Adidas, Digital Walker, Esprit at Outlet Sale

This is the same The Big Holiday Outlet Sale that I had blogged about 2 years ago. I'm still using the same Urbanears headphones that I mentioned in the 2011 post. Any feedback from those who got tickets from me last time?

If you're interested in tickets, post your 1st and last names and the number of tickets you want at the Comments section of this blog. I'll confirm also in the comments section if tickets are available. Please number your posts. For example, "1-4 Amity Young", if you want 4 tickets. Then: "5-6 Carol Chan". There are 50 tickets up for grabs. Please post your "reservations" on or before October 18, Friday. I'll confirm on Sunday, October 20.

To claim your tickets, present a valid ID at the registration booth and look for the "Insert Blog Name" guestlist.

I'd appreciate any feedback after the event, also in the Comments section of this post.

The Big Holiday Outlet Sale 2013 on October 25-27.

Acer or eMachines?

320 GB versus Acer's 500 GB.

Took all the photos in this post at xT Pro.

Ever since my friend got an Acer Netbook for
P 12,000 (display unit, P 12,500 at xT Pro) in Greenbelt around third quarter last year, I thought of getting it as my next laptop, as I'm happy with my Acer Aspire One which I've had since around Chinese New Year 2009, which makes it 3 years old!

Now I'm torn between the eMachines Acer 355, which looks exactly like my friend's Acer, and the Acer Aspire AOD 257.  The eM costs P 12,500 at xT, while the Acer costs P 14,900 at PC Depot.

According to the Unofficial eMachines Forum, the em 355 - 1609 with 1 G of RAM is almost identical as the Aspire One 533.

This is the data that I could find online, which is not the latest since the eMachines 355 at xT Pro has 2 GB memory and 6cell Li-on Battery which makes it the same as the Acer AOD 257:

	eMachines	Acer
	355	AOD 257
processor	Atom Dual Core	Atom Dual Core N570
display size	10.1"	10.1"
CPU Speed	1.66 GHz	1.66 GHz
Installed RAM Size	1 GB	2 GB
Installed Hard Drive Size	320 GB	500 GB
Installed Operating System	Windows 7 Starter	Windows 7 Starter
LCD	color
Battery	4 hours	8 hours
		Intel Graphics Accelerator

The Asus was too heavy.

Canon Pixma MX 416?

I took this photo at the Canon concept store in V-Mall.

Email from Bimbim:

'RE:  Printer

Here's a list of questions I have

fax - are you going to have a dedicated line or are you going to share it with the rest of the house.

If you are going to share it with the rest of the house does PLDT have what they call an alternative ring?  This means that using the same phone line they will assign you a different phone number that you can give as a fax number.  If people use that then you will know it's a fax coming in.  If you do have this service then make sure that your printer can receive calls on an alternative ring - in my canon it is known as DPRD setting.

Scan - are you going to scan or fax out multiple pages at a time?  If you are make sure you get one with a document feeder.

Wireless Printing - since you work with your netbook all the time.  It would be nice to work with a wireless printer.  This way, even if you are in another part of your house you will be able to print without having to connect your printer to your computer.  Make sure the signal can go through the walls of your house.  Even if it can't, it would be nice to have it in case you upgrade your netbook, you can keep both netbooks and use the printer on both.

Canon PIXMA MX410 can do all the above - for additional service look below - regular price

Photos - do you want to be able to just plug in your memory card and print directly from the card to the printer?  Canon PIXMA MX420 - has the option for memory card - reasonably priced

do you need it to print from your phone too? Canon PIXMA MX882 - has all of the above incl print from phone - for me I think this is a little too high priced.'

The closest thing to the MX410 that I could find was the MX 416:

Model

Price

long

Ink

Cartridge

Price

Continuous

Store

Pages

Wireless

Memory Card

Phone

DF

420

Y

430

Y

416

5,995.00

Y

Asia, Canon

Y

?

PG810

745.00

Canon

PG811

985.00

PG810XL

PG811XL

PG810

740.00

Asia

PG811

980.00'

Continuation of Bimbim's email to me:

Other questions

how fast do it have to be

can you program different types of  computers - i.e. pc and mac to print at the same time (you never know)

can it be converted to the ink thing (you know what I mean)

what quality of printing do you want - average or high end?

I am using Canon because I am sure of what it can do AND I know you have a good selection there.

Read your blog:  Do not do a cost per scan vs xerox bec you can convert your scanner so the ink is so much cheaper.

Tell your friend - even if he does not know how to use a computer to copy from a scanner requires you pressing two buttons only.  One to make sure it's on copy second to choose colored or black and white copy.

I have had my 4 in 1 for over 2 years and it's quite reliable.  My other one broke down after 4 years.  After 4 years the technology has changed so much that it;s not a problem if it dies after that many years.  With the price of new 4 in 1s it may be cheaper to upgrade.

FAVOR:  Can you check something for me can they change a Canon MP360 printer head (bec it does not work) and convert it to a continuous ink - thanks a lot - thinking of sending my faulty one home to have this done - I'm hoping that they can do this.  Also a Canon MX320 to continuous ink - sorry to ask you to do this but would like to confirm this before bringing my printers home.'

If you have any techie questions, post them in the comments section of this post, and I can forward them to Bimbim.   The blog she was referring to is Looking for a 4-in-1.