The online Apple Store for Business added three new bundles to its offerings on Tuesday for users that need software and a printer when they buy a Mac. Several of Apple’s retail partners have also updated their Web sites today with new products.
The Apple Store for Business is three new bundles that include a Power Mac G4 1GHz, an iMac 15-inch flat panel and a PowerBook 867MHz. The bundle price includes a Hewlett-Packard printer and a copy of Office v. X.
Other Apple retail partners that are offering new products include O’Reilly & Associates, who have added “Mac OS X: The Missing Manual,” “Office X for Macintosh: The Missing Manual” and “Mac OS X for Unix Geeks.” MacMall has added Adobe Design Collection, LaCie 120GB external FireWire hard drive, Microsoft Office v. X full version and upgrade, Epson Stylus 2200, ATI Radeon 9000, Pioneer DVD-R/RW internal EIDE drive, Quicken 2003 and various titles from Symantec. Finally, CompUSA’s offerings include Aspyr Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, color inkjet printers from Epson and Lexmark, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11, TaxCut Platinum with Home & Business Attorney and WillPower for free.
The “Hot Deals” Web site is a place for Mac users to find special prices on hardware and software bundles from Apple’s retail partners. Apple’s online retail partners include CompUSA, MacMall, MacConnection, MacZone, J&R’s OutPost, ClubMac and the Apple Online Store. Details on each of these companies can be found at Apple’s Macintosh Product Guide Web site.
Apple’s Macintosh Products Guide is a searchable database containing thousands of Mac products. Since before the introduction of OS X in March 2001, the Products Guide has been tracking applications coming to the new operating system, in addition to those that will work with the Classic Mac OS.