Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

The new top-of-the-line Mac Pro, 12-core “Westmere” 2.66Ghz and 2.93Ghz uses RAM new to Apple machines. These DDR3-1333 ECC DIMMs are 25% faster than the memory used in the previous generation Mac Pro.

Ramjet offers kits (http://www.ramjet.com/macpro.asp#3rdGen) containing 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB modules, up to the system maximum of 64GB. The 32GB kit (8x 4GB modules) is priced at US$3,550 from Apple and can be had for $1379.99 at Ramjet. For the true power-user, Ramjet offers a mammoth 64GB kit, not even available from Apple, for $2,839.99.

NewBay Media, a publisher of digital content creation media, says its 14th annual Digital Video Expo (http://www.dvexpo.com) will return to the Pasadena Convention Center on Sept. 28-30.

It will offer three days of intensive education, training and networking, as well as the opportunity to get their hands on the latest products and services from such industry innovators as Canon USA, Carl Zeiss, JVC, Litepanels, Marshall Electronics, Panasonic, Schneider Optics, Tiffen, Varizoom and Zacuto USA.

AlpineSoft has updated their vinyl-and-tape-to-CD-and-MP3 software, VinylStudio for the Mac, to version 7.5.4. The latest version adds support for WAV, MP3, FLAC, Ogg, AIFF, AAC, Apple Lossless and CAF formats.

VinylStudio is a software solution for digitizing vinyl LPs and tapes. It records your records and tapes, splits those recordings into tracks, removes scratches, tape hiss and more and burns both audio and MP3 CDs and DVDs. You can also play your recordings on your computer. VinylStudio can look up track listings over the Internet and copy tracks to your iPod or MP3 player.