#i think i’ll get a refurbished ipad air 4

[impishglee]

i think i am going to purchase an ipad. if any ipad havers want to weigh in on whether this is a good idea or not please do.

[savetopnow]

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The Best Cyber Monday Deals to Spruce Up Your Home Office

As a person who works from my home office, I’ll openly admit that some of remote work’s benefits speak to my more casual side—I’m a homebody at heart, and things like being able to spend large parts of the day in my pajamas and not having to physically commute anywhere are pluses of remote work that still seem too good to be true.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is holiday shopping. For someone who treasures being under the radar in the comfort of my own home, the thought of bright lights, big boxes, and even bigger crowds is pretty much against everything I stand for. Fortunately for me—and for my fellow introverts—the physical retail tradition of Black Friday has met its virtual match with Cyber Monday. So now, instead of braving the in-person madness last Friday, I can spend today staked out in front of my computer, looking for deals on the gifts I need to order to finish my holiday haul.

If you also work from home and you find yourself throwing down the online retail gauntlet today, why not take a few moments to click on some items for yourself? As remote workers, our home offices can always using some sprucing up, and Cyber Monday is a great time to upgrade your office game, at drastically discounted prices.

And if you’re reading this and thinking that you want to make a career change into a job you can do from home, don’t forget that Skillcrush is offering our own Cyber Monday deal on the Break Into Tech Blueprint. Our three-phase program allows you to build a foundation with web design and development fundamentals, customize your own learning path with a career counselor, and teaches you how to apply your new skills in the real working world. Save $150 off the one-time payment option for the Break Into Tech Blueprint by entering the code CYBERBIT150 (expires at midnight EST), and put yourself into position to start making your money back within 90 days.

To get you started on your online haul, here’s a list of some confirmed deals on home office items happening this Cyber Monday. Supplies may vary, and be sure to keep your eyes open for other sales, as new lightning deals can strike at any time, and we’ll also be adding to this throughout the day with new deals as they crop up!

Desktop Computers and Monitors

In 2017—despite the proliferation of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other portable devices—the brain of a home office is still the venerable desktop computer. As much as I take advantage of my devices that let me work all over the house (or outside of it), there’s nothing like sitting in front of a full-size monitor coupled with the reassuring horsepower of a desktop machine when I have a big project ahead of me. If you’ve been subsisting on a laptop-only setup, or if your trusty desktop rig is getting a bit long in the tooth, it might be time to cash in on Cyber Monday deals and score a new workstation.

Brand new HPZ240 Workstations are available through Ebay for $669.99—at a 52 percent savings off the list price of $1,399

New Acer Aspire AT3 desktop computers from Newegg for $699.99—$300 of their $999.99 list price

Manufacturer refurbished, warrantied Dell Inspiron 3668 desktops for $569.99—28 percent off their $569.99 list price

Of course, desktops need a monitor to go with them, so check out these deals and say goodbye to squinting at small screens without breaking the bank:

Dell Ultrasharp 30” monitor from Ebay for $839.99—down from the $1,299.99 list price

Dell 23” Widescreen LED Monitor for $142.28—that’s 40 percent off the original price of $239.99

Laptops

If your own home office array is missing a laptop—or if it’s time to get a new one—Cyber Monday offers a bevy of choices.

Dell refurbished and warrantied Precision 15 laptop computer available for $1,449.99—a 19 percent markdown from $1,799

Brand new Zenbook 3 Deluxe Full HD notebooks for $1499.99—a $200 savings from their list price of $1,699

New 13” Apple MacBook Pro laptops with a one-year Apple warranty for $1299—a 22 percent discount from $1,399

Professionally refurbished, 90-day warrantied 11.6” MacBook Air laptops for $549.95—50 percent off the $1,099 list price

Smartphones

In less than a decade since the first iPhone dropped, smartphones have become the app-fueled heart of our work and social lives. While I spend more actual time working on my laptop or desktop, my smartphone is always by my side, allowing me to patch in to work issues and emails whenever they arise. But—if you’re like me and you’re not the kind of person who’s going to wait in line for the release of a new phone model—you might have neglected upgrading your trusty digital sidekick for some time. Since Cyber Monday means no lines AND big savings, there’s no time like now to move on up in the mobile world.

If iPhones are your thing, try:

Brand new, unlocked (not tied to a specific service provider) iPhone 8 Plus smartphones for $908—a $41 savings from $949

Manufacturer refurbished, unlocked iPhone 7’s for $399.99—$250 off the list price of $649.99

If you’re looking to go cell contract-free—WalMart has Straight Talk iPhone 6 prepaid phones for $129, a $270 markdown from $399.

