What's a great Christmas gift this year? There are so many choices, Nintendo DS, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii or even a new laptop? Below are some great gifts you can exchange for Christmas for under $400 (Not Including Tax). Using major retail stores (Toys R' Us, Wal-Mart, Dell, HP, and Amazon.com etc.) Some items may be out of stock and some prices are after rebate. If you have any suggestions, please email me.
Xbox 360 Premium w/ BONUS Burnout Revenge Game Bundle $400(High-Definition, user-friendly Dashboard interface with built-in support for wireless controllers and online games via Xbox Live. But, noisy exhaust fan, only 3 USB ports, is a gigantic power eating machine, and finally, Xbox Live requires a heavily money eating subscription).
Nintendo DS Lite Gamer's Bundle $160(Slimmer and sleeker than original NDS, dual-screened, can be compatible with almost any GBA game. But, very easy to get damaged, scratched).
Nintendo Wii Console $250(Built in Wi-Fi delivers free online services (and soon) games, compatible with all GameCube games and controllers. But, very hard to get used to, eats batteries very quickly, and lacks HD graphics such as the ones found on PS3 and Xbox360, and cannot play CDs or DVDs)
Silver Playstation 2 Holiday Bundle $180(Sleek, lots of games, DVD movie playback, cheaper now that PS3 is out. But, still waiting for hard drive peripheral and only 2 controller ports).
Apple 60 GB iPod video Black (5th Generation) $400(Incredibly thin, and Incredibly easy to lose since it's so thin, beautiful LCD screen, smooth video. But, poor battery life, sometimes, very uncompatible, no guarantee non-iTunes Music Store video will play on an iPod).
HP Pavilion a1410y series $300(Desktop) A 3.5/10 Choice. Comes out with 0 MB RAM, But, comes out with a weaker operating system (Windows Home Edition), also, it only has 80 GB for its hard drive. All these cheap computers are rip offs, don't use them for a personal long-lasting computer.
Dell Dimension B110 $350(Desktop) A 3/10 Choice if you are looking for a cheap and fast processer computer (Celeron), capable of Windows Vista, at least 512 MB of Memory, like all Dell Computers, XP is recommended. But, not recommended for a long-lasting compute
r, soon will be outdated of the technology world, I know, so sad.
r, soon will be outdated of the technology world, I know, so sad.
Compaq Presario V3000Z series(Laptop) A 5/10 Choice if you are looking for a cheap and long lasting battery laptop, configured with a 1.6GHz Turion X2 processor, and one of the lightest laptops in HP history (5.3 Lbs). But, keyboard design should be more convenient and has a short warranty, only 1 year (But really, who cares about the warranty? Most of us never use the warranty).
Important Notes Before You Buy (Cnet):
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