Great savings on MacBook Airs

Apple recently updated the processor on its MacBook Air line of ultraportable notebooks to speed them up by 0.1 Ghz. Everything else remains the same if I am not mistaken. You can buy the now obsolete line of laptops from Best Buy at a discount, and then combine that with Best Buy's ongoing $150 off for students and teachers (or anyone with a .EDU email address). This is a perfect intersection of good deals for this line of laptops that features Haswell, Intel's latest power-sipping processors that offer great battery life.  9to5Toys has the details on the best deals, including a new 13" MacBook Air for $705 and the new 11.6" MacBook Air for $610. Get 'em while they're hot!

MacBook Air for $849 at Best Buy with EDU discount

(expires July 27)

Best Buy is having a sale on new Apple computers and is simultaneously running a promotion where you can get $100 off a new MacBook or iMac provided you sign up to their college mailing list with a .EDU email address.  The standout deal is effectively 15% off the brand new 11" MacBook Air which has the new Haswell processor for excellent battery life (~9 hours) for just $849.

Dropbox - 3GB of free online storage

Dropbox is a neat online storage service. You can store 2GB of files with no charge, and if you sign up through my referral link, you get an additional 250MB for a total of 2.25GB. And, by completing a few simple steps, you can get over 3GB in total of free space (Twitter and Facebook accounts required).  Also, you can get up to 8GB of space by referring your friends or up to 16GB by registering your .edu e-mail address.

What can you do with this, you might ask.  Well think of it as a USB stick that you don't have to carry around, don't have to worry about losing, and can share with anyone in the world.

MacBook Air for $919

Buy.com is selling the MacBook Air for $919, $80 off the list price. A great deal for an ultracompact laptop.  Even comes with free shipping, and no sales tax is charged for those outside of California.

Good deal on a 120GB solid state drive

Newegg has a G.Skill 120GB solid state drive for just $187.  This is a great deal on this piece of technology that make you love your computer a lot more.  It features only of the fastest chips available (SandForce), which is the key component in these hard drives.

Office Depot Rare $10 off $25 coupon

(expires June 26)

Office Depot has a rare $10 off $25 coupon (valid in-store only) that you can also use on technology items, which are usually less profitable.  They wised up and stopped allowing you to use the coupon on technology items years ago, but for some reason this one works.  Good for some flash memory or other low-priced item.

Free McAfee Total Protection 2010 (after $25 rebate)

(expires May 8)

McAfee is offering its well reviewed Total Protection 2010 product for free after rebate, good for up to 3 users. Anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, identity protection, and two-way firewall protection.