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You've got a a high-end portable computer and a bunch of cool
accessories and external drives, but your desk is cluttered. You
burn backup CDs and then wade through them just to get to your
chair. Your iPod is underneath a magazine and some cables. You've
got a desk that is an archeological dig of papers, peripherals, and
discs.
Metal Gear from Red Dye
#3 was designed for you. These rugged and stylish
accessories make your computing life easier as well as good
looking. In fact
you can set up and entire office with a consistent look that makes
your gear look as good as it works.
Metal Gear Notebook Computer Stand
This heavy-duty yet stylish portable computer stand not only
holds the computer securely, but also looks cool. The mid shelf
holds portable storage drives and USB hub while the bottom shelf is
ideal for a full-size keyboard. This stand puts the computer screen
at eye level - no more slouching to see the screen at the correct
angle.
The sliding top platform has rubber feet making it easy to
adjust the computer-to-eye distance. The platform also rotates.
Metal Gear iPod Stand
A rugged and good-looking holder that fits into a car cup holder
as well as on the desktop. The holder slips into the base, for
secure use on the desktop. Adjustable angle makes reading the
display in changing conditions a breeze. Drive like a future Cops
television show star and be assured that your iPod will stay
put.
Metal Gear CD/DVD Storage Solutions
Clean up piles of CDs or DVDs on the desk with these
eye-pleasing yet durable storage solutions. There are three
separate units pictured below, fastened together.
A double wide disc bin is shown on the bottom of the photo. Keep
those CDs you need most at the ready.
A single unit disc storage bin is shown at the top left. You
can't push your discs out the back because there's a lip at the
rear.
Metal Gear Data Garage
Another all-metal desktop accessory that organizes all those
little portable accessories on your desktop. Just pack this beauty
with external hard drives, CD burners, USB hubs, removable media
drives, and whatever else clutters your desktop. Configurable shelf
height makes a custom solution for anyone. Open back leaves room
for cables and power cords. Lowering the garage front door hides
everything away. While you're at it, why not fasten a CD/DVD holder
or blank media spindle on top?
A connector kit fastens Metal Gear units together so you can
build a custom storage solution to meet your specific needs.
Willow Year End Sale in Time for Holidays
Willow Design has announced a year end
sale of its cases and backpacks for Apple products. All
Apple cases are on sale, plus Willow will pay half of the regular
sized cases' shipping costs of ground shipping for American and
Canadian orders placed before December 12th. International orders
will also receive a reduction in their shipping rates.
Last year was an exciting one for Willow with multiple new case
designs for the new iMacs, the eMac, a new line of slipcases for
the Titanium and iBooks plus new dust covers for all of the desktop
configurations. So, as a "thank you" to the Macintosh community,
the sale is on in time for holiday gift giving and for gifts that
don't work out, Willow has a full refund policy.
Macsense FireWire CardBus PC Card
The
Macsense FireWire CardBus PC Card provides fast transfer
rates for IEEE 1394 compatible devices such as DVD camcorders, DVD
players, scanners, printers, FireWire hard drives, and Zip drives.
This device can transfer data at speeds of up to 400 Mbps, which
means your camcorder or other A/V digital products run smoothly and
in real time. This dramatically improves both viewing and editing
at a lower price than analog video capture frame buffers previously
used to edit digital video.
The Macsense FireWire CardBus PC Card is also fully
hot-swappable, so there is no need to restart the system or
connected device to enable your 1394 peripherals.
Features:
5.0mm Type II, credit card size
Expandable up to 63 devices
Supports Hot-Swapping
High-Speed performance
System requirements:
Mac OS 8.6 or later
QuickTime 4.0 Authoring or Pro
FireWire 2.3.3 or higher(available as a free download from
Apple)
Hardware requirements
PowerBook G3 Series or higher,
300 MHz Power PC processor or faster
Transfer rate: 100/200/400 Mbps
Includes: Dongle with (1) 6-pin and (1) 4-pin FireWire port, (1)
DC Input power port for Non-Bus powered FireWire devices. Power
supply adapter not included.
Price: $129.99
Toshiba 9mm 30 GB Hard Drive, $99
These are new Toshiba 9mm, 2.5" IDE Hard Disk drives.
Slim 30 GB 9mm replacement PowerBook/iBook hard drives fit all
ATA/IDE PowerBooks and iBooks ( PowerBook 5300 and later). They will
also fit any PC laptop that accepts 9mm drives. They are fully
ATA-5 compliant.
IBM Travelstar 15 GB 9.5mm 2.5" Hard Drive,
$74.99
MegaMacs
offers this IBM Travelstar 15 GB 9.5mm 2.5" hard drive for the
friendly price of $74.99.
Model: IC25N015ATDA04-0
Rotational speed: 4200 rpm
Apple Firmware 2001 (Logo Removed)
Compatibility
PowerBook G3 (WallStreet)
PowerBook G3 (Lombard)
PowerBook G3 (Pismo)
iBook (Clamshell)
iBook (Dual USB)
General Specifications
512 bytes/sector
Ultra ATA/100 (Enhanced IDE) conforming to ATA-5
Integrated controller
No ID recording format
Segmented Buffer with write cache, upper 242 KB is used for
firmware
Shreve Systems Going Out of Business
Sale
Shreve
Systems, which advertises itself as "the oldest and largest
recycler of Macintosh and Apple II equipment in the world," is
shutting down.
