Early deals: $250 off new MacBook Pros, $325 off Office 2008
Some Apple resellers are launching their Black Friday sales early this year, such as Mac Mall, which is offering up to $250 off new MacBook Pros, up to $149 off new MacBooks, up to $159 off new iMacs, and up to $179 off MacBook Airs. Amazon has also slashed the price of Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition by $325 (65%).
published on Wednesday, the 26. November 2008, appleinsider
Due next from Apple: refreshed 20- and 24-inch iMacs
Assuming last minute snags are avoided, the coming weeks should bring new iMacs, rounding out Apple's 2008 hardware introductions as the company enters the holiday shopping season with one of its strongest product portfolios ever.
published on Friday, the 17. October 2008, appleinsider
Apple reports record third quarter results
In financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter, Apple reported its best June quarter for both revenue and earnings in Apple?s history, posting revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share. It also set a new record for Mac sales, shipping 2,496,000 Macs during the quarter, representing 41 percent unit growth and 43 percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter.
published on Monday, the 21. July 2008, apple-hot-news
Use hardware test mode directly on latest MacBook pro
On my 15" MacBook Pro (2.4GHz Penryn, February 2008), I've found I can boot into the hardware test mode without having the hardware test disc in the machine. If I press F2 before the startup bell, the machine directly enters hardware test mode. I don't know if this works with MacBooks or iMacs, however.[robg adds: This doesn't work on my older MacBook Pro. I know that you can press 'D' at startup on the MacBook Air to get into hardware test mode, but this is the first I've heard of it on other models. (Any model should boot into hardware test mode by holding 'D' at boot with the install disc in the optical drive.) If someone else can confirm the no-disc-required behavior on a newer MacBook Pro (or other Mac), please post in the comments.]
published on Tuesday, the 17. June 2008, macosxhints
Symantec ships AntiVirus Dual Protection
Symantec has released a new anti-virus suite, AntiVirus Dual Protection. The package actually contains two pieces of software -- AntiVirus 11 for Mac and AntiVirus 2008 for Windows -- and is intended for owners of Intel Macs, who may use the Boot Camp feature of Mac OS X Leopard to run Windows XP or Vista on a separate partition. Each applicatio...
published on Tuesday, the 11. March 2008, macintosh-news-network
Word 2008: Elements, Notebook, Publishing, more
Users eagerly await the release of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, especially those that use Intel-based Macs, as this will be the first incarnation of the suite to include Universal application support. The suite has been redesigned to be more ìavailableî to users, introducing a number of new elements, as well as reconfiguring old features to make ...
published on Thursday, the 3. January 2008, macintosh-news-network
SWsoft Reboots to Parallels
As calendars flip forward for the start of 2008, SWsoft, maker of Parallels software that allows Windows to run on Intel-based Macs, will take on a new moniker, the company announced Wednesday. In January, SWsoft will be known simply as "Parallels." Along with its new name, the company will unveil a new logo and refresh its line of products.
published on Wednesday, the 12. December 2007, macnewsworld
Goldman sees strong iPod, Mac holiday sales
Research firm Goldman Sachs is predicting strong holiday sales for Apple's iPods and Macs, and remains confident about the Cupertino-based company's forthcoming products in 2008. Goldman analyst David Bailey foresees the new iPhone arriving in the second half of 2008, with a smaller upgrade and more flash memory surfacing earlier in the year, accor...
published on Tuesday, the 11. December 2007, macintosh-news-network
Ubercaster, ShowMacster updates due at MWSF
Pleasant Software today promised to unveil new versions of both Ubercaster and ShowMacster at Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco early next year. The first in a series of planned Ubercaster 1.5 sneak peeks is already available via the company's blog, and Pleasant Software is already scheduled to attend Macworld Expo 2008 from January 15-18 with sh...
published on Monday, the 10. December 2007, macintosh-news-network
Analyst wary of Apples success in 2008
Apple has enjoyed a pretty active year, after introducing the new iMacs, the iPhone, Leopard and the iPod touch, but some analysts are predicting that Apple will have a tough follow-up ahead of them in 2008. While the company has brought in record-breaking financial statistics ñ Apple's market cap sits at $160 billion, up from $60 billion 18 months...
published on Monday, the 3. December 2007, macintosh-news-network