And if you’d rather go Droid, check out:

Refurbished Samsung G925 Galaxy S6 64GB Verizon Wireless smartphones for $217.95, a 72 percent savings from their $800 list price

Samsung G920 Galaxy S6 32GB Verizon Wireless smartphones—a staggering 83 percent off of their original $800 price at $134.99

Tablets

There was a time when I didn’t “get” tablets. I had a desktop/laptop tandem to handle my sitdown computing needs, and I had a smartphone when I was on the go. Tablets seemed like a clunky in-between—neither computer nor smartphone—that didn’t fit into my home office world. Then my wife bought an iPad and I saw the light. Tablets do, in fact, bridge that gap between sitting down at a desk with a computer and typing with your thumbs on the bus while using a phone. With my wife’s iPad, I’m able to break for lunch, head to the pizza place down the street, and a have a beer and a slice while continuing to work, but without lugging a laptop or squinting at a smartphone.

Brand new, unlocked LG G Pad X 8-inch tablets for $129.99—a 48 percent markdown from $249,99

Refurbished, Verizon LG G Pad X models for $64.99

Brand new 10.5”, 256GB iPad Pros listed at $699.99 (down from $799)

Refurbished 9.7”, 32GB iPad Pros for $334.99,

Refurbished 9.7”, 16GB iPad 4’s for as low as $164.95—67 percent off the list price of $499.99

Home Office Audio

While the front-and-center workhorses of a home office—desktops, laptops, smartphones, and other peripherals you actively engage with—can take up a lot of your retail attention, your audio setup is an equally important part of remote work. If you’re listening to music or podcasts while working, or jumping into video meetings throughout the day, the quality of your audio environment plays a crucial part in your work life. Fortunately, deals abound this Cyber Monday season to amp up the fidelity and flexibility of your audio surroundings.

Bluetooth Speakers

Bluetooth speakers are a mainstay in my own home office setup—with sound quality that beats tinny, internal smartphone speakers.

Bose is offering factory-renewed Soundlink Mini Series I Bluetooth Speakers for $99.95 through Ebay—50 percent off their retail price of $199.95. (Bose factory renewed products come with the same warranty as new products, are sealed in Bose factory packaging, and are thoroughly inspected to meet strict performance standards.)

Limited amounts of refurbished Harman Kardon Onyx Studio 2 Bluetooth Speakers are also available from Ebay for $69.99—53 percent off their list price of $149.99.

If you’re looking to add a little visual flash to your portable audio—Amazon Prime is selling the UrPower Hi-Fi Wireless Speaker (with seven pulsating visual LED display modes that accompany your audio) for $19.99, down from its original price of $54.99.

Multimedia Speaker Systems

Still, as great—and essential—as portable audio is, speakers can’t replace the enveloping field of a dedicated audio system in your home office. The internal or default speakers that came with your desktop or laptop computer might make noise, but if you haven’t upgraded to external speakers, you’ll shed a tear when you hear the detail and nuances you’ve been missing out on.

WalMart is offering the Logitech Z313 Multimedia Speaker System for $24.99—$25 off its original price. The Logitech Z313 system consists of two speakers and a subwoofer (adding more dimension to your home office sound), is small enough to fit into any office configuration, and can connect to any device (desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) through its 3.5mm (headphone) jack.

Best Buy slashed the price of the LG 2.1 Channel Soundbar System from $279.99 to $119.99 (a $160 savings). The LG 2.1 is a stereo soundbar unit with a wireless subwoofer, bringing home theater stereo sound to your home office. The LG 2.1 can be connected to your devices via HDMI ports, 3.5mm headphone jack, and wirelessly.

Headphones

When you want—or need—to be the only person listening to your home office audio (or you want to block out external noise), Cyber Monday is bringing discounts to the in and over-ear audio sphere as well:

Brand new Bose Soundtrue Ultra in-ear headphones are available through Ebay for $79—a 39 percent markdown from $129

Manufacturer refurbished Sony WH-1000XM2/B Wireless Hi-Fi over-ear headphones are on Ebay for $299.99—a $150 savings from the original price of $449.99

Over at Amazon, Sennheiser HD1 over-ear headphones for iOS (Apple devices) can be scooped up for $249.95—$100 off of their original price of $349.95.

Printers and Scanners

We’re living in a digital world, and print is dead—except for those inevitable times when you need a hard copy of a form, a document, or a mailing label and you realize you don’t have a working printer anymore, because print is dead. Instead of slamming your head against your desk every time this happens—and then immediately forgetting to add a new printer to your shopping list— pull the trigger on this surprisingly necessary piece of office equipment.

Canon PIXMA MX922 All-in-One Inkjet Printers/Scanners with built-in WiFi capability are going for $99.99 at Ebay—50 percent off their everyday price of $199.99

Canon ImageClass Wireless All-in-One Laser Printer/Scanner/Copiers have been marked down 49 percent from their list price of $399.

from Web Developers World https://skillcrush.com/2017/11/27/best-cyber-monday-deals-home-office/