Other World Computing (OWC), a leading Mac and PC technology company and leading after-market supplier of memory upgrades for the Mac Pro, today announced its new “Quick Install” Guide for OWC Memory Upgrade Kits for the latest Mac Pro 8-Core Xeon models for the fastest, easiest installation a user can do on their own. Priced as low as $48.75 per GB, OWC memory upgrades offer a savings of well over 70% as compared to factory-installed and other competitors.
There are some slight changes to the memory riser configuration vs. the prior model, so users need to plan for a slightly different memory installation procedure. To simplify the process, OWC has created both a standard “Quick Install” Guide included with every Mac Pro 800MHz Memory set shipped and an online video installation guide to show just how easy it is to install. As OWC’s guide and online video affirms (see http://eshop.macsales.com/how_to_install/Apple/Mac_Pro_Memory_800Mhz_2008 for video), Mac Pro memory is an easily user installable upgrade.
OWC (FB-DIMM) 800MHz DDR2 72-Bit ECC fully-buffered Memory Upgrade Modules are available in matched sets of 1.0GB, 2.0GB, and 4.0GB modules for up to 32.0GB of total memory (see full pricing info below).
OWC Memory Module New Pricing:
2.0GB Matched Sets (1.0GB Module x 2) for as low as $60.00/GB
4.0GB Matched Sets (2.0GB Module x 2) for as low as $48.75/GB
8.0GB Matched Sets (4.0GB Module x 2) for as low as $85.94/GB
OWC has been providing memory to upgrade Apple computers for nearly 20 years. In August of 2006, OWC was the first to provide true Apple-Qualified memory for the first Apple Mac Pro Quad Xeon computers at independent prices and now without delay, has the new 800MHz memory available for these most recent Apple Mac Pro 8-Core Xeon models. OWC Memory Upgrade Kits provide premium quality, fully-tested modules that completely meet and/or exceed all Apple specifications. Utilizing superior components, including true Apple-Qualified heat spreaders, the modules provide a lifetime of high-performance, reliable operation backed by OWC’s Lifetime Advance Replacement Warranty.
Cash Back Trade-In Rebate
A cash-back rebate of up to $55 per set is also available from OWC for the trade-in of Apple factory memory. Available for immediate order, the OWC Memory Upgrade Kits consist of matched pairs of FB-DIMM modules manufactured to Apple’s stringent Mac Pro specifications, far exceeding JEDEC (the leading developer of solid-state industry standards) specifications. For additional information on OWC’s Mac Pro 8-Way Quad Xeon Memory Modules, See: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory or call toll free (800) 275-4576.
OWC also offers a full line of memory for upgrading nearly every Apple model made from the last twenty years, including MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, PowerMac, and PowerBook computers. The full OWC Memory line, as well as a compatibility guide which directs customers to the correct upgrades for each specific Apple model, can be found online here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/
Scratching your head over the Mac Pro update today? You know, the one where 8-cores are now standard on all Mac Pro’s and a bump to 3.2 GHz 8-core Xeon processing, a 1600 MHz front side bus and 800 MHz memory to just make sure things hum nicely for all those Pixar hopefuls. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, calls this, “The fastest Intel Xeon architecture on the market.” So why Phil is it out today and not next week at Macworld? Couple that with the update to Xserve and you must have to really stop and think about this.
First, Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs has never been a big IT guy. When the Xserve was originally released at Macworld a few years back, it was as if it were just some blip on his Keynote presentation and nothing more. So it’s no surprise to find Xserve on Apple’s homepage buried away from the mass to find out about. But the Mac Pro is a bit different. It’s up there on stage with Steve during Stevenotes and is the power horse behind the Mac. So why front page at apple.com and not Macworld? Mmm, maybe because something so much more exciting is on tap.
The rumored sub-notebook MacBook is pretty nifty in itself, but not big enough to one-up the Mac Pro to shove it off stage for a paired announcement. No, something grander is behind this supposed announcement. Many have talked about a very unique docking system, one in which the sub-notebook docks inside an LCD screen. Yes, like most of the iMac announcements, this would be pretty fantastic…and who’d care about the Mac Pro speed bump at that point? Umm-hmm.
And friends, that’s not probably half of it. With any of our Macworld predictions coming true, that too is enough to over shadow the Mac Pro upgrade. Add our newest prediction (that popped into my head late last night) and like that chef says — BAM! — you’ve got an unforgettable Macworld announcement. Again.
