Black Friday is here and so are the deals. The best deals are making their way into people’s emails and news sections. In the tech world, Microsoft and Apple plan to be the best Santa Claus. The software giant has announced that at Microsoft Store, there are deals being offered, wherein customers can avail considerable discounts on the Kinect, Xbox, select PCs, software and games. The tech giant on the other hand, as expected will let users get their hands on the Apple devices at reduced prices.
Starting with Microsoft’s most attractive offers, wherein the Kinect sensor is the best bet. It is available as a part of the Kinect Sensor Holiday Bundle and it includes Fruit Ninja, Gunstringer and Kinect Adventures, for $99. The Xbox Ultimate Gaming Bundle, which includes an Xbox, Kinect sensor, an 8 GB USB flash drive, a game of your choice and more, will set you back $394. this offer alone accounts for a whooping $200 saving on the normal price.
If one is looking out for a good laptop, this is a good time to shop at the Microsoft Store. The software giant is offering several big discounts on select laptops. An example for the same can be noted that of a Samsung RC512 laptop with Windows 7 costs $499, down from its standard price of $799.
Gamers can rejoice too as a number of games such as Halo Anniversary and Madden 2012 even come at a discount.
For those, who are waiting to get their hands on the Windows Phone, there is an offer running for the same too. One can get a free Windows Phone, if they intend to sign a 2-year contract. However, the origin is unknown and the carrier is unspecified. A bit confusing it ends to be.
Apple, has kept its offers quite systematic. For example, Macs get the discount tag of the magical $101. the prices thus can be noted as; the MacBook Air (today’s starting price: $898), MacBook Pro (starting today at $1,098), and iMac (also starting at $1,098).
Talking about iPad and iPod, again, considerable discount is given. It can be noted as the iPad 2 is marked down $41 to $458; the iPod Touch, down $21 to $178; and the iPod Nano, down $11 to $118.
The most discounted section here is of the accessories. The list seems to be more or less countless, but to account for a few, it can be said as below:
Apple Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad, both down $11 to $58 apiece; the Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones, down $51.95 to $128; and the Jambox by Jawbone Wireless Speaker, in red, down $51.95 to $148.
However, Apple has the quantity on offer, as compared to Microsoft. But the difference is Microsoft has the heavy discounts and the time frame is extended. Apple’s offer run only for 11/25/11, but Microsoft would run these offers from 12:00 AM PST on Friday, 11/25/11 through 11:59 PM PST on Monday, 11/28/11.
It is up to a user and his/her preference to choose where to go. But in can be suggested that one looks out the Apple collection first as it is just for a day.