Retro Tech Tuesday: Radio Shack 8-Track On Sale!

Oh, 8-tracks... How we miss you... Although come to think of it, maybe it's good you didn't catch on. After all, with room for eight tracks, you could've led the music industry to produce albums of only eight songs. Of course in this digital single world, it wouldn't really matter, would it?

In this ad Radio Shack has really captured the excitement of the in-car 8-track player, while also confirming that $59 minus $29 really is a savings of $30! Buy two! Great advice!

The ultimate blogging notebook

Gasp . . . it's not a Mac. The Acer 8.9" notebook being sold exclusively at RadioShack might be the ultimate blogging notebook and at $99 who can argue?! You get a laundry list of features including Wi-Fi, WiMAX and 3G access, built in webcam, 160GB HD, and a multi card reader for the photos. For the mobile blogger there really isn't much more you could want. With the cell connectivity you can blog from grandma's house, or from the park, or . . . well you get the idea. So what's the catch?!? The $99 price tag is really $1,539 before tax [GASP!!!]. See when you get the Acer at $99 you are also signing up for a 2 year AirCard contract with AT&T. 2.5hrs of power really isn't all that much, and the RadioShack website seems to neglect the conditions needed to yield 2.5hrs . . . chances are good it's not with the 3G turned on.

If you're in the market for a subnotebook and don't need the 3G access, I say save the $300 and get a new Macbook instead.

Checkout Ryan's post from November. He also had a runin with an Acer.