Red Giant’s 1 Day sale - 40% off EVERYTHING - today only

November 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

ATTENTION VIDEO PROFESSIONALS! Red Giant Software, the sellers of such indispensable After Effects and Final Cut plug-ins as Trapcode’s Shine and Particular and The Magic Bullet HD Suite is having a one day only sale, TODAY.

That’s right, just enter coupon code bailout40 during checkout and get 40% off your order, which is no […]

Redefining “refurbished”

September 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Overstock.com is selling what they call an Apple iMAC G5 Laptop (Refurbished). Not sure whether they refurbished an iMac into a laptop, or a laptop into an iMac, but either way, they went above and beyond what we normally expect when we hear “refurbished”.

The description reads: “Take your technology anywhere with this G5 desktop […]

Apple special - Buy 99¢ videos for the low price of $1.99

September 9th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Faithful Macenstein reader Tim noticed some odd pricing when he clicked on the 99¢ Video button in his QuickTime player. Apparently Apple is selling about 2 pages of 99¢ videos for $1.99.

Above: Looking for a deal? Keep looking.
Here’s the link.
Oddly, if you go through iTunes to the Music Video section and click on their 99¢ […]

“300 Bowl” price drop in honor of “National Bowling Week”

August 25th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Like most people, odds are you’ve probably called in sick to work today because you’ll be celebrating “National Bowling Week” all week long, and who can blame you? Well, here’s a little something extra to get excited about, in honor of NBW (as it’s known in the industry) TheWay, LTD is dropping the price of […]

Why Apple’s got the “.Mac/iLife 2008 rebate thing” ass-backwards

May 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Yes, my loathing of Apple’s .Mac borderline bullying tactics is well documented, but because I am half Vulcan, I can periodically detach myself from my emotional feelings towards .Mac for brief periods of time in order to evaluate the service objectively. To that end, I have analyzed Apple’s latest .Mac promotion and found it to […]

MacUpdate Bundle of Joy turns back into a pumpkin at midnight

April 28th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

A reminder that the MacUpdate Parallel’s Bundle turns into a pumpkin tonight at midnight, so if you were thinking of picking up Parallels and the other 9 apps for less than the price of Parallels alone, now is your chance.

It is coincidentally also your last chance to support Macenstein by buying the bundle by clicking […]