Looking to save some bucks on holiday shopping this year? You’re not the only one. If tech is on your list, then you might want to check out Dell’s site come next week. They’ll be slashing prices on several laptops and desktops. Here’s a rundown of the best Black Friday deals Dell will be offering.
First, the bargain basement deals. As soon as the calender flips to Black Friday, Dell will sell a Dell Inspiron 15 laptop with a 15.6-inch screen, Intel Celeron CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive for $199.99. Dell will also try to offload Inspiron 660s desktop PCs, which wield Intel Celeron CPUs, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drives. They will wear dirt cheap price tags of $199.99. Inspiron 11 3000 series laptops, costing $299.99, will sport an 11.6-inch display, Intel Celeron CPU, 2GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive.
Remember PC-monitor bundles from back in the day? Dell will also be selling an Inspiron 660 desktop with a 21.5-inch Dell monitor. The PC will sport an Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive. The package will run you $549.98.
If you’re in the market for a gaming rig, you’ll be in luck. Dell will sell the Alienware X51 desktop, which sports an Intel Core i3 processor, 6GB RAM, a 1TB hard drive and Nvidia GeForce GTX 645 graphics for $599; a price cut of $100. If you need to game on the go, you’ll also have the chance to snag a cheaper Alienware 14 notebook, which runs on an Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB RAM, a 750GB HDD and an Nvidia GeForce GT 750m GPU, costing a grand.
Which of these deals do you think you’ll be getting in on?
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.
Two new highly requested iCloud plugins just got added to ChatGPT, giving people who rely on Apple’s Mail and Calendar services a way to search emails, check appointments, and manage their schedules directly through the chatbot.
The integration is rolling out to all ChatGPT plans, including the free tier. You can access it on the web, desktop, and iOS.