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Feb 2 2009

Apple plans the official obsolescence of a few of their older Macs

deadg4 20090202 205002 Apple plans the official obsolescence of a few of their older MacsOn March 17th, the following items will be officially deemed “vintage” or “obsolete” in Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Japan, Latin America, the United States and retail Apple Stores. After that date, Apple will not provide service parts or documentation for these products and the items cannot be sent in as Mail-In Repairs to AppleCare Repair Centers. Time to hit your parents up for some new tech, boys and girls.

Here’s the “vintage” list:

  • Xserve RAID

  • Xserve (Slot Load)
  • Xserve (Cluster Node)

…and here’s the “obsolete” list:

  • PowerBook G4
  • Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
  • Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver)
  • Macintosh Server G4 (Digital Audio)
  • Macintosh Server G4 (Quicksilver)

Yup, the G4s are almost done as far as Apple support is concerned.

What’s the difference between “vintage” and “obsolete”? It’s kind of a legal thing. Service parts for vintage products are only available to repair older Apple products purchased in the state of California, as required by statute.There is no difference between vintage and obsolete products anywhere else.

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Dec 8 2008

MacUpdate Holiday Bundle offers $450 worth of software for $49.99

mupromo 20081207 214239 MacUpdate Holiday Bundle offers $450 worth of software for $49.99MacUpdate recently posted their latest bundle of Mac software. Included among the $450 worth of software in the MacUpdate Holiday Bundle are must-haves like Drive Genius 2, DefaultFolder X 4, LittleSnitch 2 and WhatSize 4. If it included only those four items, it would still be a savings of $126.90…but it also includes 6 other apps. Here’s the full list:

  • Drive Genius 2 ($99): Currently the highest-rated disk utility on the market and used by Mac Geniuses at Apple Stores, Drive Genius diagnoses and repairs problems with your hard drive, optimizes your system, and much more. Buyers will receive a link to download a bootable DVD image of the software to burn, which can be used to boot and fix any Mac that can run Mac OS X 10.5, including Apple’s newest laptops.
  • DefaultFolder X 4 ($34.95): Fly through Open & Save dialog boxes at lightning speed.
  • VirusBarrier X 10.5 ($69.95): Fast, simple, and non-intrusive anti-virus software for your Mac and iPhone
  • RapidWeaver 4 ($79): Create powerful, professional-looking Web sites quickly and easily.
  • MacGourmet Deluxe ($44.95): Like iTunes for food, track recipes, plan meals, manage wines, and more.
  • LittleSnitch 2 ($29.95): Monitors your network connection to make sure your Mac only sends out what you want it to.
  • KeyCue 4 ($27): Displays full keyboard shortcuts for all your applications; learn them and work faster.
  • MacPilot 3 ($19.95): Access hundreds of hidden features to customize and improve your Mac OS X experience.
  • WhatSize 4 ($12.99): Effortlessly identify files that are hogging disk space and that you don’t need anymore.e
  • iVolume 3 ($29.95): Ensures all your iTunes tracks play back at the same level, so you never have to adjust the volume individually.

My only reluctance in buying these bundles lately has been that I already have licenses for so many of the applications already. I’m sure you have the same problem if you’ve bought a few MacUpdate bundles or MacHeist bundles in the past.

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Dec 4 2008

Truphone app for iPod touch turns device into a mobile phone

iTunes 20081203 220218 Truphone app for iPod touch turns device into a mobile phoneHere I am, still ruminating over whether or not I should cave and get an iPhone at Canada’s exorbitant rates, when I get wind of this news: telephony company, Truphone has unveiled a FREE (2nd Gen) iPod touch version of its VoIP app. All I would need is a set of those earbuds with the built-in microphone like the ones they sell at Apple Stores for the iPhone, and I could make voice calls over WiFi.

The app is free, calls to other Truphone users are free as are calls to Google Talk users.

Is this going to stop me from getting an iPhone? Probably not. Most places that I can get free wifi (my house, my job, etc.), I also have access to a phone. I don’t think this application is going to lose Apple any iPhone sales, but it might sell a few more iPod touches to people would never have bought either device before.

[ Via TechCrunch ]

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