Happy Tuesday,
Small Dog newsletters and blog are powered by an open-source content management system (CMS) called TextPattern. Morgan has tweaked it to meet our needs over the years, and it’s been very good to us. It allows us to write content directly into a web browser and select a few options to direct content to the appropriate spot, like Tech Tails. This integration is both an advantage and a pitfall: typing directly in the web browser saves some time but does not allow you to save your work as you go. Further, if you don’t save your work and your computer crashes, that work is gone, unlike a traditional word processor; Time Machine doesn’t grab this content, either.
As luck would have it, I returned from a meeting to put the finishing touches on an article to find my MacBook Pro with the dreaded Kernel Panic message on the screen. That article was lost. Had I saved my work to the server… well, you get the idea.
Do you have Time Machine set up on your Mac? Do you have Leopard yet? Have Leopard but no external drive? Time Machine is for me the most compelling feature of the operating system, as the peace of mind alone makes the upgrade worthwhile.
Not all of us are able to upgrade our hardware every few years, especially in this economy. Older computers meet many our needs and while we’d love to buy new computers, operating system upgrades are often enough to tide us over for a few more years. As part of our Moms, Dads and Grads promotion that kicked off yesterday, I’m offering a bundle including the Box Set (Leopard, iWork ’09 and iLife ’09), 4GB of RAM, and a LaCie 500GB external hard drive for $399.99 installed. It’s a savings of over $100 off our normal pricing, and with the RAM upgrade you’ll notice a considerable boost in speed in addition to all the new features of Leopard.
If you already have Leopard, but lack a backup drive, we have 500GB LaCie models starting at $79.99. And if you just want a bigger internal hard drive, we’re offering half off data transfer services.
For all the Switchers out there, we’re also offering a free basic Windows to Mac data transfer, a $69.99 value, for the duration of the promotion. There’s never been a better time to get a Mac! Swing by one of our stores, or give us a call. There are tons of great deals right now.
Thanks for reading, and keep in touch.
Matt
matt@smalldog.com