Have you been searching for a Dell LCD Monitor? GearSponsor Logicbuy checks in this morning with a 10% stackable coupon (works on top of any existing discounts) that can be used against a whole list of Dell LCD monitors. Prices as low as $69 for a 16″ monitor (remember when this size would have been considered large?!) – all the way to $1,259 for a 30 inch LCD. More details at the link below. Code expires 6/27/09.

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Today’s GearSponsor deal via LogicBuy is for the true graphics professional who demands a big monitor, big color and big resolution. Dell’s UltraSharp 3008WFP Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor supports higher definition than HD Television and comes with an integrated HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) connection. HDMI delivers crystal-clear, all-digital audio and video via a single cable, dramatically simplifying cabling and helps provide the highest quality home theater experience. If HDMI is not right for you, the panel offers 7 added connection options: VGA, DVI-D,HDMI, S-Video, Component, Composite and DisplayPort. This super large display offers 2560 x 1600 native resolution and TrueColor Technology that promises 117% of the NTSC color range. Don’t need a monitor this large? Check out these other Dell monitor deals.

Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP – $ 1.259.10 shipped

At first glance Dell Remote Access looks like any other remote access product on the market. You open a portal Page, my.dellremoteaccess.com, login and you will see a list of the devices on the same network as the computer running Dell Remote Access.

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It’s a big FAIL that Dell didn’t get this email to me until now, especially considering that the sale is over today, but at least there is still time to act.

Dell is offering their Vostro 1510 laptop for $499 and Vostro 220s desktop system (with 17″ flat panel monitor) for $389, which virtually eliminates any excuse to put buying a new system off…the specs look pretty good, too!

See these and other Dell Deals here.

If you have daily squabbles at your house over whose turn it is on the computer, then you will want to pay close attention to this post from Paul at Technabob. What a fantastic deal; but hurry – it is only good today!

Dell is offering a one-day only deal for the base model of their highly-rated Inspiron Mini 9 netbook computer for just $199 bucks! The Mini 9 runs on Ubuntu Linux and features a crisp 1024 x 600 resolution 8.9″ color LCD screen, wireless connectivity, an ample Intel Atom N270 processor, and a 4GB solid state drive (plenty for surfing the web, checking e-mail, office apps).

The special deal is good from 12:00am to 11:59pm Central Time, today, 2/27/2009. To get the $199 deal, follow this link to the Dell Home site .

If you need more information about the Mini 9, then take a look at Mitchell’s review.

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Far be it from me to say anything to anyone about what they spend on their accessories, but doesn’t it seem silly to spend more for the case than you did for the laptop?  Just sayin’…

Don’t forget – this Wednesday June 18, 2008 is the last day for you to place a regular order with Dell for a computer to be pre-loaded with Windows XP Pro. After the 18th you’ll have to exercise your “downgrade rights” by purchasing a qualifying machine with a qualifying copy of Vista and specifying that you want to downgrade to XP (and in some instances pay a $20 – $50 fee). Confused? Keep reading for more information that explains the process.

If you remember, a week or so ago, I posted a huge rant on how Microsoft released buggy and problematic SP’s in both Vista SP1 and XP SP3.  In that post, I promisd to post an update when the Symantec Registry Cleaner was released.  Well, it has been released, and it does in fact, work.

I ran it on 2 of the 3 PC’s in my house that have been upgraded to SP3. It removed almost 5000 bad registry keys on my Gateway 700GR desktop, 0 on my daughter’s Dell Latitude C610; and I have yet to run it on my older Sony Digital Studio PC (don’t ever buy one of these… ICK!)

Anyway; the free registry cleaner can be found here.  The installation and execution instructions are pretty simple and easy to follow, so everyone should be ok in running it. If you have XP SP3 installed, I would download it, run it, and see if there are bad keys in your registry REGARDLESS if you’re experiencing problems or not.

If you own a Dell laptop and your warranty has expired you should take note of parts-people.com. I am working (and sometimes playing) on a Dell XPS M170. This beast has given me an outstanding performance so far until both system fans started to make a loud grinding noise. Over a few days, it got worse. Although you can give Dell a call and ask for parts, I decided to try parts-people. Their website is straight to the point with pictures of all the parts you might be looking for. It took me seconds to find what I needed for my specific model thanks to the well done categories. You click on the series and then the model for your laptop and you are taken to a parts list. You can then browse and look at the pictures of what you need. They provide very useful details to better identify what you need: a nice touch. In my case, I needed two system fans and they were clearly identified as the smaller and larger CPU fans with pictures.

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I work for a college here in Ohio and I thought I should try and do some investigation and see if I can get a discount, if any, on the HP 2133 Mini-Note. Continue Reading

…or is renewing a credit card now a 40+ minute phone sales pitch?

Maybe it’s just me.

Have any of you tried to activate a credit card sent to you in the mail recently?

I *just* got off the phone with American Express. They’re nice enough to provide automated activation via phone. Except the automated service never “works”. This system worked right up to the point it asked me for my Mom’s birthday. Once I punch it in — it’s off the to sales pitches.

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