Tomorrow is supposedly Cyber Monday. According the Wikipedia article on Cyber Monday: “The term Cyber Monday refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday“…” The premise was that consumers would return to their offices after the Black Friday weekend, making purchases online that they were not able to make in stores.”

They go on to say that “Although idea has not survived the test of time“. It has simply evolved into a marketing event.

Here on Long Island we are fortunate to have access to a relatively fast broadband cable network, and a number of people have faster internet at home than at work. That plus employer restrictions on internet usage could make it “Cyber Sunday evening” instead of Cyber Monday.

The term Cyber Monday has come under some criticism, according to the Wikipedia article:
“Some critics online and in the media have called for a boycott of the term, calling it a useless media buzzword with no basis in fact.” And: “At the official Cyber Monday site run by Shop.org, more than 500 retailers offered discounts for the 2007 holidays. As a Motley Fool article noted, many of these same deals can be found elsewhere.”

Motley Fool refers to Cyber Monday as a Joke.

There is also an article by Candace Lombardi of CNET News entitled: “Cyber Monday more myth than reality?”

One option may be to do your Cyber shopping whatever day of the week suits you with the Sony VAIO VGN-NS130E/S Notebook.