No, I’m not referring to the mass murderer Pol Pot. But wow… just…. wow! Michelle and I were watching some YouTube videos on the Apple TV to “test” the new functions and came across the amazing videos of the winner of the British TV show “Britain’s Got Talent”. He’s an amateur opera singer that just got his big break in life. It’s an amazing story – check him out for yourself.
Apple recently released a software update for the Apple TV that allows owners to view videos posted on YouTube. If you have an Apple TV, be sure and update your software via the Software Update function in order to take advantage of this new functionality.
Regardless of what some of the critics have said about the Apple TV, I have absolutely enjoyed mine. I’ve encoded most of my movies and TV episodes to H.264 in order to watch them on it, and I am very impressed with the image quality. I would recommend the Apple TV to anyone considering purchasing one.
VMWare has announced special pricing for pre-orders of their VMWare Fusion product for the Mac. Users can pre-order the software before it becomes generally available for $39.99, a 50% discount off of the full retail price. When you pre-order, your final license key is emailed to you immediately. It will also allow you to run the current and any future beta versions up to the final release.
I found an interesting article supposedly written by a former employee claiming there are shady sales tactics that go on at Circuit City. I have plenty of personal horror stories to tell about that “other” retail store, but this one is hard to believe. I have never had a bad experience when dealing with Circuit City. As most of my friends and family know, I usually encourage them to shop there!
One useful tip from the posting:
If you do get an extended warranty (Circuit City Advantage Protection Plan), push for a lower rate. Nearly half of the cost is profit, so if you’re buying a 2 year plan for you laptop that’s running you say 200 bones, you could easily talk them down to 170, possibly 150.
Now this one…. I’m not quite so sure about:
Every salesman is ranked by the number of protection plans (or extended warranties) that they sell. At my store all the time we would throw on scratch protection plans to CD’s, since they’re only a buck, most people don’t notice. During the $9.99 CD special days, customers who weren’t aware of the sale were easy prey.
Hmmm…. that last one sounds more like some other store to me.
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