TJ Gamble

Month: May, 2009

Extended Warrant or Not To Warranty…

The extended warranty is always an interesting issue when I purchase new hardware, especially something that is as big of an “investment” as the new Macbook. These items always come with some sort of standard factory warranty, typically for 1 year.  The place you purchased the item from then wants to sell you their extended [...]

I finally did it – got the new Macbook Pro

I tried desperately to talk myself out of it. There are many things I could use that much money on.  However, my laptop is crap and I am in desperate need of a new one to stay productive.  I went to Best Buy and looked at all the Windows Laptops.  After comparing apples to apples [...]

AMAZING – 2nd Grader Playing Drums

I was at my the “Bash and Dash” at the local elementary school where my son was running in the 1-mile race.  I walked outside and noticed a big crowd around the band and when I got over there I saw this 2nd grader getting down on the drums.  I got the end of his [...]

Should I trust Best Buy? Don’t trust anything anyone at Best Buy ever tells you.

Best Buy employees (at least locally) are almost always wrong. I was in the local Best Buy on Wednesday taking back my Flip Mino HD because the new Ultra HDs were coming out just after I purchased the Mino.  The store had not received their first Ultra HDs and I was told by a Best [...]