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One for the geeks, an uber-geek collegue (his geeky-ness level is off the chart, in a good and very useful way!) pointed me towards this little bargain this morning...

http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-proliant-turion-ii-n40l-microserver-100-cashback-658553-421

£140 (after cashback offer, which ends tomorrow) for a near silent micro-server. Perfect for as alternative to a NAS box at home.

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Dell COLOUR Laser printer for £55   

http://www.ebuyer.com/241755-dell-1250c-colour-laser-printer-210-38075

[slackline]

Not a bad price but I'd only ever buy networked printers these days, having to have a PC/laptop on with it plugged in is a ballache.

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Cheap Netgaer 4-port 200Mbps powerline adapter

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Picked up one of these the other day, its tiny, works great and is a bargain at £7

Kingston Technology 16GB Data Traveler Champagne SE9 USB Flash Drive

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Picked up one of these the other day, its tiny, works great and is a bargain at £7

Kingston Technology 16GB Data Traveler Champagne SE9 USB Flash Drive

Now available as 32Gb drives for £15.

Also if your phone is capable of acting as a USB host then this microUSB to female USB cable is only £0.98 (incl. free delivery).

Handy if you want to back up pictures from say a camera to a phone whilst on holiday. 

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60G SSD for £30
http://www.ebuyer.com/341347-kingston-60gb-v-200-ssd-svp200s3-60g?utm_source=b2c_08-10-2012&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_monday&MID=4358

[Baldy]

That the sort of thing that I could run my OS off to make startup crazy fast?

WDigital 2TB Hard drive available on amazon for 60-70 squids right now

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003IPC21Y/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

[slackline]

That the sort of thing that I could run my OS off to make startup crazy fast?

Yes.

[Jim]

It already sold out.
I will be getting a OCZ agility 3 SSD very shortly, about £40 ish for the 60gb version.

[slackline]

If you're quick you could grab 128Gb SSD for £49

[slackline]

This looks good

Smallest 1080P Smart Android Media Hub On The Market
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   Full 1080P Support And Built-in Media Player Interface

 Full H264 HD movie playback and support for all poplur media file format (MKV,RMVB,AVI and many more). Use the Classic media user interface, design to be simple and easy to use. The interface picture background is customisable too.
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 Ultimate freedom of movement for you to interact with the player. The Cursor on screen will follow your Air mouse movements with accurracy. Gameing, surfing, typing all can be done by this controller. Why need keyboard and mouse?
   Turn Your Cyclone Nano Into A Powerful WiFi Hotspot

 
 Your NANO can be used as a WIFI hotspot(WIFI booster). This will increase your wifi signal to other parts of the house. Nano uses the 10/100 Mbps ethernet connection to provide strong internet connection source. This will guarantee your wifi transmission is always strong. If your house WIFI signal is weak and can't cover the whole house, The Cyclone Nano can be the solution for your problem.
   Use Your Android Mobile Phone As A Remote For the Cyclone Nano
 

 
 Why not use your Andrioid mobile phone as a remote control for your Cyclone Nano? Just install the application on your mobile and provide a convenient way to control your Cyclone Nano?

   NANO 1 SLIM+ DEVICE ROLE PORTABLE ANDRIOD SMART MEDIA HUB CPU ARM A9, 800MHz GPU Open GL 3D Mali-400 RAM 512MB NETWORK RJ45 and WIFI 150N. VIDEO CONTAINER MKV, AVI, MP4, MOV, RM / RMVB, MPG, M2TS,MTS,VOB,WMV VIDEO CODEC H.264,XVID,MPEG4 AUDIO SUPPORT MP3, FLAC, WMA and OGG. AUDIO OUTPUT Digital HDMI PICTURE SUPPORT JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF. - Supports 1080p when using HDMI output to you TV set. SUBTITLES SUPPORT SRT/SMI/SSA/SUB USB SUPPORT 3 X USB 2.0 USB port. - Supports FAT, FAT32 and NTFS file systems only. VIDEO OUTPUT HDMI 1080p MEDIA CARD SUPPORT MICRO SD and SDHC series memory cards. - Supports FAT and FAT32 file systems only. - Supports capacities of up to 32GB. LANGUAGE English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese + MORE POWER DC 5V, 2A
 

[lagerstarfish]

that does look good

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HP have their £100 cashback offer on again....so a basic microserver for £120 

http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-proliant-turion-ii-n40l-microserver-100-cashback-658553-421?utm_source=b2c_10-12-2012&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_monday

[Paul B]

There are some cheap NAS drives on Ebuyer too:
1 bay (diskless) £34
2 bay (diskless) £50

I was tempted by the former to use solely as the bank end for my raspi which is running XBMC as a cheaper alternative than upgrading both of HDDs in the current NAS to 2TB

[underground]

I got a Proliant, its awesome. Really easy to use (running m$ whs2011 on mine) and blistering fast over wireless network by comparison to the Readynas Duo it replaced.
It will read the readynas drives direct with a free utility I installed

[dave]

Anyone got any leads on good online xmas sales? I could do with getting a good quality portable HD for work.

[andy_e]

I could do with getting a good quality portable HD for work fun.

Me too, anyone locate any in the 500gb - 1tb range?

[slackline]

Anyone got any leads on good online xmas sales? I could do with getting a good quality portable HD for work.

Not got one, but clocked this 640Gb external HD @ £36.99)

[andy_e]

Nice one.

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I'm sure Slackers will point out it's still infinity more expensive than Ubuntu, however if you think you might be in the market for Win8 in the next year or so, you have two days left to get it for £25 before it goes up to £190. If you can find a code you might even get it for £15 like JB did.

Even though the reviews aren't amazing, it's not going anywhere fast so probably worth getting a key. I might wait until SP1 comes out before moving fully off Win7, or have a play dual booting for a bit.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/productID.257641900

Media Center is also free for a limited time

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/feature-packs

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10 fuck-alls to 76 is some hike! 

But don't worry the extra money may be contributing to eradicating Polio.

On a similar note M$ blast manufacturers for underwhelming Win 8 sales.  Nothing like a bit of self-assessment/critique is there?   

[Paul B]

Media Center is also free for a limited time

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/feature-packs

I didn't realise you usually have to pay for Media Center, this makes XBMC look even better.

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I didn't realise you usually have to pay for Media Center, this makes XBMC look even better.

With Win7 it was included in certain versions.

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I didn't realise you usually have to pay for Media Center, this makes XBMC look even better.

With Win7 it was included in certain versions.

The more expensive versions?