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Apple to Unveil .Mac Today

Posted by pudge on from the um-yay dept.

Steve Mason writes "Apple has put up a .Mac FAQ up here proving that .Mac will indeed be introduced at Mac World New York. .Mac will cost $100 a year as previous rumors had reported." Yes, this means that if you don't pay Apple, your mac.com URL and email address will stop working. Some have suggested that the "switch" in Apple's new ad campaign stands for the unfortunate part of a "bait and switch." Someone should mirror that URL, it might be taken down any second now.

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  1. I'm sure it will be as big a success as eWorld. by dpbsmith · · Score: 5, Informative

    Remember eWorld? Apple's high-profile electronic community of, uh, was it the mid-nineties? IIRC GEISCO originally developed the software, which gradually morphed into AppleLink, AOL, and eWorld.

    eWorld... the world's first electronic ghost town.

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    "How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!

  2. Jobs confirms .mac on 9/30 at Keynote by lunenburg · · Score: 5, Informative

    Jobs talks about the death of free internet services (email/storage/etc), and confirms that iTools will go away as of September 30. So it looks like the FAQ posted is correct.

    $99 a year.