On a typical day, video producer Steffan Schulz gets in over his head, swimming among and filming sharks, huge manta rays, and other mysterious inhabitants of the deep. And when he’s back above the surface, he needs a digital video editing solution that’s easier to manage than the unpredictable creatures he’s been filming.

That’s why he’s turned to the premiere solution for mobile video editors and producers: the PowerBook G4 and Final Cut Pro.

“As a producer, I want to create, not configure. The Mac allows me that freedom in a compact, extremely powerful and robust system,” says Schulz in the recent article, “Diving for DV.” And as for Final Cut Pro: “the compositing and graphical capabilities within the program eliminate the need for other applications.” “Final Cut Pro,” Schulz concludes, “has the feature set of a system that used to cost ten times the amount.”

If only swimming with the sharks were as easy.

This summer, you can satisfy two burning desires for the price of one.

Just buy a light-but-powerful Titanium PowerBook G4 between June 15 and September 3, and you’ll get a free VST CD/RW drive (directly from VST via a mail-in fulfillment program).¹

Imagine the possibilities: Hit the road and take your mobile office, design studio, and digital music library with you. Watch DVD movies or play games in your spare time. Use iTunes to create your own favorite mixes, then burn the playlist to an audio CD for your car or home stereo. Or back up all those important files you’ve been creating with easy drag-and-drop CD burning.

With your PowerBook’s long battery life and the self-powered CD/RW drive, you won’t need to be anywhere near a power outlet. So take your office to the beach or the woods and relax this summer.

Who says you can’t teach an old animator new tricks?

Take Art Leonardi. He’s spent 40+ years creating Pink Panther and Bugs Bunny cartoons the old-fashioned way—by hand, with a team of artists slaving over the cels. But Leonardi recently traded in his traditional tools, and now he’s using a Mac, a mouse, and a revolutionary new animation product—Toon Boom Studio—for all his animation needs.

“I’m a walking, one-man studio,” he says. “I’m the controlling agent. I control the music, the sound effects, the design, the color, everything.”

With Toon Boom Studio and his Mac, Leonardi can make animated films more quickly, more easily, and less expensively than he ever could before.

And you could be part of it.

To find out how, join the rally at one of our newest, free seminars—DVD Authoring Simplified.

You’ll learn how to use iDVD and DVD Studio Pro to create professional-looking, interactive DVDs from your desktop. The DVDs you create—complete with audio, video, and even Web links—will play in most standard DVD players and DVD-equipped computers.

Whether you’re a professional video producer, a corporate trainer, or anyone else who works with video on a regular basis, we can help you take advange of this exciting new digital technology and get the most out of iDVD and DVD Studio Pro.

You probably already know that AppleWorks combines six core capabilities into one easy-to-use application. But did you know that AppleWorks 6.2—the latest version of this award-winning software program—now runs in Mac OS X?

It’s true.

And in addition to being the first productivity suite to run on Apple’s new operating system, the latest version of AppleWorks:

Do you own a PowerBook G3 computer?

Then we’d like to call your attention to the PowerBook G3 AC Adapter Exchange Program.

Working in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Apple is recalling AC adapters used with PowerBook G3 systems shipped from May 1998 to March 2000. The AC adapters could overheat, posing a fire hazard.

Apple will replace your AC adapter, free of charge, through our exchange program. For more details, please visit the PowerBook G3 Adapter Exchange Program website.

Please note: No Titanium PowerBook G4 or iBook AC adapters are part of this recall.

Which applications do you use the most on your Mac? If your answer is “word processing and email,” then Microsoft has the perfect solution for you.

It’s called Word + Entourage 2001 SE, a “special edition” package that brings you both Microsoft Word and Entourage for just $149—that’s less than the cost of Word 2001 by itself. With these two great applications you can:

Looking for something?

Just open Sherlock and your computer’s built-in search engine will do the sleuthing for you. In fact, we just added three new plug-ins to the Internet channel  to make your detective work even easier.

Want to find the most current version of a Mac application? Check out Version Tracker, where you can search for the latest software releases, including the newest ones built for Mac OS X.

How about a new job? Headhunter has over 250,000 job listings representing more than 10,000 employers nationwide. (Available only in the U.S.)

Or use Sprinks to locate product or service provider information. Try it—type “Macintosh” or “batteries” or “cell phones” and see what Sherlock and Sprinks find for you.