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CalDigit Offers FREE CalDigit VR with Purchase of HDElement!

Published July 1st, 2009 in Storage. 0 Comments

Placentia, California, July 1, 2009 - CalDigit is continuing its summer of savings with a very special promotion on the HDElement. Buy an HDElement or HDElement expansion unit and get a free CalDigit VR. That’s a value of up to $949. This offer is only good for a limited time so act fast.

You’ll get a free CalDigit VR 2TB with the purchase of a 4TB HDElement or a free CalDigit VR 3TB with the purchase of a 6TB HDElement. This offer is good on purchases made at participating CalDigit resellers in the US and Canada July 1st through September 30th of 2009. Participating resellers are: B&H, Tekserve, Carbon Sound and Picture, Create More, Melrose Mac and Powermax.

For more information please visit http://caldigit.com/HDElement%20promotion/

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Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models

Published June 22nd, 2009 in iPhone, Geeky Mac Stuff, Technology News, Geeky Mac News and Apple. 0 Comments

iPhone 3.0 Software Downloads Reach Six Million

CUPERTINO, California—June 22, 2009—Apple® today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone™ 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.

“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”

The new iPhone 3GS is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including improved speed and performance—up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G—with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. iPhone 3GS includes the new iPhone OS 3.0, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 100 new features such as Cut, Copy and Paste, MMS*, Spotlight™ Search, landscape keyboard and more. iPhone 3GS customers get access to more than 50,000 applications from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, the largest application store in the world where customers have already downloaded over one billion apps. iPhone 3GS offers twice the capacity for the same price with a 16GB model for just $199 and a new 32GB model for just $299.** And iPhone 3G is available at the breakthrough price of just $99 for the 8GB model—a huge milestone for the high end smartphone market.

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Safari 4 Downloads Top 11 Million in Three Days

Published June 13th, 2009 in Geeky Mac Stuff, Technology News and Apple. 0 Comments

CUPERTINO, California—June 12, 2009—Apple® today announced that more than 11 million copies of Safari® 4 have been downloaded in the first three days of its release, including more than six million downloads of Safari for Windows. Safari 4 is the world’s fastest, most innovative browser and is built on the world’s most advanced browser technologies including the new Nitro JavaScript engine that executes JavaScript nearly eight times faster than IE 8 and more than four times faster than Firefox 3. Safari quickly loads HTML web pages more than three times faster than IE 8 and three times faster than Firefox 3.*

“Safari 4 is an incredible success on Mac and Windows with more than 11 million downloads in the first three days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari users love the incredible speed and innovative features like Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow.”

Starting with the development of the open source WebKit browser engine, Apple has been leading the industry in defining and implementing innovative web standards. Safari 4 includes HTML 5 support for offline technologies and support for advanced CSS Effects, enabling an entirely new class of web applications that feature rich media, graphics and fonts. Safari 4 is the first browser to pass the Web Standards Project’s Acid3 test, which examines how well a browser adheres to CSS, JavaScript, XML and SVG standards that are specifically designed for dynamic web applications.

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Apple Unveils Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Published June 8th, 2009 in Geeky Mac Stuff, Technology News and Apple. 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO—June 8, 2009—Apple® today unveiled Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™, an even more powerful and refined version of the world’s most advanced operating system and the foundation for future Mac® innovation. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies, out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange and new accessibility features. Snow Leopard will ship as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users in September 2009 for $29.

“We’ve built on the success of Leopard and created an even better experience for our users from installation to shutdown,” said Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “Apple engineers have made hundreds of improvements so with Snow Leopard your system is going to feel faster, more responsive and even more reliable than before.”

To create Snow Leopard, Apple engineers focused on perfecting the world’s most advanced operating system, refining 90 percent of the more than 1,000 projects in Mac OS X. Users will notice a more responsive Finder™; Mail that loads messages 85 percent faster and conducts searches up to 90 percent faster;* Time Machine® with up to 50 percent faster initial backup;* a Dock with Exposé integration; a 64-bit version of Safari® 4 that boosts the performance of the Nitro JavaScript engine by up to 50 percent** and is resistant to crashes caused by plug-ins. Snow Leopard also includes an all new QuickTime® X, with a redesigned player that allows users to easily view, record, trim and share video to YouTube, MobileMe™ or iTunes®. Snow Leopard is half the size of the previous version and frees up to 6GB of drive space once installed.

