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I am enjoying this series. I think there are some excellent recommendations on here. It seems to me however, that the closer it get to Christmas the cheaper I need the gifts to be. The series is trending towards higher prices. You should flip this list!

I think there is probably some work to do on how to mount a camera successfully. How would you use a forward facing camera? Hold the entire tablet in front of your face? That isn't very usable. There is no stand for this thing so I am assuming that you need to use the device when it is flat (like a traditional notepad). Extending the analogy though, a notepad is not a 1 page calendar is no a 16-month calendar is not a daily planner. This is a simple appliance for simple things. I wonder where Apple will take it from there?

In general I poo-poo on netbooks. The only reason it may work well for college students is affordability.

I'm a function over form guy myself. He needs all those monitors. I just need one big one, a large desk surface, a couple of bookcases and of course a mini-fridge.

Um. I think the conversation is way off base here. This is not about gender equality at all. The article doesn't make that statement and I doubt Best Buy is making that statement either. This company is making a business decision. A business decision, not a socially aware decision. The logic? Their demographics state that women make more of the purchasing decisions than men. This is probably true whether the men are the ones that walk through the doors or not. Based on those demographics, they are going to alter the way that they sell their product. Sound business practice no? They are going to stage their selling floor such that it entices people ( I would suggest here that includes the men, whether we would admit it or not) to spend more time inside the store. The store will be more comfortable. Nobody said anything about making the store more feminine. Do women shop differently the men? Probably. Do certain aesthetics appeal to one more than the other? Possibly. Would BestBuy do this if they didn't think it would bring in more money? Absolutely not. Let's get off of gender equality please. BestBuy isn't ready for it.

The "Crooklyn" soundtrack for sure. Old school smooth jams and grooves.

Another possible use is to use the a system as a dedicated torrent download computer. You could install a linux distro, make the system headless and use SSH to login and initiate downloads and retrieve files.

I use webmail (gmail FTW) for personal stuff. Occassionally, I fire-up Thunderbird w/ IMAP and sync my Google Account offline. You just never know when an off-line back-up could save the ol' keister.

If this was not the wall to the outside of the home you might have even been able to consider creating a recess in the wall to stick the cable box into. The wall being where it is though there is probably some installation and stuff in the way. Hang a floaty shelf, proportional or slightly longer than the TV then mix in some "art".

Hmm.

2 laptops
1 PC
2 PC speakers
router
usb hub
2 mice
cable modem
traditional cable attachement
TV
Lamp
printer/scanner/copier
VOIP adapter
phone
cellphone adapter
monitor
mini-stereo
baby monitor

That makes 20.