Three Mac Deals, Three Dell Coupons, partridge not included

Dell coupons

Here are three more coupon codes from Dell. The first two are good until Nov. 20, and the last one expires on Dec. 1. These coupons and links are good for select systems. Use the coupon codes at checkout. I’ve included a screenshot of the coupon code box on the checkout screen. The savings will be reflected in your shopping cart at checkout after the codes are entered.

• Save $200 on Inspiron desktop purchases over $999: The new Inspiron 518 makes a great starting choice on this deal. As always I recommend adding more memory and larger hard drives as upgrades. Coupon code: HBJ?9CXGRF1Z4S. **LINK WILL NOT BE LIVE UNTIL 11/11/08.**Save $200 on Inspiron™ desktop purchases over $999 w. coupon code HBJ?9CXGRF1Z4S
  
• Save 25% on Inspiron desktop purchases over $1099: A good gaming and digital video platform. Add memory and hard drive space plus a video and sound card upgrade. Add on headphones to spare the family some noise. Coupon code: 9ZLMZJB7KRBM45. **LINK WILL NOT BE LIVE UNTIL 11/11/08.**Save 25% on Inspiron desktop purchases over $1099 w. coupon code 9ZLMZJB7KRBM45
  
• Save 21% on XPS 630 & 730 desktops over $1699: This offer is a real standout as Dell is offering an option to add a Dell Inspiron mini 9 “Netbook” (think super smal laptop) to your purchase for an extra $99. Mini 9’s can normally retail around $400 toi $500. So it’s great deal. Follow the guidelines for upgrades above to meet the price requirement for the coupon. Or take it as is for $1,399 and skip the coupon.**LINK WILL NOT BE LIVE UNTIL 11/11/08.**21% off XPS 630 & 730 desktops over $1699 w. coupon code 44CJ$SLGQ8J8FV
  

Mac Deals from Mac Mall

If you don’t know, Mac Mall is “America’s most respected and prominent Apple direct reseller. They sell more Apple-branded products than any other direct Apple reseller, and they have been supplying Apple products to Apple enthusiasts since 1991.” (Quote provided by Mac Mall).

• Save up to 100% off on Mac software at the Mac Mall: 30% of VmWare Fusion; Internet and ArtRage Deluxe are both free; $20 off on Crunch, Roxio Creator, and PhotoShop Elements. Save as much as 100% OFF on Mac Software only from MacMall.com
  
• Up to $650 off on LCD Monitors and HDTVs at the Mac Mall: Includes brands such as ViewSonic and Westinghouse with units ranging from 19 to 47 inches. Save as much as $650! on MacMall’s LCD HDTV BLOWOUT SALE!
  
• Get a new MacBook Pro with a free printer, carrying case, and more, while saving $150: SAVE up to $150 on the new MacBook Pro prices starting at $1,864.96 + FREE Parallels 3.0, Carrying Case & Printer after Rebate(s)
  

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Walt Mossberg Reviews the new MacBook Aluminum

Today, Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal reviewed the new low-end MacBook which is carved from a solid block of aluminum. His tests revealed it to be lighter, thinner, cooler, but slightly slower and more expensive than the previous incarnation of the MacBook. All in all he says, “Apple’s new MacBook is a terrific choice for consumers and students, if you can handle the $1,299 price.”

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Steve Jobs on the MobileMe mess

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An apologetic email attributed to Steve Jobs regarding Apple’s troubled MobileMe service was leaked today.

Team,

The launch of MobileMe was not our finest hour. There are several things we could have done better:

• MobileMe was simply not up to Apple’s standards – it clearly needed more time and testing.
• Rather than launch MobileMe as a monolithic service, we could have launched over-the-air syncing with iPhone to begin with, followed by the web applications one by one: Mail first, followed 30 days later (if things went well with Mail) by Calendar, then 30 days later by Contacts.
• It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store. We all had more than enough to do, and MobileMe could have been delayed without consequence.

We are taking many steps to learn from this experience so that we can grow MobileMe into a service that our customers will love. One step that I can share with you today is that the MobileMe team will now report to Eddy Cue, who will lead all of our internet services: iTunes, the App Store and, starting today, MobileMe. Eddy’s new title will be Vice President, Internet Services and he will now report directly to me.

The MobileMe launch clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn about Internet services. And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is both exciting and ambitious, and we will press on to make it a service we are all proud of by the end of this year.

Steve

MobileMe, released on July 9, 2008, was Apple’s replacement for their .Mac service (released Jan. 5, 2000). MobileMe, like .Mac before it, was a package or suite of services.  All .Mac subscribers were upgraded to MobileMe.

For $119 per year MobileMe users have access to services such as:

• 20 GB of online storage
• Mail: MobileMe includes an @me.com email address (previous .Mac users also keep their @mac.com address and can use either as both addresses are linked). When a message is received it is sent directly to all the user’s devices using Push Mail. Supported devices include the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, Apple Mail on Mac OS X, and Microsoft Outlook on Microsoft Windows.
• Address Book and Calendar: If a user makes a change to a contact or event on one device it will automatically synced to the MobileMe servers and, by extension, all the user’s other devices. Supported devices include the Apple iPhone, Address Book and iCal on Mac OS X, or Microsoft Outlook on Microsoft Windows.
• Photo Gallery: Photos can be uploaded in the web browser at me.com, synced by iPhoto or Aperture on Mac OS X or by sending it from the iPhone and iPod Touch.
• iDisk: An online storage repository accessible via a web browser at me.com, Finder on Mac OS X, or as a remote disk in Microsoft Windows. It also allows sharing of files by placing them in the iDisk Public Folder.
• iWeb Publish: Users of Mac OS X 10.5 or later can use the iLife 08 application iWeb to publish websites hosted on their MobileMe account, either to a domain name that the user controls or a page on the me.com website.

What Problems Were/Are There

One of the most vexing problems suffered by users of MobileMe was the poor functioning of the synchronization service for the address book which often resulted in duplicate entries or lost entries, an email service outage that lasted four days, and generally choppy service access.

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