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Apple Updates MacBook Pro Family with New Models & Innovative Built-in Battery for Up to 40 Percent Longer Battery Life

Published June 8th, 2009 in Geeky Mac Stuff, Technology News and Apple. 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO—June 8, 2009—Apple® today updated the aluminum unibody MacBook® Pro line to include 13-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch models featuring Apple’s innovative built-in battery for up to 40 percent longer battery life. Each MacBook Pro includes an LED-backlit display with greater color intensity, the innovative glass Multi-Touch™ trackpad, an illuminated keyboard, an SD card or ExpressCard slot, a FireWire® 800 port and state of the art NVIDIA graphics. Starting at just $1,199, the MacBook Pro line is more affordable than ever, with some models up to $300 less than the previous generation. The industry’s greenest notebook lineup, every Mac® notebook achieves EPEAT* Gold status and meets Energy Star 5.0 requirements, setting a new standard for environmentally friendly notebook design.

“Across the line, all of our new MacBook Pro models now include Apple’s innovative built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery life, while staying just as thin and light as before,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Starting at just $1,199, the aluminum unibody MacBook Pro is more affordable than ever and sets a new standard for environmentally friendly notebook design.”

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Apple Announces the New iPhone 3G S—The Fastest, Most Powerful iPhone Yet

Published June 8th, 2009 in Geeky Mac Stuff, Technology News and Apple. 0 Comments

iPhone 3G Now Available for $99

SAN FRANCISCO—June 8, 2009—Apple® today introduced the new iPhone™ 3G S, the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including improved speed and performance—up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G—with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. iPhone 3G S includes the new iPhone OS 3.0, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 100 new features such as Cut, Copy and Paste, MMS*, Spotlight Search, landscape keyboard and more. iPhone 3G S customers get access to more than 50,000 applications from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, the largest application store in the world where customers have already downloaded over one billion apps. iPhone 3G S offers twice the capacity for the same price with a 16GB model for just $199 and a new 32GB model for just $299.** And beginning today, iPhone 3G is available at the breakthrough price of just $99 for the 8GB model—a huge milestone for the high end smartphone market.

“iPhone 3G S is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet and we think people will love the incredible new features including autofocus camera, video recording and the freedom of voice control,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of WorldWide Product Marketing. “And with a breakthrough price of $99, we are thrilled to get iPhone 3G into the hands of even more users who want them.”

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What to Expect at WWDC

Published June 6th, 2009 in Geeky Mac Rumors, Geeky Mac Stuff and Apple. 0 Comments

What can Apple fans expect to come out of WWCD? While the World Wide Developers Conference is a week of seminars and training for Apple developers world wide, we can expect many announcements in the keynote address on Monday.

Two things are likely:

1. OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will be demoed, and the release date will be announced. Why 10.6 will not ship, because information from many developers working with Apple have noted that licensing paperwork has not yet been completed. This mean that we can see Snow Leopard soon, but it will likely not be released at WWDC.

2. iPhone OS 3.0. This is no surprise. Apple has been busy working working on this release and it’s really been no secret. We’ll likely see this released next week.

As for other announcements, it’s hard to tell for sure. The silence that Apple is known for makes judging what to come very difficult. Rumors have shed light on 3 possible devices; A new iPhone, and Apple Tablet, and an Apple Netbook. While the iPhone is the most likely, it’s very possible that there may not be many improvements and capacities and pricing changes may be more signifiant.

Rumored Apple Tablet, Same Form-Factor as iPhone?

Published May 25th, 2009 in Geeky Mac Rumors and Apple. 0 Comments

Rumors of an alleged Apple tablet have been circulating for years. At the same time rumors of an Apple netbook have been picking up speed. What are the odds that Apple with release two such devices?