A message on Shreve's Website reads:
"After 24 years of impeccable service to the Apple and
Macintosh community, we at Shreve Systems will be closing our doors
and focusing our efforts into bringing the same level of renowned
service to our sister company, Shreve Audio. Shreve Systems has
enlisted the professional services of Remarketing Associates and
will be conducting a public auction to liquidate all of our
remaining inventory. This auction will be held Dec. 13, 2002 at our
warehouse at 1200 Marshall St., Shreveport, La."
For more information call 1-800-227-3971
Meanwhile, there are some pretty good deals being offered to
clear out stock, including many PowerBook related items.
All 30 day warranties on purchases made prior to close will
remain valid
Call 1-800-227-3971 to order.
Location X Restores Location Manager
Functionality to OS X
Location
X brings Location Manager functionality from Mac OS 9
to Mac OS X. Location X allows you to change network,
time zone, email settings and more all at once with a single
click.
Macintosh portable users who travel between different locations
often have to reconfigure their Macs for use at home, school, the
office, the hotel, the east coast office, China (you get the
picture). Configuring Location X to do this for you is easy
using its intuitive and elegant Aqua interface. Now using your
laptop in different places is a snap.
Location X was designed to allow third parties to develop
plug-ins that will allow you to change even more settings than
those provided in the Location X package. We will soon be
publishing this interface to allow developers to enhance and extend
Location X. In the mean time, you can use Location X's built in
plugins that let you change your network configuration, Apple Mail
settings, time zone, Entourage settings, sound volume, default
printer, QuickTime connection speed, and run AppleScripts and shell
scripts. Check back frequently for new plug-ins!
Location X is $10 shareware.
Bargain 'Books
There are two different versions of WallStreet running at 233
MHz, the cacheless MainStreet version and the later
Series II with a level 2
cache. It's not always possible to determine from the vendor's
listing which is being offered, so we've included links within this
paragraph to the two models. The same goes for the PowerBook G4/667 (Gigabit
Ethernet/2001) and G4/667
(DVI).
iBook 500, 384 /10
GB/Combo, 12.1" screen, includes AppleCare through November 2004,
$1,197
Get a free Epson C42UX Printer with any new, refurbished, or
used Mac from PowerMax after dual rebate. While supplies last, the
Epson Stylus C42UX qualifies for a special rebate extended by Epson
to PowerMax.
Windows on Macs: Three paths for integration, Jason Packer, Macs in the Enterprise, 05.14.
Mac users have three routes for running Windows apps: Run Windows using Boot Camp or virtualization, or use a compatibility layer such as WINE.
Best iMac G4 deals, Low End Mac Deals, 05.14.
Used 15" 800 MHz Combo, $320; SuperDrive, $380; 1 GHz Combo, $400; SD, $485; 17" 1.25 GHz, $459; 20", $750.
Best Mac OS X 10.0-10.3 deals, Low End Mac Deals, 05.14.
Mac OS X 10.0.3, $40; 10.1, $49; 10.2, $60; 10.3 DVD, $50; CD, $100; 10.1 Server, unlimited users, $109; 10.3 Server, $130.
Best MacBook Air deals, Low End Mac Deals, 05.14.
1.6 GHz, 80 GB, $1,694 after rebate; 1.8 GHz, $1,994 a/r; 1.6 GHz, 64 GB SSD, $2,689 a/r; 1.8 GHz, $2,950 a/r; SuperDrive, $99.
Mac of the Day: PowerBook 170, Oct. 1991 - At 25 MHz, the PB 170 was at the top of the original PowerBook line.
List of the Day: G-Books is for G3 PowerBooks and iBooks.
May 15 in LEM history: 00: Advantages of a small Mac market - 01: Just different - Restoring after reformatting your hard drive - Mac as religion in the UK - The CRT isn't dead yet - 02: Xserve G4 - Why laptops need docks - 03: Don't break up Apple, build it up - Upgrades for slot-loading iMacs - 06: Old Macs still fun to use, productive tools - Is Mac OS 9 still a player? - David G. Wood's Mac legacy - 07: 13" 2.16 GHz MacBook - 8 free apps every Mac user should know
10 cult Macs adored by collectors, Tamara Keel, Digital Fossils, 05.13.
Macs are not only noted for their longevity, but also by the passion which collectors have for some of the most interesting models ever made.
Low End Mac's Compleat Guide to the Lombard PowerBook G3, Charles W. Moore, 'Book Value, 05.13.
With the Lombard PowerBook, Apple abandoned the legacy ADB and serial ports for USB, trimmed 20% from WallStreet's weight, and hit 400 MHz.
Best PowerBook G3 deals, Low End Mac Deals, 05.13.
Used 14" WallStreet G3/266 MHz, $90; Lombard G3/400 MHz, $200; Pismo G3/400 MHz, $300; 500 MHz, $350.
Best Apple TV deals, Low End Mac Deals, 05.13.
Refurb 40 GB Apple TV, $199; new, $210; refurb 160 GB, $279; new, $319.
Best Xserve deals, Low End Mac Deals, 05.13.
Used 1 GHz dual G4, $1,399; close-out 2.0 dual-core Xeon, $1,999; refurb 2.66, $2,799; 3.0, $3,499; new 2.8 GHz quad, $2,888; 8-core, $3,299; 3.0, $4,059.
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