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What Home Tech Items Are You Thankful For (And Can't Live Without)?

112708_an_thankful_tech.jpgIf being at home this holiday season has taught us one thing, it would be to avoid driving around on a Black Friday afternoon. With retailers desperate for your moneys and frantic savers trying to fight each other for savings, the combination equates to headaches in traffic and the loss of an eye or two.

Here's an better idea - just sit back and appreciate the things that you do have instead of accumulating more "stuff." Whether it be a LCD HDTV or a universal remote, we all have a favorite item in the house that we couldn't possibly imagine living without. I've listed a few of my own favorites... feel free to pitch in!

 
 

112708_an_thankful_tech2.jpgFantom Drives 1TB External Hard Drive: I have about 3 of these now. The new ones use Western Digital GP drives, so they run cool and quiet. One of them is used for weekly backups and the other two for movie editing and media storage.

112708_an_thankful_tech3.jpgNintendo DS Lite: I'm still saving up for the iPhone (yeah, I'm a slowski), but it'll be hard to give up all of the hours I've put into my DS the past few years. Nothing beats Picto-chat on long family road trips and hours of Castlevania while in the restroom (admit it, we know some of you do it too!).

112708_an_thankful_tech4.jpgMacbook Air: I have the slowest, first generation Macbook Air. No, it doesn't handle 1080p Apple trailers very well, but it does practically everything else I need. Browsing, blogging, and listening to music - all of this comes in this amazingly small package that quite frankly, is the sexiest laptop I've ever used (my custom build Mac-alike PC at home makes a close second)!

Have a home tech item you can't live without? Let us know in the comments!

[image via Thomas Ona]

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My Litter Robot. Life with a cat wouldn't be the same with it.

posted by Rick Roberts on November 28th 2008 at 2:54pm
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I'm thankful for my 1st Gen iPhone, PS3, and my Nike Shox Running shoes... which i'll probably have to replace soon.

posted by FightTheFuture on November 28th 2008 at 3:36pm
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My PS3 is my gaming goddess machine!

posted by ekoshyun on November 28th 2008 at 8:43pm
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My 24" iMac, not only do I blog and surf the net from it, with the Elgato EyeTV it's also my television (my old tv died some months ago), it's the total entertainment centre... web, tv shows, movies. Everything!

posted by foxsyd on November 28th 2008 at 10:07pm
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My MacBook and iPod; couldn't function without them.

posted by Sydney on November 28th 2008 at 11:20pm
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macbook pro, ipod, m-audio torq, and the nas i'm about to buy

posted by mscot on December 2nd 2008 at 6:37pm
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