Last weekend I picked up the Fallout 3 Add-On pack (which includes The Pitt and Operation: Anchorage) at Wal-Mart for $24.96 (was $25.38 after employee discount and taxes). And earlier tonight I got the OEM single-license version of Norton Anti-Virus 2010 from Canada Computers for $19.99 ($22.59 after taxes) and Norton Utilities 14.5 (which is the latest version) from Wal-Mart for $44 ($44.75 after employee discount and taxes). Got them as I will need them after when I install Windows 7 64-bit edition after assembling my new PC, as many anti-virus and utility software from the previous year either don't support Windows 7 or might not be fully compatible.......especially with a 64-bit edition!

First off Happy B-lated New Years all! Just right around New Years Eve I purchased my Blu-Ray burner for $179.99 Cdn ($203.75 after surcharges and taxes). Now that I have all the parts that I need to build my PC, it's pretty much time to start the build. Anyhow here's a pic of all the parts that will pretty much make up my PC.

Now that Christmas and Boxing Day have passed, I'll update on new stuff I have picked up and just received. On X-Mas Eve I purchased online from Future Shop as part of their Boxing Day sale thing a 24' HP LCD Monitor (HP L2445m) for my new PC build (came to a total of around $284 and change). I also purchased a MSI laptop for my dad (my dad will pay me back for it once I get the bill) alongside with it. Here are what the specs look like (except that the one I got has a 500GB HD). I have just received the two mentioned items earlier on, as I type this. On the same night I placed that order, I also purchased from TigerDirect an Ultra Chilltec heatsink kit and floppy disk/card reader combo drive for $94.97 and $26.87 respectively. Total was $137.80 Cdn after taxes. Now onto the movie/DVD/Blu-Ray end of things. I purchased Family Guy volume 7, Monsters vs. Aliens and Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans for $14.97 (the first two DVDs) and $12.50. And yes you heard it right, for the first time EVER I have purchased some Blu-Ray movies! For $14.97 each, I purchased Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs, Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Although Ice Age: Dotd and Night At the Museum each included the standard DVD versions in the package, which is why I am slowly but surely gonna eventually start collecting Blu-Ray movies. And besides sooner or later........I WILL be including a Blu-Ray burner on my new system. So clearly either way you look at it, the Blu-Rays are becoming the much BETTER deals.