Dear Friends,

Welcome to a big change in Kibbles & Bytes, the first HTML version of our flagship weekly newsletter. We have been working on this for some time and I am pleased to bring you our enhanced newsletter. This will allow us to provide easier navigation, easier to read text and of course, the ability to send pictures as well. There is a link to the plain text version of Kibbles & Bytes at the top for those that would prefer the “classic” version. As always, we would greatly appreciate your feedback on the style and content in addition to your suggestions for content and improvements!

School has started and I’ve noticed that many of the maple trees are already turning color. Grace, Emily, Tony and I took a ride on Sunday on an important mission: ride to Maine and eat a lobster. We all noticed that the fall foliage seems to be starting and will be early this year. The big maple by my garage is bright red. If you are planning to come to New England for the colors, I’d come early! I stopped at a farm on the way home to get some sweet corn, and when the farmer saw my Cubs hat and shirt (he was clearly a Red Sox fan), we joked around about baseball as I selected some good ears. The Cubs have the best record in baseball at the end of August, and their best record since the last time they went to the world series in 1945.

If you are looking for a new MacBook Pro, I encourage you to check out the values that we have on a couple of models of the 17-inch MacBook Pro. These are the best prices we have ever had for a large screen laptop. We also have great bargains on iMacs and MacBooks running right now. Apple’s market share keeps skyrocketing and while you might think that it’s the iPod and iPhone driving Apple’s business these days, the little-known secret is that it is the Mac that is driving the business. There were a couple of data points this week that point out just how much ground Apple is gaining. One research firm reported that Apple achieved a 10.4% market-share of the home market at the end of the first quarter this year, compared to a 5.4% market share at the end of the first quarter of 2006. Another industry research group reported that Mac use in businesses rose from 1.1% in October 2006 to 4.5% in June of this year. Keep in mind that every 1% of market share gained is millions of dollars in sales!