Dear Friends,

We got about a foot of snow up on Prickly Mountain and then the arctic cold hit us with -20F degree temperatures. The only good things I can say about it being that cold is that I do sorta like the creaking sounds my deck and house make and the unique crunching sounds I hear as I walk to the car.

Congratulations are due to the City of Rutland where the Gift of Life Marathon set the record for the biggest blood drive in the US, smashing the Manchester, NH record of 1968 pints with 2337 pints collected on December 17. Big props to the organizer of the event, Green Mountain Power. We were very happy to have been a sponsor of this event for the City of Rutland, which is enjoying a significant re-vitalization.

Apple has started taking orders for the new Mac Pro and they say deliveries will start by the end of the month, though their website shows February delivery. This is one of the most innovative products to come from Apple. I have yet to see one in person, but Hapy has, and he tells me that it is quite small and really will re-define the power workstation. We offer the Sharp 4K displays as a companion to the Mac Pro and we can configure your new Mac Pro with multiple custom options. Playing around with configurations, I got one configuration to price out at over $13,000 with the Sharp display, 12-core Xeon E5 processor (with 30MB Level 3 cache (!), 64GB ram, 1TB of flash storage and dual AMD FirePro D700 GPUs! The stock configuration starts at $2,999 for Quad-Core and $3,999 for 6-Core models.

While Small Dog Electronics is best known for the complete Apple solution for Macs, iPads, iPhones and iPods, we have a very expansive selection of products that you might want to consider. We have one of the most comprehensive selections of headphones and earbuds of any retailer in our markets with offerings from Beats, Urbanears, Sennheiser, JVC and others. These are great holiday gifts. We also have a great selection of speakers, both wired and wireless. We are also your headquarters for iPhone cases of all sorts. Be sure to check out all of our holiday specials, which are valid until 12/31!

As we head towards Christmas, it is all hands on deck at Small Dog Electronics. We will be closing our stores early on Christmas Eve so that our employees can spend time with their families. Waitsfield, Rutland and Key West will all close at 3PM, Manchester will close at 6PM (per the mall’s hours) and our S. Burlington store will close at 5PM. Of course, our website and online ordering will be open 24/7.