This is what I am thinking. I have a mac for most of the pics and everything. I only need what I use everyday. I checked and I have a ton of space free on my wimpy current ipad.
For audio lovers on here, the Massdrop X Sennheiser HD 6XX open back headphones that I love so much are down to $199 (I got them at $230, $279 list). Theyāre basically identical to the well-known HD650. Note: these are not a great option if you typically listen with people around: āopen-backā means anyone around gets to enjoy your music. 
Fair warning: at 300 ohm they need reasonably powerful headphone-out, so best to check their huge list of user comments/reviews to see if your audio player of choice is mentioned.
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Seems like there are some sweet Black Friday deals for our U.S. members. $500 for a Samsung Tab 8 Plus that also gives you a $150 certificate on accessories in the same transaction directly from Samaung. If they can get their dang website to work.
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That is darn near hopelessā¦
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$1399.99 - BuyDig on eBay - Surface Pro 9 Core i7 with 256GB SSD and 16GB RAM + Black Signature Type Cover + Slim Pen 2 + 2-Year Accidental Damage Protection Plan
Platinum:
Forest:
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Testā¦err, Best Buy has a Black Friday sale on the Asus ROG Flow X13, a thin and light laptop with GPU and Stylus (where you can use a Surface stylus if you want). Normally $1,499, itās now $999
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Yes, Iām referencing your brilliant logo mod!
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I know @Desertlap has praised this 4k monitor, and at $299 it is a steal. The picture quality is amazing and text is razor sharp, Windows, MacOS, or iPadOS. Wish I could afford the 32ā model, but this 27ā is simply an amazing monitor. If I didnāt have the Samsung 4ās Iād be getting two for the office.
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I was actually considering that one, Dale. Great deal. But I succumbed to the Samsung discounts and went with their $800 monitor for $487.19 (after veteran discount) with pickup tomorrow at my Best Buy.
I was agonizing all day over what to get. Hopefully I wonāt have regrets. At least if thereās an issue I can take it back to the local BB instead of spending weeks shipping back and forth. Right? 
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You bet (says the āserial testerā) - that is a heck of a deal, just more than I would need. Hope it fits the bill.
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Itās a overkill with my current devices but I figured Iād future proof a bit. Room to grow.
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Itās always such a bummer when you find out that at the time you clicked ābuyā in one place, the item was going for significantly less $$ elsewhere. This one at Microsoft Store was still in stock until last evening. 
Microsoftās āsecretā refurbished store is having a Black Friday fire sale:
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24 hour update on my Samsung Odyssey G70A 28ā UHD monitor.
No defects as far as I can tell. Not even light bleed, to my eyes, at full brightness and black screen. Not as black black as OLED but thatās normal IPS for you.
There are better monitors in the category/price for color gamut/accuracy. Part of the problem in choosing these newer 4k 27ā/28ā monitors is that things are rapidly changing. This one uses the new Innolux panel, which is tops in price/performance for gaming needs but not up there with some other panels for creative activities. Choose your poison.
Another problem is benchmarking inflation vs real world experience. Likeā¦
- Me: this looks great! Never had anything better! Iām happy!
- Bobās Tech: it fails to come up to the latest standards set by xyz while in abc benchmark, nor is it as good at [measurement too picky for my eyes to detect] as brand W.
- Me: oops, maybe I should have gotten xyz instead? But it doesnāt have this or that featureā¦
You canāt win. Anyway, it does look great to my mundane eyes and it does have the particular features I deem crucial: both Freesync and G-Sync certified, because my laptopās iGPU uses the former, dGPU the latter; non-recessed VESA mount area (nobody reviews VESA mounting), ācause Iāve had monitors in the past with recessed mount areas into which my VESA desktop arm adapter would not fit. And lesser-but-nice stuff like the only sane kind of settings adjustment: a single joystick at bottom center for all adjustments, including power off. Iāll never click the wrong button while reaching blindly with my finger, accidentally turning the thing off or switching input source or any other frustrating thing.
TL;DR: no defects and it looks good enough for me. It has the adaptive sync and (much) better text quality that my previous 1440p monitor lacked.
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If there were āGibbs Rulesā of tech, this would be rules 1-5. By the time you push the āOrderā button it is already outpaced by something new or ājust over the horizonā so YOU CANāT WIN.
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The white Magic Keyboard for the 12.9 Pro is available for $250, down from $350:
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$999 for a monster laptop, including an S-Pen, if a 15.6" FHD AMOLED works for you:
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Yeah, 1080p on 15.6" is not great, and āAmazon Alexa built inā is not the selling point they think it is. Also noteworthy: it has a numpad (a plus) but because of it it has an offset keyboard (pretty big negative imo). Soā¦ good deal, but Iāll sit this one out.
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