How Mac Enthusiasts Can Expolit Cyber-Monday

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Posted 12/01/2008 at 11:26:25am | by Susie Ochs

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While the pessimist might see this as just another Monday--maybe even worse than the average Monday, since it marks the end of a glorious long weekend full of sloth and football--the optimist knows that today is one of the best non-holiday Mondays of all! Yep, it's Cyber Monday.

Cyber Monday is a relatively new invention; the term describes the phenomenon of millions of office workers shopping online when they should be working, the Monday after Thanksgiving. You know, when the tryptophan has worn off and you realize you still have a lot of presents to buy? So now the online stores have a bunch of sales for it.

So to save you some work hours you might otherwise be wandering aimlessly around the commercial quadrants of the Internet (see, there's that optimism again), and to be able to excuse my own Internet shopping as strictly work related, here are some good Cyber Monday deals. Find more, or see if your favorite merchant is getting in on the fun, at CyberMonday.com.

MacMall.com is blowing out the old (as in, the just-replaced models) MacBook Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Air, to the tune of 20-36% off. You can get an 8GB first-gen iPod touch for $200, plus deals on storage, software, LCD displays... seriously, it seems like everything they sell is on sale. Here are four things that are FREE after mail-in-rebate. Sale ends tonight at midnight.

Apple is offering free shipping on anything, today only. That should include stuff in the Refurbished departments too.

If you need a bag for your laptop, or any kind of luggage or handbag, eBags is offering 20% off sitewide, through midnight MST, with all these business/laptop bags considered "Web Busters."

Circuit City discounts iPods $2-$9 (seriously, there are never any iPod deals outside of Apple Refurbished), plus sales on camcorders, point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras, DVD players, widescreen computer displays, Epson projectors, and memory cards. Here's everything that's on sale.

Best Buy has the same "barely sale" on iPods, plus an online-only sale on movies ($17 for a season of The Office!)

Newegg.com has Cyber Monday deals on lots of stuff, including Xbox 360 games, Bluetooth, and a nice-looking Philips home theater system with iPod dock, for half price. Here's a list of everything on sale.

GameStop's Cyber Monday sale has some decent online-only deals (I can't wait to try Shaun White Snowboarding), plus they're offering free shipping for orders over $25.

If You Need to Buy Presents for Non-Techy Family or Friends

Bloomingdale's offers 40% off select regular-priced floatsam and 50% off selected sale-priced jetsam, plus free shipping on $100 or more.

Lucky Brand Jeans has 40% off everything on the site, BUT ONLY UNTIL NOON!

Amazon has so many deals going that it can be confusing (they're simultaneously pushing Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales), but this page has links to the big ones, plus lets you search for deals by product category.

Need toys? We found steep sales at KBToys.com, coupons and sales at All Aboard Toys, up to 60% off at eToys ($40 Robosapien!), and up to $30 off at Lego.com.

Have fun, and remember, with so many airlines charging for checked luggage these days, shopping online—and having your gifts shipped directly to their recipients—is smarter than ever. (I just tell my mom to wrap the Amazon boxes for me and chuck 'em under the tree.) Plus, it's now officially December, aka The Time When You Really Want to Avoid the Mall If You Can. Get all your shopping done today, and you'll have more time for cocoa, snow angels, and holday TV specials. (The Grinch is on tonight!!!)

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