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I don’t often post product offers here… but I got a newsletter full of special offers from Pixmania this morning, and a couple of them were too good not to share!
Portable computing for less
First, they’ve cut the price of the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, with 1GB RAM and a 160GB hard disk, by 20% to just €239 including VAT.
Sounds like a bargain to me!
It’s the perfect “Back to College” netbook for students who wants to travel light, packing a lot of punch in a neat, elegant package. There’s everything a student, office worker… or writer, come to that… could needs for productive working on the go. WiFi, communications and more as standard!
Backup and Storage aplenty
The other offer that really caught my eye was this 2 TB Iomega external hard drive that’s a lot of photos, audio and video… not to mention space to backup your valuable data… all for the remarkable 30% reduced price of €139.
You’ll find other great offers on the Pixmania Home Page.
These two stood out for me, which is why I thought I’d share them here… but you’ll have to be quick… the sale ends in 5 days!.
Another thing that comes as standard is viruses, malware etc. I’ve lost count of the number of clients who have had their Windows-based software messed up.
A cheaper long-term option is to buy an Apple Mac. You won’t need it cleaned up as it is immune to viruses and malware.
Nice Iomega external drive though..I use them myself (with my iMac).
Thanks for the comment!
Viruses and malware are a fact of life on Windows machines, it’s true… but I run Ubuntu linux on my Acer netbook… which negates the problem in much the same way as owning an Apple Mac does for you — except of course Ubuntu is free, and Mac OSx… isn’t.
It’s not that Mac OSX (or Linux for that matter) is immune to viruses either, it’s just that virus programmers typically want to affect/infect as many computers as possible… and in a market dominated by Windows machines, guess which OS they target….
As Mac (and Linux) popularity grows, and they gain more market share, the potential “population” for virus programmers to infect gets larger, as does the likelihood of viral propogation. Don’t be surprised to see viruses emerge on those platforms too if they attain the “critical mass” viable for virus and malware programmers to develop their nefarious software.
The best way to keep your computer safe, regardless of the operating system you choose, is to be aware of the threats, apply sensible safeguards to counter them, and make sure your software is up to date with the latest security updates and patches.
Apple Macs are nice machines, to be sure, but I’m not convinced anyone really believes they’re a “cheaper long term option” than a windows or linux based PC.