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October 8th through 15th Archives

Monday, October 14th 2002 12:17 CDT

PowerBook Sightings Continued...

Reader James sends this sighting:

the apple powerbook and ibook are sighted quite often on TLC's "While you were out" and "Trading Spaces" Of course with the apple taped over.

Jaguar Mousepads == Jumpy Optical Mice

According to an email at Accelerate Your Mac!, the mousepads Apple gave away at Jaguar launch parties make optical mice perform poorly because the black incorporated in the Jaguar design doesn't reflect light properly. So if your mouse is jumpmy, it's not a Jaguar bug, it's a mousepad bug. There's a discussion at Apple's support board regarding the issue.

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Thursday, October 10th 2002 13:45 CDT

Details on Adaptec SlimSCSI Driver?

Reader Zanko asks:

I was wondering if you had any info on what is going on with Adaptec's development of OS X driver for their PowerDomain SlimSCSI 1480 card. It went into beta for 10.1.3 only back in May. Since then there has been nothing on the news front about it. I was wondering if you had any additional info on this. Thanks for your help!

Apparently there's not much public information. Anyone out there with the inside scoop on the driver's progress, please email info@pbzone.com.

Apple Kicks Off Two New Promotions

For $40, you can double the memory of any Macintosh purchased. The RAM must be doubled at the time of purchase and 512 MB is the maximum. Purchases are limited to the Apple Store and Apple Store for Education and the savings are instant, not a mail-in rebate of any kind.

Apple also is offering up to $3,000 off its Shake products with qualifying purchases of Maya. Since it's a high-end deal, we'll let you get the details here.

Lastly, Apple's chopping up to $500 off the price of the DV camcorders it has for sale at the Apple Store. Obviously, the cheaper cams are going to have less off and the reduction depends on the model and manufacturer. If you are in the market for a DV cam, check it out here.

Microsoft to Run Pro-Mac Ads?

Though there was significant, obvious cooling of the relationship between Apple and Microsoft right around the Macworld New York timeframe, it seems Microsoft is turning the other cheek in regards to the "Switch" ads; it plans to run a series of ads touting Microsoft Office for Mac. The print ads, which should begin appearing Sunday, show Macs and PCs getting along together. The irony is overwhelming.

Wednesday, October 9th 2002 14:38 CDT

Early Pricing for MWSF Announced

Want a free pass to the exhibits at MWSF? Register by October 28th with code "E-SFT2 to get the free pass. Click here for more details. The other packages are discounted for "early birds" as well.

Tuesday, October 8th 2002 09:52 CDT

.Mac Status Page Posted

Apple has posted an explanation of yesterday's .Mac outage on a new "status" page for .Mac. There's no indication that that page will be used to detail future problems with .Mac.

Dr. Bott Announces Price Drops on their Line of USB Hubs

Dr. Bott sent word they've reduced prices on their USB, including the "T3Hub" for PowerBooks:

http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?vend=bott&name=hub

Dr. Bott has dropped the pricing of their T7Hub, gHub, and T3Hub to $47.95, $34.95 and $27.95 respectively.

Dr. Bott's hubs each offer unique capabilities. The T7Hub is the only 7 port USB hub that will support all 7 devices each drawing 0.5 Amps. gHub provides indicators for both connectivity and overcurrent protection that makes troubleshooting a breeze. T3Hub weighs less than an ounce and supports USB devices that normally require external power.