Write a caption, win a prize
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Free Stuff, contests, iTunes
Just admit it, you lost your ball.
Think you’re funny enough to be the next Margaret Cho? Well, now’s your chance to prove it to the world. Write your best caption for the above photo. 
If we think it’s the most clever, we’ll send you off a $20 iTunes gift certificate.
The contest is open to everyone in the US (sorry, iTunes won’t let us buy gift certificates to non-US accounts), and runs until Friday (Oct 30th) at 11:59PM EST. You can enter more than once if you are feeling “Carrot Top“-prolific. Good luck.
(Oh, and be sure to put in your e-mail, or else we won’t be able to contact you).
[Original image courtesy of soopahgrover via flickr]
How to get 3 free iPods with only a screw driver, a pair of scissors, and a bag of marshmallows
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Free Stuff, Humor, iPod, iPod Touch, iPod nano, video
Damnit, I just threw out two VCRs on junk day!
Win a Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 3G / 3Gs!
[THANK YOU, WE HAVE A WINNER! THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATS TO FAITHFUL MACENSTEIN READER VINCENT!]
When you think about it, batteries may be the single greatest invention ever. They give us the freedom to use our electronics virtually ANYWHERE, completely freeing us from having to interact with other people. And probably the greatest battery of them all comes from Mophie, makers of the Juice Pack line of iPod and iPhone external batteries. And probably the greatest battery that Mophie makes is the Mophie Juice Pack Air, the super slim battery and iPhone case combined into one sleek, stylish, black, white, or purple case.
If you have an iPhone 3G, you want the Juice Pack Air. Why? Well, because the iPhone eats batteries for breakfast, and odds are you want an iPhone that still works well after lunchtime. The Juice Pack Air is a rechargeable external battery concealed inside of a protective form-fitting case for the iPhone 3G. It offers you the full protection of a hard-shell case while providing virtually twice the battery life of the iPhone alone; all in an ultra-thin, light-weight, low-profile design.
• The world’s thinnest Apple certified “Works With iPhone” external battery for iPhone 3G and 3Gs!
• Rechargeable 1200mAh lithium polymer battery virtually doubles your time to rock, talk, surf and send.
• Pass-through USB charging and sync with iTunes
• Extended smart battery and full case protection
• On/Off switch offers choice of battery or case
• Integrated 4 LED charge status indicator Iight combines nearly all the battery charging goodness of the Juice Pack (almost doubling your iPhone’s battery life) while protecting it inside a protective form-fitting case.
To enter: Batteries do nothing but bring joy to all that behold them, and are responsible for so many wonderful memories. So this week in order to enter, simply tell us what is the best battery powered item you own, or ever owned? (Keep it clean, people). Was it the giant AT-AT star was toy as a kid? Your digital camera? A Zune? Contest ends July 27th, and one winner will be picked randomly (US residents only this time, sorry folks). Good luck, and thanks for reading Macenstein!
Identify my MacBook, win a prize!
[OK, I am giving the prize to James, because he was the first one to actually give me the real model number and RAM capacity in a convincing manner, but thanks to all of you who were nice enough to try to help me. For money. Oddly, the prize is going to cost me almost as much as the RAM.]
OK, normally I don’t like using the mighty power of this site to just ask a self serving question of my readers, but I am well and truly stumped. I am trying to buy RAM for a November 1st, 2007-purchased, 2.0 GHz white MacBook, and for the life of me I cannot figure out which model I have. It currently has 2 GB, and I would like to bump it to 4 GB if possible. I will outline the information I have below, and the first person to convince me of the model I have will win a $20 iTunes gift certificate.
I am planning to buy the RAM through Crucial.com. As you can see below, they list the MacBooks mainly by their Part numbers (although 1 white models has no number).
The odd thing is, I bought this MacBook direct from Apple online, and while I still have the box (complete with 2 dead spiders on it), it lists the Part number as Z0F90000X, where as every other Apple product I have ever bought, including my new MacBook Pro, AirPort Extreme, and even my original iSight camera all list the “MLA” number on the box. A quick Google of Z0F90000X turns up nothing, as does a search for it on Apple’s site. (I suppose if nothing else, at least there now WILL be a Google result for “Z0F90000X”). There is no other part number visible on the device, or under the battery.
The Apple system profiler shows me this:
So we know it is the model MacBook3,1. I used the free utility MacTracker (suggested by faithful Macenstein reader Jay) and it unfortunately turned up 2 results for the white MacBook3,1 model - models MB061LL/B AND MB062LL/B.
The problem is, under “memory and graphics” in Mactracker’s listing on that machine, it says the Maximum RAM is 6GB (Actual) and 4 GB (Apple).
I’m not sure what that means, exactly, but on Crucial.com, 1 of those models says it holds 2 GB of RAM maximum, the other says 4 GB.
Apple-History.com says the late 2007 MacBook can handle 4 GB of RAM, but makes no distinction between any model numbers.
I did a Google search for the MacBook model Z0F9, and came up with an expired MacMall page which lists the tech specs at 4 GB max.
A search on Apple’s support site for Z0F9 returns 1 relevant result, which shows that the Z0F9 model DID exist, and is certified for Snow Leopard, but that’s it.
So, knowing all this, what MacBook do I have, and which RAM selection from Crucial’s drop down will work, if any? Again, I have 2 GB currently, and am hoping to upgrade to 4 GB (if not that mythical 6 GB Mactracker mentioned?)
(Oh, I only can do US iTunes certificates, so if you are from across the pond or such, I guess I’ll just PayPal you $20 for your trouble).
Thanks.
- The Doc
Free Mimobot of the Week: Clone Captain Rex!
THANK YOU, WE HAVE OUR WINNER. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATS TO FAITHFUL MACENSTEIN READER Nomis.
We’ve once again teamed up with our good friends over at Mimoco to bring you a feature we know everyone loves - The Free MIMOBOT of the week contest! In celebration of the release of Mimoco’s Series 4 Star Wars Mimobots, each week we’ll be offering you a chance to win a different 2 GB MIMOBOT from the series.
Dude! it’s Boba-Fett’s dad! … sort of…
When you say the word “clone” to longtime Mac users, it often brings up nostalgic, beige memories of Radius or Umax, but to a Star Wars geek, it means something else entirely. While the three recent prequels did little to showcase the awesomeness of the clones, the Clone Wars TV show on Cartoon network has let us see that not all clones are created equal, and perhaps the most awesome of all clones is Clone Captain Rex, the leader of the clone troops.
Yes, this week we are giving away a super cool Clone Captain Rex (or CC-7567, to his clone brothers) mimobot. Loyal, brave – the perfect soldier to assign the duty of transferring your files via USB. Plus he kinda looks like Boba Fett.
To Enter: Cloning in sci-fi movies almost always goes horribly wrong, but it’s still a pretty cool technology. This week to enter, simply tell us what is your favorite fake sci-fi technology? Is it Star Trek’s transporter, Stargate’s Big Ring thing, The T-1000, what? Winner will be picked randomly. Contest ends seven days from now and is open to all readers world-wide. Good luck!
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