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TechDepot/Office Depot has a special coupon valid until June 30, 2003 which gives you $10 off when you spend $100 or more. $10 off any $100 purchase at Tech Depot....

One user notes the following PowerBook model names PowerBook6,2 PowerBook5,2 PowerBook6,3 PowerBook5,3 In Panther Preview (/System/Library/Extensions/ AppleMacRISC2PE.kext/Contents/PlugIns/Portable2003_PlatformMonitor.kext/Contents/MacOS/Portable2003_PlatformMonitor) The current PowerBooks carry the following designations: 12" PowerBook ->...

Ship dates for PowerMac G5 orders are set for early September as of last...

rjstanford notes that Apple is running a special for registered ADC developers (Select or above) for 25% off the purchase of two or more Xserve / Xserve RAID systems. These discounts don't count against your normal hardware discounts. This special runs until the end of July. Due to the recent introduction of the G5 PowerMac, many have speculated that Xserve's are next. ...

xlr8yourmac.com posted some user submitted benchmarks comparing a short After Effects benchmarking test on the new G5: Here are my results for this test on the three computers I have available to me: 1 x 1.0 GHz G4 PowerBook 17" - ~30 minutes (3 min/frame) 2 x 2.66 GHz Pentium Xeon from Boxx - 11 min, 39 sec (1.2 min/frame) 2 x 2.0 GHz PowerMac G5 - 6 min, 1 sec...

Charles White demonstrates his (lack of?) knowledge of SPEC Scores in an editorial for DigitalVideoEditing: Xnet's response: Mr. Charlie White, I feel that I should point out an error in the table calculations at the end of your article. B/c SPEC scores are 100% dependant on the compiler used the data from Apple and AMD cannot be compared. AMD and Intel use the...

Free ground shipping when you order this white iBook by 7/2. Part #P008067 Use Q-Pon code "DRIP" when ordering and get free ground shipping. iBook G3/500 128/10gb/CD/56k/12" $699.99 ...

One reader submits the AltiVec Fractal Carbon benchmark for the 2.0GHz G5 PowerMac with SMP and Altivec enabled: 14055.2 MFLOPS For reference, a G4/450 is 1.5 GigaFlops (~1500...

Apple just released the iSight webcam for iChat AV. iSight is a state-of-the-art video camera thats the easiest way to video conference with your colleagues, friends and family over broadband. Featuring an autofocusing autoexposure F/2.8 lens which captures high-quality pictures even in low lighting, iSight also includes a dual-element microphone in its stylish compact aluminum body. P...

Final Cut Pro 4.0 was announced at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in April, but has only bee shipping recently. The new upgrade provides numerous new features: Packed with more than 300 new features, Final Cut Pro 4 introduces RT Extreme, for real-time composting and effects, powerful new interface customization tools, new high-quality 8- and 10-bit uncompressed...

Several have pointed to this job listing as a consequence of the specs leaked from Apple thursday evening. It's unclear when this job posting appeared (pre or post leak) ...

Love it or hate it, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is now available for order. As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion Caveman_uk, apparently, will not be buying ...

A curious device - with a cult following... the Griffin PowerMate USB Controller is an aluminum USB knob/wheel that sits on your desk -- drawing the oohs and aahs of your friends. The knob can be programmed to control various aspects of Mac OS X applications. Mangoman writes: You're only limited by the number of ways you can click + turn the knob. So, within any given app', you've ...

dietsoda reports on a story which was briefly on Mac-Life.de that claims to have knowledge of upcoming PowerMacs based on the contents of the mysterious boxes. This Spymac thread claims to contain the original text on the site. There is no "G5" shown on the outer hull, just PowerMacintosh 970. The Computers are there is two versions. Grey plastic with Aluminium or white...

Several readers note that German retailer Cancom are advertising for new Desktops come Monday. Their graphic also shows a Tower under brown wrapping labeled...

MacBidouille links a post in their forums claiming that boxes have arrived at one store with warnings not to open (presumably before WWDC). ...

One anonymous report claims that Apple will be creating a new Control Surface (hardware) for both Final Cut Pro and eMagic's Logic. (example)...

The New York Post claims Apple's iTunes for Windows project is due sooner than previous expected: Apple is developoing [sic] a PC/Windows Media version of iTunes, which the company plans to have ready by the end of the month. iTunes for Windows was said to be due by year's end according to Steve Jobs at the April 28th Special Event introducing the iTunes Music Service. C...