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cultofmac.com - 2/6/2009
How I Got a Vintage Mac
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Independent Mac repair shops all over the world are rejoicing this week, after Apple’s announcment the company will phase out repair support for certain G4 machines, xserve products and other “vintage” and “obsolete” gear. After March 17th, Apple will no ...

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appleinsider.com - 2/5/2009
Apple's Snow Leopard to include location, multi-touch tools
— appleinsider.com — Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system will include tools borrowed from the iPhone that let developers determine the geographical location of Macs, as well as extend additional support for multi-touch to their apps, AppleInsider has ... (more) Apple's Snow Leopard to include location, multi-touch tools

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support.apple.com - 2/4/2009
Vintage and obsolete products
— support.apple.com — iBook (14.1 LCD) iBook (16 VRAM) iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM) iBook (FireWire) iBook (Late 2001) iBook Special Edition (FireWire) iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM) iBook (14.1 LCD 900 MHz 32VRAM) iBook (32 VRAM) iBook (800 MHz 32 VRAM) iBook (900 MHz 32 VRAM) ... (more) Vintage and obsolete products

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Recession Takes a Bite out of Apple Mac Sales
blog.changewave.com - 2/3/2009
Recession Takes a Bite out of Apple Mac Sales
— blog.changewave.com — Be the first to comment>> By Paul Carton February 3, 2009 Everyone knows consumers have ratcheted down their spending, but how badly is the negative purchasing environment affecting consumer PC sales? Very badly, according to our latest ChangeWave ... (more) Recession Takes a Bite out of Apple Mac Sales

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Daily Apple: Forgetting Fixes, France Free-For-All, & Finer Focus [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... Repair Support Being Phased Out By Apple for “Vintage” Products - I”m having second thoughts about picking up that 12″ Powerbook I was thinking about getting since Apple refuses to release a proper netbook, now that they’ve announced they’re dropping official repair support for the older portable, among others. Check to see if you’ve become obsolete. ...

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Apple adding to its "vintage and obsolete" list
arstechnica.com 2/4/2009 — From a computer enthusiast's point of view, some machines may never fall into the obsolete category. Rare as it may be, sometimes you just bond with a machine to the point where you will go to the ends of the earth to continue its life. ...
Apple soon to add Mac models to its ‘obsolete’ list — MacDailyNews
Soon, Apple will officially deem some older Macs as 'vintage' or 'obsolete'
More G4 -Based Hardware to Enter the Apple Obsolete List — HardMac.com
Source : Ars Technica Apple should update its Obsolete List next March 17th, and several G4-based models should now be part of it: • Xserve Raid • Xserve (Slot Load) • Xserve (Cluster Node) • PowerBook G4 • Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) • Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver) • Macintosh ...
For Popular Mac Bundles, Update Not an Upgrade — Wash Post Technology
One of the better reasons to buy a Mac isn't Apple's computers or its Mac OS X operating system. It's iLife, the bundle of photo, movie and music programs that's been making most PCs' cobbled-together multimedia tools look obsolete since 2003.
Apple: Welcome to the obsolete list, PowerBook G4 — The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Ars Technica reports that Apple will announce the latest additions to its list of vintage and obsolete machines on March 17. The list, initially reported through MacMerc , includes the following: The "vintage" machines are ones where service parts are available to repair machines purchased in ...