So while the Mac Pro improvement is nice, heck, very nice, it’s still not as great as what’s to come. Are you excited yet? 
Newer Technology announced today the NewerTech eSATA Extender Cable for Mac Pro 8-Core/Quad-Core computers. The NewerTech eSATA Extender Cable is the first extender cable available on the market that offers Mac Pro owners the ability to utilize the two unused internal SATA ports on the motherboard and add up to two external eSATA devices to run up to 6 hard drives or other devices on your Mac Pro!
The NewerTech eSATA Extender Cable is specifically and thoroughly engineered to be a “Perfect Fit Solution,” so it accurately and properly routes inside a Mac Pro case. Users can connect any two SATA-I or SATA-II devices to expand their data storage configuration. A step-by step illustrated installation manual is included to make set-up easy.
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Other World Computing (OWC) today announced availability of OWC Apple-Qualified Memory Upgrade Modules for the new Mac Pro 8-Way Xeon (new Mac Pro model announced yesterday), as well as lower pricing for memory for the existing Mac Pro Quad Xeon models. Priced as low as $118.75 per GB, OWC is offering upgrades at a savings of well over 50% as compared to factory-installed and other competitors. The OWC (FB-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 72-Bit ECC fully-buffered Memory Upgrade Modules are available in matched sets of 512MB, 1.0GB, and 2.0GB modules for up to 16.0GB of total memory (see full pricing info after the jump).
OWC has been providing memory to upgrade Apple computers for nearly 20 years. Last August, OWC was the first to provide true Apple-Qualified memory for the new Apple Mac Pro Quad Xeon computers at independent prices and now without delay, has certified memory available for the new Apple Mac Pro 8-Way Xeon models as well. OWC Memory Upgrade Kits provide premium quality, fully-tested modules that completely meet and/or exceed all Apple specifications. Utilizing superior components, including true Apple-Qualified heat spreaders, the modules provide a lifetime of high-performance, reliable operation backed by OWC’s Lifetime Advance Replacement Warranty. Read the rest of this entry »
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at this years Macworld Expo, the first thing that came to mind after digesting the incredible device was how this would filter to the iPod line. Known for creating various models in the iPod line, this would fit just perfect for Apple to introduce a new top of the line player. With the Internet showing a full-screen iPod model for nearly a year now, the postings and maybe even pictures of this fabled model may indeed simply be a working model of the next-generation iPod video with many software aspects of the iPhone built into it. Apple would easily be able to bring a full-screen iPod to market with all the features of the iPhone minus the communication aspects. We know Apple loves spreading the love with its software (remember when Jobs dropped the Intel bomb and told the stunned crowd at WWDC that Apple had been running OS X on Intel boxes since 10.0) and it just isn’t a stretch to think that that iPhone and the 6G iPod would be designed in unison.
If Apple has an iPod full-screen version in the labs running iPhone software with the fancy touch screen and all, it’s surely scheduled for a fall release. Not desiring to stifle sales of the already outrageously priced iPhone, Apple will hold off on the 6G iPod release until the phones fully saturated the markets conscious state. With a scheduled June release (tag a month or two on for reality), three to four months of a window would be expected before the next iPod were to grace Apple Store and others shelves…just in time for Christmas, of course.
The name is surely to see a change for this incredible and most advanced iPod ever. It wouldn’t be with any surprise to see the current 5.5G sticking around while the high-priced 6G makes a foot hold in the market. With the shuffle at the bottom, the nano as the mid-line, the “regular” iPod in the upper-line, it would only make sense to name the next top of the line iPod more in line with other top of the line Apple products. For the laptop line, you have the MacBook Pro and for the desktop line, the Mac Pro. So, doesn’t it just make pure marketing sense to name the full-screen iPod the iPod Pro? Would seem to me. Before you start with the counter argument that the Pro insignia for the two computer models signifies performance for professionals and sticking Pro onto an iPod wouldn’t really jive, remember what the iPhone runs on: OS X. What stops Apple from allowing the iPod Pro from running some robust applications along side its Address Book and Calendar that already grace the iPod? Further, with a 120 GB drive to be included and possibly Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, it just seems to be the perfect professional iPod!
If you’re in the market to buy a new Mac Pro, then you may want to head over to Silverado Systems as its sweetening the deal to an incredible tower computer with some free stuff. Silverado Systems is celebrating four years of business and it want to give YOU the present. Purchase a Mac Pro with AppleCare between now and the end of March and Silverado Systems will give you at no additional charge Airport, Bluetooth, and wireless keyboards/Mighty Mice in your order! If you’re looking to get a MacBook Pro (with AppleCare), then you’ll get a free Booq PowerSleeve valued at $100.
