If you’re into the hottest new thing on the internet (no, not that), join us on “*Pinterest!*”:http://www.pinterest.com/hellosmalldog

We are grabbing everything we love around the web–the latest Apple products, geek stuff, some motorcycle and tattoo love for Don, chicken stuff for Grace, our favorite “Maccidents,” and much more.

We’d love to see you there.

June is here, and your overstuffed garages and basements will thank you when you decide to recycle your old electronics at one of our two eWaste Recycling Events.

If you’re in or around the Manchester, NH area, come out to the Mall of NH tomorrow– *Saturday, June 16 from 9-3pm.* “*Check out our event page on Facebook here.*”:https://www.facebook.com/events/117215921749620/

If you’re in or around the Rutland, VT area (new location this year!), come out to Rutland High School on *Saturday, June 30 from 9-3pm.* “*Check out our event page on Facebook here.*”:https://www.facebook.com/events/370407646353422/

More details are available on our website as well:
“*http://www.smalldog.com/ewaste2012*”:http://www.smalldog.com/ewaste2012

“What Would Make the Next Gen MacBook Pro?” On Monday, Phil Schiller addressed the WWDC audience with the question he posed to the Apple engineering team, many months ago.

The answer, of course, is the entirely new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. I knew I wanted one before I even heard what it was as it sat on the pedestal under a velvety black shroud! Oh Apple, you slay me (along with an audience of developers).

Obviously its name, “15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display,” lets you know what Apple thinks is its most endearing feature, and in fact there has never been a notebook display like this before. The resolution is 2880 by 1800 which is 5.1 million pixels! That’s 3 million more than an HDTV. Oh my word, I can’t wait to see it in person.

It’s more svelte, too. Weighing in at 4.46 pounds and only .71 inch thick. (Is there a word for svelter?) Apple was able to shave more than a pound off the non-Retina Display MBP. This was achieved by not including an optical drive and moving to all flash storage. This puts the MBP w/RD at the same weight as the 13-inch MBP. Pretty good, eh?

So what about all the other stuff? The MBP w/RD sports two USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt ports, and HDMI port set it apart from its peers. Bluetooth, FaceTime, and SDXC slot are still there. Did you notice that Ethernet isn’t there? You’ll need to add an Ethernet to Thunderbolt adapter to connect to wires.

What’s all this going to cost? Prices will start at $2,199 for the basic configuration of:

* 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
* Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
* 8GB 1600MHz memory
* 256GB flash storage
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
* Built-in battery (7 hours)

“*See it here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80927/at_tt

And $2,799 for the 2.6GHz configuration:

* 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
* Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
* 8GB 1600MHz memory
* 512GB flash storage
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
* Built-in battery (7 hours)

“*See it here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80928/at_tt

This is the first new Mac since Steve passed away and I really, really missed hearing “oh yeah, just one more thing…”

Steve, they did you proud.

We will keep you posted regarding when they will be in stock, though from our reports (and Apple’s own website), it looks to be just a couple of weeks.

Save $30 on a MacBook + Apple TV.

As Don mentioned in his intro, Mountain Lion will feature the ability to use AirPlay Mirroring on your Mac. Make sure you are ready to take advantage of this amazing new feature with our MacBook and Apple TV bundle. We even include the HDMI cable you will need to connect your Apple TV to your regular TV.

_Dear Friends,_

It is a beautiful summer day here in the Green Mountains and I rode my motorcycle to work today, as I had some errands to do around the area, including “*Small Dog Speaks,*”:http://www.smalldog.com/sdspeaks our weekly radio show on WDEV radio. We are having some fun with the show and have visions of it being the next “*Car Talk,*”:http://www.cartalk.com/ except with technology and dogs! My co-host is “*Rebecca,*”:http://www.smalldog.com/rebecca and it is a good thing because she can answer the toughest questions from our listeners (all 3 of them!).

The announcements from Apple this week were the topic of discussion around the office and on the radio show. Certainly the star of the show was the new MacBook Pro with Retina display which I’ll be testing as soon as we get it (soon!), but I really think that the software announcements were even more outstanding. iOS6, coming this fall, will bring turn-by-turn navigation in Apple’s new Maps program (with some help from TomTom, among others) as well as enhanced Siri features, Facebook integration throughout and Passbook. I really like the new phone features that give you more options than Answer and Ignore when a call comes in.

Mountain Lion, the next Mac OS (v10.8), will be released in July and will be available as a download for only $19.99 from the App Store. For those of you who are buying Macs now, you will qualify for a free upgrade to Mountain Lion. My favorite feature of this new OS is AirPlay mirroring. It is something that you very well may find yourself using.

I had to prepare for a presentation a couple of weeks ago that involved a lot of photos and video clips. With Dawn’s help, we built a Keynote presentation, and I wanted to use my TV at home to practice. While you can stream Keynote presentations from your iPad to your Apple TV, you cannot do that with your Mac. With a huge Keynote file it was not feasible to move it to the iPad, so I ended up having to use a cable. Not any more!

Once Mountain Lion is available, you will have the capability to wirelessly stream anything on your Mac to your TV and all you have to have is an Apple TV. I have a feeling we will be selling a lot more Apple TVs once Mountain Lion is roaming.

The current incarnations of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro got some processor speed bumps on Monday during the first day of WWDC, as well as upgrades to storage capacity and memory. Read on for the breakdown of features, though I just want to mention that all are IN STOCK!

*MacBook Air*
Both the 11-inch and 13-inch models are being kept, and they now include up to 512GB flash storage, 60% faster graphics and up to 8GB RAM. They feature 2.0GHz i7 Ivy Bridge processors and USB 3.0 ports (backwards-compatible to USB 2.0).

View the “*11-inch MacBook Air here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80921/at_kb $1.099.99
View the “*13-inch MacBook Air here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80922/at_kb $1,199.99
View the “*13-inch MacBook Air here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80923/at_kb $1,499.99

*MacBook Pro*
The 13″ MacBook Pro includes an Ivy Bridge dual-core i7 processor, available up to 2.9GHz. Pricing remains the same at $1,199 and $1,499.

View the $1,199.99 “*13-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80919/at_kb
View the $1,499.99 “*13-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80924/at_kb

The 15″ MacBook Pro model includes an Ivy Bridge quad-core i7 up to 2.7GHz, a 1GB GeForce GT 650M discrete graphics card, a standard 8GB of 1600 MHz memory, and USB 3.0/2.0 ports. Pricing remains the same at $1,799 and $2,199.

View the $1,799.99 “*15-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80925/at_kb
View the $2,199.99 “*15-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80926/at_kb

The 17-inch MacBook Pro has been quietly discontinued, and we will be selling through our remaining stock.

View the current “*17-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/79330/at_kb

Check out the specials below as well!