Black Friday

Hey Apple, I'm Not Paying $200 for a Black Keyboard

Gregory Ferenstein — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:25:20 -0500

In an inexplicably poor marketing decision, Apple's new economic Macbook has better specs than it’s ostensibly more powerful companion, the Macbook Pro. The 13" Macbook, retailing at $999, boasts 250 gigs of hard drive space and a 2.26 Gigahertz processor, compared to a 160 gig HD and a 2.26 GHz processor in the $1,199 Macbook Pro.The Macbook pro does look different, with a stylish black keyboard and a metallic body.

Infographic of the Day: Black Friday Might Be Pretty Good (Fingers Crossed!)

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:57:24 -0500

Bless the Web team over at Mint.com for this new infographic, detailing their shopping indices in the run-up to the coming Black Friday. Mint's users input their spending habits on the site, and the anonymized data has yielded lots of interesting results. The latest is about Black Friday sales, they're predicting that this year should be pretty strong.

Microsoft's Black Friday and the Success of Xbox 360

Kevin Ohannessian — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:29:24 -0500

Microsoft announced today that on Black Friday its Xbox 360 game console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 at a 3 to 1 ratio. That record weekend of sales puts the 360 over 25 million systems sold worldwide, surpassing the sales of the original Xbox -- and in only three years.