Geeky Mac has reason to believe that both these rumored devices will be the same product in the end. And while the form-factor is likely to be similar to the iPhone, but on a larger scale, there is much confusion about it’s OS.

The iPhone OS is extremely powerful, and ideal fora device like the iPhone, but is it enough for something more substantial? However, that question raises more questions, like what is the iPhone OS cable of with more processor power, and an external keyboard. After all the iPhone OS is based on OS X, and the public has yet to see the power of iPhone OS 3.0.

At the end of the day, every user, has a different purpose for their computer, but almost all will need to check email and browse the web. While the iPhone has made this easy to do almost anywhere, it’s not necessarily the best experience. Once this bridge is gaped, a netbook/tablet becomes very likely.

The thing that Apple is known for is creating a devices that can be used by everyone. Now they have line of iPods and Macs. Different models for different people. How will a netbook/tablet fit into the mix? That is the question that Apple must be trying to answer. But take a look at the MacBook Air. Small form factor, less power. Ideal for some, but not different enough to justify the uses of a regular MacBook. Is there enough market for the netbook/tablet?

The answer is in the navigation, and typing capabilities. This is what limits the iPhone, but adding a full sized keyboard is impossible. However, a tablet with touch capabilities could also support a pull out keyboard. The end product could be very interesting, and very well could revolutionize personal computing.

CalDigit Offers Sizzling Summer Savings!

Published May 6th, 2009 in Final Cut Pro, Storage, Geeky Mac Stuff, Technology News, Geeky Mac News, Digital Video Editing and Apple. 0 Comments

Placentia, California, May 6, 2009 - This summer CalDigit is offering two incredible ways to save on popular CalDigit products. Take up to $1,200 off the fast and powerful HDPro and save $100 when you pre-order the new CalDigit VR mini.

HDPros purchased from any CalDigit authorized reseller between May 1, 2009 and July 31, 2009 are eligible for an incredible mail in rebate. Receive $1,200 back on 12TB models, $800 on 8TB models, and $500 on 5TB models. For the official rebate form complete with rules and regulations visit http://www.caldigit.com/HDPro_Rebate/HDPro_Rebate.pdf.

The CalDigit VR mini is the newest and smallest array from CalDigit. It’s mini yet mighty, and packs all the performance of the original CalDigit VR into a small and bus powered package. Due to popular demand, select CalDigit resellers (Mac Business Solutions, PowerMAX and Safe Harbor) will be taking pre-orders on 1TB CalDigit VR minis. As a special incentive, pre-orders are eligible for a $100 mail-in rebate. Visit www.caldigit.com/VR_mini/preorder/ for links directly to CalDigit resellers that will be honoring this special pre-order offer. You must act quickly because this offer is only good until June 15, 2009.

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Introducing The CalDigit VR Mini. Serious Storage. On the Go.

Published April 13th, 2009 in Storage, Geeky Mac Stuff, Technology News and Geeky Mac News. 0 Comments

Placentia, California, April 13, 2009 - CalDigit is excited to introduce the CalDigit VR mini, an innovative, compact and bus powered two drive RAID system, supporting a quadruple interface for easy connectivity. The CalDigit VR mini’s modular design provides two removable drive modules and an easy to read frontside LCD. With support for RAID 0, 1, and JBOD the CalDigit VR mini can reach speeds fast enough for high definition video editing. It includes easy to use software allowing for firmware updates, configuration, monitoring and even supports email notification. The CalDigit VR mini packs a ton of performance into a small package, making it a truly portable storage solution that can fit in the palm of your hand.

“The increasing demand for mobile editing has inspired us to create a product that’s not only incredibly small, but powerful. It’s hard to imagine what the CalDigit VR mini is capable of when you pick it up. The speed that this small RAID can provide is truly impressive.” Jared Picune VP of sales and marketing for CalDigit.

The CalDigit VR mini is bus powered via FireWire, so no extra power supply is needed. When additional speed is needed use eSATA for data and FireWire for power. The CalDigit VR mini is smart enough to know which port to use, so you never need an additional power supply.

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