{"id":8414,"date":"2010-12-28T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=8414"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:35:26","slug":"what-tech-was-under-your-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8414-what-tech-was-under-your-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"What tech was under your tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3431\" title=\"Globe-Shareware\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Globe-Shareware.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Globe-Shareware.png 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Globe-Shareware-121x120.png 121w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Globe-Shareware-284x281.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Globe-Shareware-190x188.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Globe-Shareware-121x120@2x.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, the Holiday gift-giving rush is finally over, and we\u2019re betting that somewhere between the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toadfactory.com\/toadskincoinpurse.html\">toad skin coin purse<\/a> and your menagerie of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chia.com\/\">Chia Pets<\/a>, there was a nifty tech gadget or two under your tree. Or, maybe you bought yourself a little treat as a reward for making it through the holidays and keeping most of your sanity intact.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, it\u2019s a pretty good guess you gave or received some nifty new gear within the last few weeks. I sure know we did&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/owc-jamie\">OWC Jamie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/mperry\/\">OWC Michael<\/a> both added new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/imac\/\"><strong>27\u201d iMacs<\/strong><\/a> to their households. Jamie\u2019s included a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fujitsu.com\/global\/services\/computing\/peripheral\/scanners\/product\/s1500m\/\">Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M document scanner<\/a> and the transfer of an <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/internal_storage\/Mercury_Extreme_SSD_Sandforce\">OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD<\/a> in the mix, while Michael\u2019s iMac may have a trip through <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/turnkey\/iMac_2010_27\">OWC\u2019s Turnkey Service<\/a> in its future.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/grant\">OWC Grant<\/a> got his kids a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/macbook\/\"><strong>13\u201d MacBook<\/strong><\/a> to replace the old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lcBpXYI1r3Q\">333MHz iMac G3<\/a> they\u2019d been using.<\/li>\n<li>OWC Grant, OWC Michael and I each picked up a generic FM transmitter\/dock for our iPods that was being sold locally for about $8 &#8211; a great deal that we couldn&#8217;t pass up during the frenzy known as Black Friday. However, in the future, some of us are looking at something a little more along the lines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/Macally\/FMCUPB\/\">Macally FM Cup<\/a>, which places the iPod in a little better position in our respective vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>While not my own personal acquisition, I also found myself hooking up a friend\u2019s parent\u2019s new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/appletv\/\">AppleTV<\/a> to their home theater system &#8211; one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/hotnews\/#section=itunes\">over 1,000,000 units sold so far<\/a>. Though I prefer my <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgetwhore.org\/2009\/01\/wd-tv-hd-media-player-by-western-digital\/\">WDTV HD<\/a> to Apple\u2019s offering, it\u2019s still a slick little unit.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/author\/owc-robert\">OWC Robert<\/a>, of course, bought his MacBook Pro, \u201cLola\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/8333-loaded-with-stuff\">a whole bunch of accessories and toys<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What about you guys? What kind of cool gadgets did you acquire or give over the holiday season? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the Holiday gift-giving rush is finally over, and we\u2019re betting that somewhere between the toad skin coin purse and your menagerie of Chia Pets, there was a nifty tech gadget or two under your tree. 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