Apple updates Hot Deals Web site

Apple’s Macintosh Products Guide on Wednesday updated its Hot Deals Web site with partners ClubMac and The Apple Store for Business.

The Apple Store for Business has a variety of new bundle offerings, including the Power Media bundle which comes with a Power Mac G4 dual 1.42GHz system with SuperDrive, Macromedia Studio MX Special Edition Suite, Canon i450 color bubble jet printer and Apple 23-inch Cinema HD Display for $5,446. The Macromedia Promo Bundle which includes a Power Mac G4 dual 1GHz with Combo Drive, Macromedia Studio MX Special Edition Suite, Canon i450 color bubble jet printer and an Apple 17-inch Studio Display for $2,796.

If you are looking for a video solution, the Apple Store for Business is offering Pro Video System Bundle, which includes a Power Mac G4 dual 1.42GHz system with SuperDrive and 2GB of RAM, Macromedia Studio MX Special Edition Suite, Canon i850 color bubble jet printer, Apple 20-inch Cinema Display, Apple 17-inch Studio Display, Apple DVI to ADC Adapter, and AppleCare Protection Plan for Power Mac for only $7,293. For the photographers, Apple is offering a Pro Photo Bundle that includes a 12-inch PowerBook 867MHz with SuperDrive and 640MB of RAM, SmartDisk FireLite 60GB FireWire Hard Drive, Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Apple 20-inch Cinema Display, an extra 12-inch PowerBook battery, Brenthaven Professional 12-inch Shoulder Case, and AppleCare Protection Plan for PowerBook for $5,053.95.

Finally, Apple has a 17-inch PowerBook Presentation Bundle that includes a 17-inch PowerBook with SuperDrive, Canon 1450 color bubble jet printer, and Apple Keynote for $3,497.

ClubMac is offering free RAM and other items with the purchase of products. ClubMac has PowerBooks with free extra 512MB of RAM, free Epson Stylus C42UX color inkjet printer, free carrying case, and free MYOB FirstEdge; Apple’s Power Macs with free extra 512MB of RAM, free Epson Stylus C42UX color inkjet printer, and free MYOB FirstEdge; Apple’s iBook with free extra RAM, free Epson Stylus C42UX color inkjet printer, free carrying case, and free MYOB FirstEdge; and Apple’s iMac with free extra 256MB of RAM, free Epson Stylus C42UX color inkjet printer, free MYOB FirstEdge, and free USB Disk Drive.

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.