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    Chromebook: Any truth to Scroogled?

    Just wanted to add that I didn't pay the retail $199 for the Acer C/B. Found a manufacturer refurb from Groupon for $129 which is like new except for one tiny scratch. Sure you can find refurb deals after the holidays. Wouldn't have wanted to pay full price for a Chromebook. At $129 it's a great...
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    Any Way to Grab Storage Back from B&N on Nook HD+??? #possible dealbreaker

    Hi I did buy the hd+ 32gb as Target had a great sale. If you search the web you'll find that BN reserves a certain amount of space on the Nooks for bn.com purchases. From day one my device showed 27gb as available storage & it's a 32 gb.
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    Chromebook: Any truth to Scroogled?

    Hi I just bought an Acer C/B as a Christmas gift for my toddler (started her out on a used iPad 1). I've been using the C/B for the past few days while setting everything up for her. I've used mac & windows based computers from 17" to tablet. I wouldn't discount the C/B but it is what it...
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    Any Way to Grab Storage Back from B&N on Nook HD+??? #possible dealbreaker

    Hi All, I'm seriously considering buying a 16GB Nook HD+. However, just read that B&N reserves 12 to 15GB :-X for content purchased from them. This is a problem because one of the main reasons I'm buying the Nook tab is to use as an ereader for pdfs that I download from the web (& sideloaded...