For well over a month now, MacMall has been the undisputed bundle king, offering a large and diverse collection of free or discounted extras with your Mac. This week ClubMac claims the title with a stunning 15 unique bundle options including 512 MB free RAM, software and a collection of printers from Canon and epson.
MacWarehouse has added a free copy of Extensis Suitcase 10.2 to their bundle lineup, a $90 value. Between this and the free 80GB internal drive (now in stock BTW) MacWarehouse makes a fine second choice.
Article of interest this week:
"The SpeedZone: Sure The New Dual G4/1.42 GHz Tower Is Faster Than The Others .. But By How Much? - A Tale Of The Three Towers! -In most tests that required heavy processing activity, and that could take advantage of dual processors, the dual processor machines pulled significantly ahead. However the dual processor Towers left a lot of their processing power on the table, unused by the application that was running. For example in one of our Photoshop tests only 50% of the processing capability of the dual processor 1.42 GHz machine was used. 50% of the machine's data crunching ability was left idling, waiting for 1s and 0s that never came " - read more
Until next week .... happy shopping
Current Promotions
Apple - Improve Your Image: $99 rebate off the following Canon printers: i450 Bubble Jet (initial price $99), i850 InkJet (initial price $149), i950 Color Photo (initial price $249), i70 Bubble Jet (initial price $249)
Apple - "Dream On" lowers the price of Macromedia's Studio MX suite from $900 to $400 when purchased with any new Mac. Studio MX consists of the following applications: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Fireworks MX and FreeHand MX. This promotion is currently slated to end July 31st.
Apple - "Every Mac Needs .mac" Buy any new Mac between January 7th and June 28th and save $30 (via mail in rebate) on a year of .mac service. Apple charges $99.95 for each year of .mac service.
Apple - "Office Romance" Drops the price of Microsoft's Office v.X from $500 to roughly $200 when bought with any Mac. Actual prices at various stores tend to be lower. The computer and Office must appear on the same invoice. Promotion ended April 7th, but discounted copies of Office are still available.
Reader Tips
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512 MB RAM ($40 install) Spring Cleaning for $10 (a $50 value) MYOB FirstEdge for $10(a $99 value) OS X Total Training CD for $10 Office v.X for $200 (a $500 value)
Plus one printer from the list below:
Canon i450, free after rebate(s) Canon i850, $50 after rebate(s) Canon i950, $150 after rebate(s) Canon i70, $150 after rebate(s)
512 MB RAM, free after mail in rebate ($40 install), Extensis Suitcase 10.2 for free Office v.X for $190 (a $500 value) Epson Stylus Photo 820, free after rebate(s) 80 GB 7200 RPM Maxtor internal hard drive ($40 install) , free after rebate (search for item #AAP1416 and add it to your cart)
512 MB RAM ($40 install) Spring Cleaning for $10 (a $50 value) MYOB FirstEdge for $10(a $99 value) OS X Total Training CD for $10 Office v.X for $200 (a $500 value)
Plus one printer from the list below:
Canon i450, free after rebate(s) Canon i850, $50 after rebate(s) Canon i950, $150 after rebate(s) Canon i70, $150 after rebate(s)
512 MB RAM, free after mail in rebate ($40 install), Extensis Suitcase 10.2 for free Office v.X for $190 (a $500 value) Epson Stylus Photo 820, free after rebate(s) 80 GB 7200 RPM Maxtor internal hard drive ($40 install) , free after rebate (search for item #AAP1416 and add it to your cart)
512 MB RAM ($40 install) Spring Cleaning for $10 (a $50 value) MYOB FirstEdge for $10(a $99 value) OS X Total Training CD for $10 Office v.X for $200 (a $500 value)
Plus one printer from the list below:
Canon i450, free after rebate(s) Canon i850, $50 after rebate(s) Canon i950, $150 after rebate(s) Canon i70, $150 after rebate(s)
512 MB RAM, free after mail in rebate ($40 install), Extensis Suitcase 10.2 for free Office v.X for $190 (a $500 value) Epson Stylus Photo 820, free after rebate(s) 80 GB 7200 RPM Maxtor internal hard drive ($40 install) , free after rebate (search for item #AAP1416 and add it to your cart) Iomega internal 750MB Zip drive for $100 (a $150 value)
Shipping charges are to California - your mileage may vary. Also prices quoted are for the bare machine and do not reflect RAM installation charges (usually $40), nor the in-store prices of add-on products for which there is a rebate. Shipping charges (if any) for bundled products , also are not reflected in the prices above.
January 2003 Power Macs - What's Changed?
Feature
August 2002 Power Macs
January 2003 Power Macs
MSRP
$1,699, $2,499, $3,299
$1,499, $1,999, $2,699
Processor speed
867 MHz, 1.0 GHz, 1.25 GHz - all dual processor
1x 1 GHz, 2x 1.25 GHz, 2x 1.42 GHz
L3 cache size and speed ratio
1 MB - 867 and 1.0 GHz models
2 MB - 1.25 GHz model
1 MB - 1 GHz and 1.25 GHz models
2 MB - 1.42 GHz model
System bus speed
133 MHz - 867 MHz model
167 MHz - 1.0 and 1.25 GHz models
133 MHz - 1 GHz model
167 MHz - 1.25 and 1.42 GHz models
Installed RAM
Maximum RAM
256MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM - 867 and 1.0 Ghz model
512MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM - 1.25 GHz model
2.0 GB max
256MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM - 1.0 Ghz model
256MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM - 1.25 GHz model
512 MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM - 1.42 GHz model
2.0 GB max
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX - 867 MHz model
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro - 1.0 and 1.25 HHZ models
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 64 MB- 1 GHz model
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 64 MB- 1.25 and 1.42 HHZ models
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Updated Friday, June 20 , 2003 
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MYOB FirstEdge for $10
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