Archive for November, 2005

Black Friday with Apple Computers

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

AH has already beat me to the punch… or blog entry should I say. I too received the email about Apple holding a one day sales event at both their brick and mortar retail stores as well as their online store on Friday November 25th 2005. This is what we come to know as "Black [...]

“The Feast After The Feast” Event

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Apple will be holding a one day sales event at both their brick and mortar retail stores as well as their online store on Friday November 25th, the day after Thanksgiving which is known as "Black Friday" and serves as the kickoff of the holiday shopping season. Details of just what will be on sale [...]

Welcome IBM

Friday, November 18th, 2005

From Digg.com
"In 1981, Apple ran the following now famous, and some say foolish, full page ad in the Wall Street Journal, welcoming their arch rivals into the mix of personal computing. This site shows the scan of the original ad and the copy is quite entertaining to read…"

IBM’s ad for their initial foray into [...]

MacTel iBook in January?

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Rumors of an earlier than anticipated release of Intel based Macs show no signs of slowing down, and by all accounts appear to be picking up steam. Today ThinkSecret speculates that the Mac faithful could possibly be treated to an Intel based iBook at this January’s MacWorld, and a much more inexpensive one at that;
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Apple Wiki’s

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

 
A few weeks back MacRumors.com kick started a rather ambitious project to collect all the useful and pertinent Mac related data that could be gleaned from their Forums and Website entries. To do so they created the MacRumors "Guide Pages", which are web pages that run on the MediaWiki software, the same software that drives [...]

Need a Map of Apple’s Retail Stores? Ask Google

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

Map out Apple’s retail store locations using Google Maps.
In other words and creation by someone with way too much time on their hands.
- AH 

Source: Digg.com

Intel Based Mac Mini in January?

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

Financial analysts usually know as much about the tech industry as George Bush knows about foreign relations, and are accurate about their assertions even less than President Pinhead is, so take the following info with a grain of salt;
"Benjamin A. Reitzes of UBS Investment Research raised his price target and earnings estimates for Apple [...]

Viagra Spam Using the Apple Silhouettes?

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

Plucked from the inbox of Chris Clark over at decaffeinated.org;

I am not sure this was the "iPod Halo Effect" Apple was shooting for……but who am I to argue?
But if I am to believe this ad wouldn’t one Viagra pill, which apparently allows you to "love her all night long", last longer than the [...]

iPod Specific Piracy Site

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

It seems that when it comes to Apple, once a new device or service is released, rather that placate it’s devout user base, it only serves to build anticipation for the next release in the product pipeline. Right now, in the world of iPod+iTunes, it is the addition of more content to the iTunes video [...]

Soho NYC Store Events for November

Monday, November 7th, 2005

A Mini debate V2

Monday, November 7th, 2005

After a little more research I have found out some interesting stuff about the Mac Mini. Apparently there was a stealth upgrade to some models. Yes I have seen it first hand at the local Apple store.
The Mac Mini 1.42GHz PowerPC G4 processor appears to have changed to a 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 according to [...]

New iLounge Holiday Guide for 2005-2006

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Fans of the iPod take note; iLounge.com has released the newest edition of their excellent Holiday Buyers Guide for 2005-2006.
Those new to the iPod, or anyone who needs a clear and concise guide to the literally hundreds of 3rd party accessories available for every flavor of iPod, should head over to download their free [...]

An Evangelist’s Take On Jobs

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Macheads, as Apple devotees are often referred, possibly more than any other consumer group on the planet, clamor for every last tidbit of information they can dig up about the products that come out of Cupertino California, the home of Apple computers. Not to mention there is also a certain fascination when it [...]

“The Cult of iPod” Available for Order

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Visitors to my house usually recognize pretty quickly they have entered the home of a Mac Geek when they see my copy of The Cult of Mac prominently displayed on the coffee table. Leander Kahney the author of The Cult of Mac, and author over at the Cult of Mac blog, has come out [...]

Way to go! Apple Logs A Million Video Downloads

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

Here is one for those people who said the new video iPod is nothing revolutionary. Apple Logs A Million Video Downloads On ITunes. How do you like those apples? You can read just one of many news articles about this milestone here at MSNBC.com.
-Geekboy