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Logitech MX Mouse Fiasco – Has Dell Done It Again?

Scott on 2009-03-30 in Computer | 3

Last night a deal was posted by pokerplayer on OzBargain, and it quickly broke the record and became the most voted deal in OzBargain history — Logitech MX Revolution Rechargeable Cordless Mouse For $34.10 from Dell. Currently it has received 164 votes and over 5,000 click throughs to Dell’s website. Consider the same mouse [...]

OzBargain Web Slice for Internet Explorer 8

Scott on 2008-12-17 in Computer | 4

How many of you are actually Internet Explorer 8 users? You know. The one that has Beta 2 released 3 months ago, and is heading for gold release sometime early next year? I am. Well, during the day when I am at work which requires me to use Internet Explorer. And I know some [...]

Slashdotted and SMH’ed on the Dell Discount Fiasco

Scott on 2008-11-19 in Computer | 2

Record traffic for OzBargain over the last few days. It all started when dansor posted the mistake by Dell on their Vostro 220ST desktop system. A lot of people clicked through and “purchased” the desktop before the deal was taken down (although according to Dell, they have never received payment). Well. The pricing was a [...]

JB Hi-Fi 10% Off All Computers, LCD and Plasma TVs

Scott on 2008-10-02 in Computer | 0

Thanks to Noslee for posting this deal on OzBargain — JB Hi-Fi is currently having a 10% off all computers, LCD and plasma TVs until Monday, 6th of October. It’s a great offer because you would be able to grab computers from vendors that don’t usually give massive discounts (read: Apple). Sorry I have been slacking posting [...]

LCD Monitors – 24″ is the New 22″

Scott on 2008-09-13 in Computer | 1

LCD monitors — they just get bigger and cheaper all the time. A while ago Chimei’s 22 inch LCD led the revolution that made 22″ the “best bang for the buck”, and now you can buy those for as little as $250 a pop. One problem for 22″ though is its resolution. At 1680×1050 [...]

Cheap Portable Hard Disks

Scott on 2008-09-10 in Computer | 1

Last week was cheap USB drives, and this week OzBargain has been flooded with cheap 2.5″ portable hard disks. Seagate Qnap 250GB for $94.95 from MWave.com.au Western Digital Passport 250GB for $93 from MLN.com.au Western Digital Elements 160GB for $69 from MLN.com.au Verbatim 120GB for $59 from OfficeWorks These portable drives are great for transporting large files (huge bandwidth between [...]

Kingston 4GB USB Drive $17 Delivered from ShoppingSquare

Scott on 2008-09-01 in Computer | 1

One of the best deal posted yesterday — Kingston DataTraveler USB Drive $1 Postage from ShoppingSquare, which brought their 4GB version as low as $16.95 delivered. It’s also great to see a bit of “competition” over there at OzBargain. We have Deals Direct offering the same drive at $22.95 + free delivery. Then Top Buy [...]

Full Feed (Deals + Comments) for Your Store

Scott on 2008-09-01 in Computer, OzBargain | 0

No one asked for it but I have just implemented a small feature on OzBargain that I think would be very useful for store owners — full RSS feed on deals and comments posted on OzBargain, against the domain name of your store. I think it will be very valuable for store owners/representatives to keep [...]

Fuji Xerox $200 Cashback on Colour Laser Printers

Scott on 2008-08-11 in Computer | 0

Thanks to dmiller for posting this Fuji Xerox Laser Printer deal from City Software, where you can get Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C1110B for $129.95 after their $200 cashback promotions! The same promotion applies to DocuPrint C2090FS Multifunction Printer. That makes DocuPrint C1110B one of the cheapest colour laser printer around. I actually bought my mum [...]

ASUS Eee PC 701 4GB $399 from ShoppingSquare

Scott on 2008-03-29 in Computer | 0

Yes I have been obsessed with the ASUS Eee PC. It has nothing to do with my 3 1/2 year old — it was me who wanted to play with the small ultra-portable notebook. In fact I have bought one in early February — almost $450 delivered from eBay for a slightly used Eee [...]

