think of all the functionality you have gained as well. With the flashy laptop option, if one person is using it then no-one else can.
With the list above, someone can be surfing the internet, while someone else is watching a movie or playing video games. What a great idea to keep the kids occupied!
All of the items discussed (including the flashy laptop), can be purchased from our shop.
Seasonal greetings to you all!
PS- If you’re still not sure about buying a netbook, check out our list of 10 reasons to do so.
The items and prices quoted in the above list were taken from Amazon.com on 9th December 2008, and are subject to change at the vendors discretion. Purchasing a similar list of goods in other countries may result in similar savings, but this is not guaranteed.
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