So anyone get any good tech gifts this year?

I personally didn't but all that was on my list was cookbooks. I did however buy myself the CCNP Library. My mother of all people got a Kindle Fire and she doesn't even know what to do with it.

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Bokeh

Got Ipad2, does that count?

Timber Wolf

Got an HP server with CUCM on it!

veritas_libertas

Kindle 3G. Very nice

Xcluziv

Bokeh wrote: »

Got Ipad2, does that count?

Ditto....

erpadmin

My sister got an Ipad2 that my nephew gave her. In addition to my Ideapad K1 tablet, I got a gift that should help me peronally...a Technet Professional subscription. (Uncle Sam is going to to give me a slight discount on it for "Professional Subscriptions..." thanks TurboTax!

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Daniel333

Wife bought me a fun 27" inch monitor. My zerglings look like ultralisks!

Turgon

None. We are anti tech here indoors. We watch TV for a bit of news, perhaps a documentary. Other than that, online for brief chit chat and skype to keep in touch with relatives. No tech presents, kids playing with hands on toys.

CodeBlox

None for me. Then again, I didn't make a list at all :P . Mostly hygienic stuff (as if someones trying to tell me something), a foosball table, and a nice kit to wash my truck.

Monkerz

Don't know if it counts, but got a PS3 and MW3. My other half knows me too well.

afcyung

A passing CISSP confirmation email from ISC2. got it on Thursday before xmas but I will take it. Also got an Xbox controller for my PC, and a few books about information security from amazon. All in all not a bad xmas. I also was able to bring some cheer to others by getting some people some needed things. Always better to give then to receive.

undomiel

I got DDR II for the Wii, does that count?

Hypntick

My wife purchased me an anti-study aid.......Skyrim. It's there but i've told myself no until i finish the 70-646, gotta maintain some from of discipline around here.

dontstop

Nikon D3100 /w twin lens kit

always wanted a DSLR

EmpoweredBizTech

dontstop wrote: »

Nikon D3100 /w twin lens kit always wanted a DSLR

I finally bought myself a DSL for X-mas Which like I've always wanted. Got a Canon 7D with the 28-135 USM IS lens. Going to be getting a flash next. Between tech and now photography I think I need to take up knitting and\or find cheaper hobbies..

One of my 1st pics taken

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the_Grinch

Extended Battery for my cell phone (Droid Bionic)
Car Mounting Unit for my cell phone
Gears of War 3
Modern Warfare 3
Hard drive for my laptop

Some other stuff, but those were the tech related things. Went on a killing spree and finished both games in 15 hours (on easy obviously), though Gears took about 9 hours by myself between bathroom breaks.

Reseven

I got an Alesis Control Pad, that's sorta techie.

Other stuff was not techie.

powerfool

I only gave tech gifts this year, none received. I bought three Nook Tablets with my SIL's employee discount of 40% for my kids; I saved $300 on the set. I picked up a Kindle Touch 3G for my grandma at Target utilizing a $10 off $100 coupon and two $10 gift certificates that I got from strategic grocery shopping a few weeks ago. I opted for the 3G for her because I don't know if she will always have Internet access. She currently has it, but no WiFi. She is an avid reader, so I figured that this would be great for her... type size can be increased for easy visibility, eInk is super easy on the eyes, and there are tons of free books out there in addition to inexpensive newer books from authors that she enjoys, like Stephen King.

Cpl.Klinger

I got a Lilliput 7" monitor, which is simply awesome, and a few shirts from ThinkGeek. The rest of my gifts were definitely non-tech but much more awesome. My wife outdid herself this year.

I did get her a Kindle w/ WiFi. She's already loaded up about 50 books and is working on a book by Tolstoy. I think I may have created a monster. She also got several movies she's been wanting (Harry Potter Ultimate Editions Year 5/6 and Daria: The Complete Series).

Slowhand

I got a little 2GB iPod Nano that I can clip to my shirt while I go to the gym, (as well as a really nice new gym bag to boot,) but nothing that particularly screams IT technology. Well, alright, I did get a $100 gift certificate to Cigar.com, which I consider IT-related since walking around town late at night smoking a cigar is my way of blowing off steam after a long day of fighting with servers.

Plantwiz

We were 'tech-free' here this year too.

I received a few handmade gifts (which were cool) and we're finishing up a couple re-decorating projects and installing new bookcases, so most of our budget was invested in paint, flooring and bookcases. (yep, no e-reading in this house

N2IT

Bought my kids a couple of games for the PS3, but I received nothing technical.

Only booze and cigars.

onesaint

I was fortunate enough to get an Isight (web cam) for the Mac Pro and won a Kindle Fire from my company's Christmas party bingo game. My folks got me a new shuttle barebones kit with an I7 2600 to host some VMs. On a non tech note, I was given a copy of Roger Sterlings "Sterling's Gold" and an old first printing of "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" along with some other things.

I got some memory cards for my wife and a new super small P&S Canon camera for her as well. Also, the family pitched in on a new Dell laptop for my father. He called me later on Christmas day and started talking AV, apps, etc. I think he was pretty surprised and excited.

I tried to do a lot of B&M shopping for folks, but found Amazon with their prime (free-ish) 2 day shipping, no tax, etc., landed a lot of my purchases.

Devilsbane

Wireless print server. Its been on my list for like 3 years now but nobody would buy it because they didn't know what it was (and I didn't really NEED to have one so I haven't bought one myself). I finally spelled out exactly which one to buy and what its used for and it was waiting under the tree.

effekted

I made out fairly good. I got an arduino uno, weller soldering station, BF3 for Xbox 360 and some Turtle Beach x12's, and a dremel that I'm sure will be convenient with some future tech projects.

Aldur

I got to upgrade my PC, new parts are as follows.

CPU: i7 3960X
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme (Free copy of BF3)
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 16GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000)
PS: 1350W
Cooler: Corsair-Hydro Series H100 Dual 120mm Fan CPU Cooler
Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 800D

tpatt100

Wife's aunt gave me a Best Buy gift card which I bought a couple of 60 day game time cards for Star Wars The Old Republic.

Jack2

Santa ordered me a new labbing PC for MCITP/Virtualization practice.

AMD 8 Core CPU
4TB Raid 10
32GB Ram
Workstation video card

NightShade1

My boss gave me Battlefield 3 besides my Christmas bonus

JDMurray

A Starbucks card for cert studying, and a Best Buy card to help finance a much-needed HDMI hub.

tpatt100

JDMurray wrote: »

A Starbucks card for cert studying, and a Best Buy card to help finance a much-needed HDMI hub.

Did you get an HDMI hub already or planning on it? Reason I ask is I am probably going to need one in the future and wanted to hear some first hand experiences with them. I had one back for my component cables a few years ago and it was so difficult to determine before you ordered which ones were good and which ones were bad.