Wired’s Leander Kahney writes of a group of “Mac Freaks” from a Dutch Mac-oriented Web site who organized a meeting outside of Amsterdam last week. The group of fans tossed Windows systems and even held an Ellen Feiss look-alike contest. Feiss, you may remember, is the teenager in one of Apple’s “Switch” ads that has become somewhat of a cult figure.
Read MoreThe Atomic Learning Library announced today that it is completing its move to a new server and is about to release several hundred new online tutorial movies. The site is offering a Halloween Madness special, and are giving away free access to all of its narrated QuickTime screen movie software tutorials for a week. Atomic Learning also features several “always free” tutorial series on Apple’s iPhoto and iMovie, and a free orientation to Mac OS X.
Read MoreDr. RawStock today announced that the company has reduced the fees of its Digital Film School by up to 25%. Starting with its November schedule, three-day classes are US$679, two-day classes are $459, and a one-day class will be $229. Dr. RawStock’s Digital Film School is “100% Macintosh,” and offers classes in Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, and Adobe After Effects.
Read MoreAvid Technology has released Avid Xpress DV 3.5.3, the latest version of the company’s professional digital video studio, as noted by VersionTracker. The free update adds support for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and QuickTime 6, and fixes isolated application crashing and several issues of audio and video drift. Desktop play delay sync and importing Quicktime with an alpha channel has also been fixed. Avid Xpress DV is available for Mac OS X, and sells for US$1,699.
Read MoreApple has updated its Apple Store Hot Deals page with a new promotion, dubbed “Brighten Your Holidays,” which offers customers a full rebate on an HP DeskJet 3820 printer or a US$99 savings on the HP DeskJet 5550 when they purchase any Mac from the online Apple Store before January 7, 2003.
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