Apple adds exclusives, updates .Mac service features
updated 02:15 am EDT, Tue May 18, 2004
Apple updates .Mac
Apple has updated its .Mac web services with for its paying members. New exclusive benefits for members include a $20 discount through October 6, 2004 on software from Symantec and a free version of Norton Parental Control by Symantec, which it says "provides customizable child-safe browsing, allowing parents to set the categories and sites to which their kids have access. Members can download the software and receive a year's worth of updates for free." Apple also redesigned its iCards service, adding more than 200 new iCards as well as integration with the .Mac Address Book. Apple says it also added new a dozen new templates for web publishing as well as the the ability to create and edit web pages using Windows XP and Internet Explorer.
Norton?, no thanks.
05/18, 03:25am reply
There are better stuff out there you can think to gift your belowed .mac subscribers. Come on Apple, read the macnn boards :-D
angelmb
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Joined: Oct 2001
How about
05/18, 03:53am reply
How about upgrading the size of the mail and idisk. That might be a better upgrade.
dab007
Junior Member
Joined: Jan 2001
Soooooo ?
05/18, 04:53am reply
I've been using .Mac for quite a few months now - I received a free membership when purchasing my PowerMacintosh. I still don't see why I should renew my membership. iDisk is kind of okay but awfully slow (even though I have DSL). As far as benefitting from special offers... well I have no use for it. E-mail account ? I already got a few from my ISP. Personal website ? Same thing. If I want to spend money on a web oriented service, I might as well buy my own DNS.
HeatherEcsedi
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Joined: Oct 2001
umm,
05/18, 06:26am reply
Isn't Norton going out of the Mac business? I'm not knocking .Mac. I use my account. I will miss Norton Utilities though. It fixed a number of problems that DW 3.01 and TTP 4 couldn't. It wasn't the be-all, etc., but it has it's place in my "tool belt". I'm not sure what's going to replace NUM.
John Dwight
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They're not out
05/18, 07:01am reply
They're not out, they're just stopping development on some products...and they're doing that on the PC side, too.
bfalchuk
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Joined: Jul 2003
Have to agree...
05/18, 07:44am reply
as far as 'upgrades' go these are pretty lame.
BobVB
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Joined: Oct 2000
Still not enough
05/18, 03:19pm reply
to get me back.
ParkgatePete
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