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            <title>Apple to offer free OS X Lion upgrade for new Macs via the Mac OS X Lion Up-To-Date program</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Apple will be providing a free OS X Lion upgrade to customers who buy a new Mac imaged with Mac OS X <a href="http://switchtoamac.com/guides/mac-os-x/version/snow-leopard/what-is-snow-leopard.html">Snow Leopard</a> from June 6, 2011 onward.&nbsp; The Lion upgrade will be available via Apple's Mac App Store.&nbsp; Apple highlighted this information in the June 6, 2011 Mac OS X Lion Press Release, the day they officially demonstrated the upcoming Mac operating system. ]]></description>
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            <title>Forbes: Apple Gets Predatory With Lion OS Pricing</title>
            <description><![CDATA[In a June 9, 2011 blog post at Forbes, Trefis Team describes how Apple has priced the pending <a href="http://switchtoamac.com/guides/mac-os-x/version/lion/what-is-lion.html">OS X Lion</a> operating system for the company's Macintosh computers.&nbsp; Apple announced at WWDC 2011 that OS X Lion will be available via the Mac App Store in July. ]]></description>
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            <title>Town of Wellesley Massachusetts - &apos;Macs Apple of their eye&apos;</title>
            <description><![CDATA[In her June 9, 2011 article at Boston Herald, Jessica Van Sack details how the town of Wellesley Massachusetts is a place for Macs.&nbsp; It is noteworthy that Wellesley is one wealthiest towns in the state. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:14:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>WWDC 2011 - Apple&apos;s SVP of Product Marketing Phil Schiller, discusses the State of the Mac</title>
            <description><![CDATA[At today's WWDC Keynote, Apple's SVP of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller provided a brief overview of the Mac as he led up to the unveiling of Mac OS X Lion 10.7.&nbsp; Several key metrics were provided that demonstrate the inroads the Mac has made against the PC. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:40:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>WWDC 2011 begins today - Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud unveiling sets the stage for a Unified Apple Platform</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The tech world has their sights focused on WWDC 2011, Apple's annual developer conference.&nbsp; Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be joined by several Apple executives to deliver the Keynote address to take the wraps off of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, iOS 5, and a new could service termed iCloud. ]]></description>
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            <title>Apple CEO Steve Jobs to introduce Apple&apos;s next generation software Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud during WWDC Keynote Address on Monday, June 6</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Apple announced this morning that CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple executives will take the wraps off of Apple's next generation software during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Keynote address next Monday in San Francisco.&nbsp; Specifically, Apple will introduce Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, iOS 5, and unveil their upcoming cloud service platform, iCloud. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 10:34:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Amazon launches a Mac Download Store - software and games for your Mac</title>
            <description><![CDATA[On Thursday May 26, 2011 Amazon unveiled a software download service for Mac users.&nbsp; The service competes with Apple's own 'Mac App Store' currently available on Macs running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:19:11 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>AllThingsD - The Mac is kicking ass</title>
            <description><![CDATA[In his May 23, 2011 post at AllThingsD, John Paczkowski states, "The Mac is kicking ass."&nbsp; The post highlights a recent note that Charles Wolf, an analyst with Needham &amp; Company provided to the company's clients. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 09:57:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Where in the world are Mac sales growing? Everywhere.</title>
            <description><![CDATA[In a May 22, 2011 article posted at Fortune, Philip Elmer-DeWitt highlights&nbsp; Charles Wolf's (Needham &amp; Company) analysis of the Mac's striking growth.&nbsp; Wolf's note, titled, "What a Streak", uses a series of data and charts sourced from IDC data to demonstrate how Mac sales growth outpaced Windows PC growth in the first three months of 2011. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 12:41:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Corporate Mac sales surge 66 percent as Apple makes significant enterprise headway</title>
            <description><![CDATA[AppleInsider has posted a story sourced from Charlie Wolf, an analyst from Needham &amp; Company that "Mac sales in the enterprise during Apple's last fiscal quarter grew a whopping 66 percent, significantly outpacing the rest of the PC market, which grew just 4.5 percent in the enterprise." ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:25:33 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Parallels Transporter an app that makes it easier to switch from a Windows PC to a Mac</title>
            <description>Parallels Transporter, an app available on on the Mac App Store from Parallels, Inc, enables the switch from PC to Mac that much easier. </description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 12:05:07 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Verizon adds Mac compatibility to 4G LTE broadband modem</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mac users were left in the dark when the Verizon LTE network was launched last year as the 4G LTE modems lacked Mac OS X compatible drivers.&nbsp; Well the wait is over!&nbsp; Verizon's latest version its <a href="http://www.vzam.net/download/supported.aspx">VZAccess Manager for Mac</a> (version 7.2.4) introduces compatibility with the Pantech UML290, one of the network's two 4G LTE USB modems.&nbsp; Mac support for the LG VL600, is pending. ]]></description>
            <link>http://switchtoamac.com/site/verizon-adds-mac-compatibility-to-4g-lte-broadband-modem.html</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:32:59 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Q1 2011 Mac Analysis - Apple ships record 4.13 million Macs but growth rate slows for second consecutive quarter</title>
            <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday January 18, 2010 Apple Inc. reported their fiscal 2011 first quarter earnings.&nbsp; The report was a mixed bag for the Mac despite Apple shipping a record 4.13 million Macs during the quarter.&nbsp; We have to look a bit deeper into the numbers to understand the state of the Mac. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:38:28 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Apple reports record 1Q 2011 earnings: a record 4.13 million Macs shipped</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Apple today reported their 2011 first quarter earnings results.&nbsp; The company set new quarterly records for Mac, iPhone and iPad sales while simultaneously setting a new record for revenue and earnings.<br /> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:03:37 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Apple Retail Stores to eliminate restocking fees and add personal Mac setup service?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[According to a report from 9to5mac today, Apple will be implementing two key changes at their Apple Retail Store locations starting on January 11, 2011.&nbsp; The first is the elimination of restocking fees on open returns, the second will be a new Mac setup service. ]]></description>
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