ByMike Moffit

Greetings!

Great news! Vermont has announced not one, but two tax holidays: August 22, 2009 and March 6th, 2010 (both fall on Saturdays). This means that any purchase (up to $2,000) will be tax-free! What great timing with back-to-school coming up—it’s a great reason to step into a Mac.

We were pleased to see the new additions to the Apple notebook family! The MacBook Pro now has two 13in options which start at $1199.99! Apple also revamped the specs on the rest of the MacBook Pro line; check them out here. This means there is a $999 option in the MacBook family. We also have previous generation MacBooks with closeout pricing starting at $899.99!

At our South Burlington location we have just added more classes! We have Absolute Mac Basics available for those of you who are just getting acquainted with your new Mac and Mac Basics Level 2 for those of you who feel comfortable navigating on your Mac and want to learn more about the core Mac OS Leopard (10.5) applications! Check out class dates here.

Don’t forget! Small Dog has 1st generation 16GB iPod touches in stock for $209.99. You can get 16GB of space for LESS than a current gen 8GB iPod touch! An upgrade to the new iPhone OS 3.0 software is only $9.95 through iTunes.

Our retail stores will be open Friday, July 3rd until 4PM and we will be closed Saturday, July 4th. Enjoy your 4th of July weekend… I know we will!

Katie, JJ and the rest of the Small Dog family!

katie@smalldog.com
jeremiah@smalldog.com

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    Looking to get a new iPod or Mac? Why not trade-in your older Apple equipment towards the purchase of new Apple stuff! Contact us at 800-511-MACS, email “tradeins@smalldog.com”:mailto:tradeins@smalldog.com or stop in at either of our retail locations to get more information!

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    “View it here; come on in to buy!”:http://www.smalldog.com/wag19258_atbis

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