Other World Computing (OWC) http://www.macsales.com
OWC has been providing memory to upgrade Apple computers for nearly 20 years. OWC was the first company to provide a true Apple-Qualified Mac Pro Quad Xeon memory upgrade kit at independent prices, shipping within five days of the release of the Mac Pro Quad Xeon. OWC Memory Upgrade Modules are premium quality, fully-tested modules that fully meet and/or exceed all Apple specifications. Utilizing superior components, including true Apple-Qualified heat spreaders, the modules provide a lifetime of high-performance, reliable operation backed by OWC’s Lifetime Advance Replacement Warranty.
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If you haven’t performed a Software Update on your MacBook or MacBook Pro recently, then you don’t know about Apple’s update for Cingular’s HSDPA or Sprints and Verizon’s EV-DO Rev. A. The new WWAN Support Update 1.0 will give you native support for various ExpressCards (plus one USB device) that support either HSDPA, EV-DO Rev. 0, or EV-DO Rev. A. Giving Mac users true plug-and-play for the latest in near broadband access anywhere where there is a cellular signal, Apple will let the PC users worry about drivers and compatibility issues at the time of purchase.
Take a look at what ExpressCards and the one USB adapter that are now supported.
Cingular (now AT&T) customers:
•Novatel Merlin XU870 ExpressCard (HSDPA)
Sprint customers:
•Novatel Wireless Merlin EX720 Express Card (EVDO Rev. A)
•Novatel Wireless Ovation U720 USB Modem (USB Adapter, EVDO Rev. A)
Verizon customers:
•Novatel XV620 ExpressCard (EVDO Rev. 0)
•Novatel V740 ExpressCard (EVDO Rev. A)
•Novatel Wireless Ovation U720 (USB Adapter, EVDO Rev. A)
So here I am, working next to my MacBook Pro which has its pretty lid closed and a glowing white light coming from the latch release. “Yup, saving power,” I think as I work on other things. But then I hear the SuperDrive mechanism going and stop what I’m doing to look at the Mac. The white light’s still glowing so what’s with the noise from the SuperDrive? This seems to be an issue that’s been happening for a while now that even though the Mac is a sleep, the drive will be active. Almost as if it’s looking for a disc during boot up. Having no idea what could be causing this, I simply ignore it but still, would like to resolve it.
It may be related to another issue I’ve encountered just recently, too. I’ve noticed that if I let it sleep for over 24 hours, popping open the lid gives me nothing but a black screen. Repeated closing and openings do not wake it up. A power cycle is my only choice to regain contact with my Mac. On a hunch, I have closed Skype 2.x beta to see if it could be the culprit. The few times I’ve done this test, the Mac woke up when I open the lid after a 24 hour nap. So, maybe Skype is causing the drive activity and the inability to wake after long periods of sleep. We’ll see after some more testing.
That’s one Mac that has sleeping problems but I also have another one that just refuses to sleep. My wife’s Mac mini just doesn’t want to save us any power. It likes playing the screen saver and really won’t go nightie-night. Yes, I’ve checked the settings and yes it’s set for 1 hour of inactivity. But still, no tired Mac mini that ever sleeps. In fact, forcing it to sleep from the Apple menu still doesn’t work. It blanks out the screen, shows a white glowing dot on the Mac minis front panel and then — poof! — up it comes again from the dead. “Look mom, no hands!” It’s on or off for that Mac, I guess.
So there’s my fun little life with my two newest Macs. The PowerBook is a work horse and still has yet to exhibit any odd behaviour. Maybe I should shut up while I’m ahead.
Greenlight Wireless has been helping resolution challenged web surfers with making large sites fit just right on thier PDA and phone screens for some time now. Skweezer makes going to graphic intense and complex formatted sites like eBay or Amazon not so frustrating for many and now it has put together a new way to surf social sites such as del.iou.us and furl.
Greenliht Wireless told SvenOnTech, “Skweezer has a new feature that allows users to save browsing favorites to del.icio.us, Furl, Simpy or BlinkList from their cell phone or PDA.” Making such a cumbersome task a piece of cake really helps one when they’re, forgive the pun, in a squeeze. With social sites are becoming more popular than search engines as of late, this makes a perfect added solution to the Skweezer site which is free of charge to use.