Dell Happy Hour Sale 10% Off – Today at 1-2PM AEST

Scott on 2008-03-07 in Computer | 0

Thanks to 18Googol2 for posting this Dell deal, Dell Australia is having a 10% Off Selected Products Happy Hour Sale today at between 1PM and 2PM AEST. It says “selected products” so I am not really sure what exactly is covered. However from the banner image it shows everything from desktop computer to laptops to LCD [...]

Dell’s 24 Inch LCD Monitor – Now Only $499!

Scott on 2008-02-18 in Computer | 0

Here is one great offer posted by Jeffreylin today at OzBargain — Dell 24″ LCD monitor $499 delivered. The specific model is Entry E248WFP, which is Dell’s entry level monitor using TN panel. The much-praised UltraSharp 2407WFP is also on sale for $799 with a free 2GB memory key. Deal on E248WFP expires tomorrow [...]

Cheap Lappy around $500 — Asus Eee PC or Compaq C710TU?

Scott on 2008-01-02 in Asus, Compaq, Computer, OfficeWorks | 11

I have got a problem to solve here. I want a cheap low-end notebook — not something I need, but just something that is nice to have. I want it for my 3 1/2 year old daughter who spent around 1-1.5 hour a day in front of computers playing with sites such as Sesame Street [...]

24″ LCD Monitors Drop Below $600

Scott on 2007-08-29 in Computer, Monitor | 5

Scott’s History of Computer Monitors 1995 Bought my very first computer when I moved out home. Paid $300 for a 14″ KTX CRT, and thought it was a pretty good price. 1998 Spent $950 on a 19″ CTX CRT that did 1600×1200 @ 75Hz, after shopped around for a long time. It was heavy, and the screen was not [...]

Notebook Computer Extra Warranty, Worth It?

Scott on 2007-08-06 in Computer | 9

My wife’s 4.5 years old iBook G3 died two weeks ago. Well, probably not like the flaming iBook, but it will not boot from the hard disk, and booting from the installation CD only results kernel panic with memory-related error messages. Sounds like it is time for a new computer! That iBook was actually [...]

Dell Deals

Scott on 2007-05-04 in Computer | 6

Update on 7 May 2007.Thanks to Dominic from DGMAustralia for some clarification. DGMAustralia has been contracted by Dell AU for their search engine marketing work, therefore has permission to use “Dell” trademark on Google AdWords. TheDeal.net.au, a publisher/affiliate partner of DGMAustralia, also has written permission from Dell to use the trademark. For the past few weeks I [...]

Same Product, Cheaper, But Not Necessarily Better

Scott on 2007-05-03 in Computer, OzBargain | 2

A typical bargain hunting execution loop: Lock into product. Go to as many price comparison site as possible. Find the vendor offering the cheapest price. Buy from that vendor. It is done in the way that “price” becomes the only determining factor, whereas the quality of service provided by the supplier/vendor is rarely added into the formulae. However, we usually [...]

3%, 5% or 10% Off Selected Dell Computers

Scott on 2007-04-11 in Computer, Dell, NRMA | 3

I have found some incredible Dell Australia coupon code online today. First of all, I am an NRMA member — and I believe everyone who drive a 5+ year old car in NSW should be as well. And NRMA members do get quite a few benefits and discount when you “Show Your Card & [...]

5% Off from Hartigan Computers

Scott on 2007-04-02 in Computer, Coupon | 0

David of Hartigan Computers is offering a special coupon for the readers of this blog! If they enter the coupon code “ozbargainblog” when they spend $100 or more, they’ll receive 5% off their total order. The coupon is good for 12 months. Thanks David for the offer! I have a quick look at the Brisbane-based online [...]

Dell XPS M1210 now $1,799 delivered

Scott on 2007-03-13 in Computer, Dell, Notebook | 0

Just saw it on Dell’s latest newsletter — Dell Inspiron XPS M1210 now starts at $1,799. It was still $2,000+ last week if I remembered correctly, and now they are running a special on this ultra-portable Core 2 Duo notebook. You get – Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 (1.83Ghz) Memory 1024Mb DDR2 Hard drive 120Gb SATA Optical drive CD-RW/DVD Combo Monitor 12.1″ Widescreen XGA [...]

