I've decided to help all of my friends out by recommending "green" Christmas gift ideas. So, with this post...I officially welcome you to AFNBroadcaster's Green Christmas Countdown 2008. Some of the ideas will be things you'll have to buy and others...maybe you could make yourself. In fact, I will try to make them first. Ofcourse, I'll take plenty of pics.
If you're like me...you want a new laptop for Christmas. My laptop blew up shortly after leaving Iraq...My summer vacation home. Since this time, we
bought my oldest son a Macbook, and he in return gave my youngest son his super-fast desktop computer. So now...everyone has a computer...except me. I did however reuse some parts of my now defunk laptop. I purchased a
Rosewill external hard drive case and put my old hard drive in it. There was a lot of cool stuff on that drive...and it is till mine. :)
So I
stumbled upon a post on
Digg and read an interesting article on why you should buy a refurbished computer. I was sold after reading the first fact on why we should buy a refurbished computer. The facts really do speak for themselves.
Fact #1: The economy is busted right now. One of the sticking points
people have with refurbished laptops is that they may not be getting
top-of-the-line performance and features. While this is usually true, it is
important to seriously analyze your computing needs and determine what you
really need vs. what you really want. For example, in a recent Question of the
Day, I asked Giz readers whether
they really need a $1000 laptop. Out of nearly 9000 votes, 42%
responded "No", 21% responded "Yes, but only because I like to have the best of
everything", and 19% responded "Yes, but only because I am unwilling to
sacrifice on the OS." Basically, this implies that many of us are buying more
laptop than we really need
I can't remember the last time I paid full price for anything. This is not only a green way to shop...but for my pocketbook...the right way to shop. You should read the rest of the article.
Why You Should Buy a Refurbished Laptop
Lastly...stop wasting energy! Check out this new Black and Decker Thermal Leak Detector. (Link is to one of my favorite new sites!) This looks like something that would keep me occupied for hours.
