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[14 Mar 2013 | 4 Comments | 686 views]

Perhaps not a world beater, but definitely good enough for a solid third place. In the rapidly growing tablet market, that is nevertheless a very good place to be and Amazon has upped its game by dropping Kindle Fire HD …

Deals, Mac »

[12 Mar 2013 | 4 Comments | 1,192 views]

Put one on your desk and surf or fill a closet and render HD video, the Mac mini is small, silent and Apple’s only cheap Mac. All the more so when you buy Apple Certified Factory Refurbished and there’s a …

Deals, Mac »

[9 Mar 2013 | 2 Comments | 780 views]

If you have the time and skills, a home-brew hackintosh tower can deliver both savings and performance. For mere mortals that just want to get work done, far and away the best approach is to go for a refurbished Mac …

Deals, Mac, Security, Software »

[8 Mar 2013 | 3 Comments | 1,261 views]

Geekbench can now be run on Blackberry 10, as well as Apple’s latest toys. CleanMyMac gets a whole number bump, while Firefox gets a security-flavored tweak. Rounding out today’s Mac App report are a pair of Spring Mac bundles, which …

Deals, Mac, Software »

[6 Mar 2013 | 3 Comments | 581 views]

Get stuff done, get productive for less. MacLegion’s Spring Bundle brings together 10 powerfully useful apps, plus an eleventh gimme for the first 5,000 Mac deal hunters, for $49.99 — get Roxio Toast, Corel Paint, LaunchBar, Stationery Pack, Corel Paint It …

Deals, Mac »

[4 Mar 2013 | 2 Comments | 1,219 views]

You can pay Apple $1,199 for an entry-level pro portable or pay them $1,019 for a refurbished MacBook Pro with 2.5GHz i5. Aside from the price, what’s the difference? Nearly nil as it’s the same config, same full + extendible …

Deals, Mac, Software »

[2 Mar 2013 | No Comment | 667 views]

All good app deals come to an end and the LifeHacker Mac Essential Bundle is no exception — this pretty sweet collection of nine top flight apps, including TechTool Pro, MacPilot and TextExpander, will be going dark come Sunday Tuesday …

Deals, iPod »

[1 Mar 2013 | 2 Comments | 1,403 views]

Choice is good. Cheap choices are sweeter still, which is where GameStop comes in. The brick-n-mortar game retailer will buy your old iThings for cash and, as one would expect, sells refurbished iPods and, when they have too many? Well, …

Deals, Games, Mac »

[22 Feb 2013 | 6 Comments | 836 views]

High profile Mac games at significant discount and you’re facing a long, cold, low-budget Winter weekend. You can spend $7.50 on a “value” menu meal — wrapper to crapper in about 8 hours — or invest the same amount in …

Audiobooks, Deals »

[22 Feb 2013 | 4 Comments | 1,006 views]

Classics, they’re good for the soul even when the protagonist sells his. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby is a nourishing tale of the depravities of wealth sans any hope of redemption. And, sometime this year it’s coming to the silver …