How to get a Core 2 Duo + 27″ LCD from Dell for $1,860

Scott on 2007-02-09 in Computer, Dell, Monitor | 2

Thanks to Buckscoop for spotting this great deal! From the most recent Dell newsletter, they are running a special deal on Dimension E520 Intel Core 2 Duo desktop computers. They are advertising a “PowerPack”, where for $1,549 you will get: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.83Ghz) 512Mb DDR2 RAM 160Gb SATA Hard Disk 22″ Widescreen LCD Monitor 16x DVD Writer Windows Vista [...]

10% Off Discount from Cheap Memory

Scott on 2006-12-12 in Computer, Memory | 4

Cheap Memory, as its name has suggested, is an Australian shop that sells cheap memory (surprise!), which includes RAM sticks in your computer, memory cards and solid state USB keys. They have a 10% off special this week — basically you get to say No to Johnny’s GST (in fact they do list ex-GST [...]

Dell Deals on Dimension 3100 and PowerEdge SC430

Scott on 2006-09-12 in Computer, Dell | 0

A few very interesting deals from Dell this week — A Pentium 4 with HT desktop and 19″ LCD for less than $900 and the sub-$500 PowerEdge SC430 budget server is back. Dimension 3100 for $898 Delivered Thanks to recent Intel discount on their out-going Pentium 4, Dimension 3100 with 19inch LCD has been discounted to [...]

300Gb the Sweet Spot for Hard Disks

Scott on 2006-07-06 in Computer, Storage, Tips | 2

Dan Warne of APC Magazine wrote that 300Gb is the sweet spot for hard disks, where it has lowest $/Gb at 47 cents. Are you looking to upgrade your desktop PC’s hard drive? Of course you are! There’s no such thing as too much disk space on a desktop PC. The current sweet spot is 300GB for [...]

Dell Deals on Inspiron 6400 and PowerEdge SC1420

Scott on 2006-06-06 in Computer, Dell | 0

Some interesting Dell deals received today. Inspiron 6400UMA 1600GT First of all the Dell’s entry level dual core notebook, Inspiron 6400UMA 1600GT is on sale again. Last time it was $1,399, and now you can bring Intel Core Duo powered notebook home for $1,349. Moreover, the optical drive has been upgraded to DVD writer. Intel Core Duo [...]

Tevion Analogue/Digital TV Tuner Card $79 from Aldi

Scott on 2006-05-26 in Aldi, Computer | 1

Aldi Australia has their late June sale catelogue out. Plenty of interesting bargains. One that I am particularly interested in is this Tevion analogue/digital HD TV tuner card for $79, which has reduced from $99. It is actually 2 tuners in one. It lets you watch TV on your computer, and can receive either analogue [...]

Myer Apple Bonus

tom on 2005-12-06 in Computer, Mac | 0

From Thu 8/12 until Thu 20/12, Myers is having electrical gifts on sale. Purchase any Apple iBook G4 notebook and receive a Bonus 512MB memory key & notebook bag. Another offer is purchase any Apple iMac G5 and receive a bonus MS Office Mac 2004 Student & Teacher Edition.

$899 Notebook from Dell

Scott on 2005-11-16 in Computer, Dell, Notebook | 2

Dell Australia is promoting their budget notebook computer — the AUD$898.70 Dell Inspiron 2200, and that includes free delivery and an hard disk upgrade. There has been quite a few notebook computers selling for under $1,000 these days, which was unthinkable even 3 years ago. The Dell package has to be one of the better [...]

Australia’s Gadget Price Comparison Websites

Scott on 2005-07-12 in Computer, Website | 1

So, where to find the best bargain on the latest foo, bar and baz that you always dream to have? Want to save that extra $2 getting that new motherboard? Sick of spending whole night checking out each individual e-commerce site and compare their prices? I have discovered price comparison websites a few years ago, [...]

$699 PC + Printer

Scott on 2005-07-06 in Computer, Printer | 15

Saw this on the front page of Target Catalogue this week: Mercury PC $699, includes keyboard, speakers and Lexmark Z513 printer. Celeron 2.xxGhz* 256Mb RAM 40Gb Hard Disk 56k Modem 17″ CRT monitor Combo drive (burn CD watch DVD) Windows XP Home Edition 64Mb integrated graphics * Can’t read the exact spec on the heavily distorted JPEG file. Everything housed inside a dodgy-looking black case. Not [...]