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.Mac adds VersionTracker and iBlog to the benefits

Posted by pudge on from the all-this-and-email-too dept.

MacMerc.com writes "Today, .Mac users will see that a free VersionTracker Plus subscription, a discount of half off VersionTracker Pro subscription and software, free iBlog Blogging Software, and a discount on SmartDisk FireWire Drives have been added to their Member Benefits."

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  1. The deal with VT first positive thought by danigiri · · Score: 5, Insightful
    My first impression on the news is that the new advantatges look fairly good and are a welcome deviation of the NIH (not invented here) syndrome that plagued Apple in the past.

    Apple has looked for -and seemingly found- which websites, tools and goodies its users actually use, even if they do not come from Apple, a big-name VAR or software company.

    Then, if the deals themselves are good or not is a matter of debate. I am a .Mac subscriber and I am right now debating wheter to renew my subscription, as thousands of Mac users are doing as well. These benefits might tip the balance... Paid web services are still on shaky ground, I think Apple any many others are still getting the hang of it (users too).

    My two eurocents...

    dani++

  2. Re:Worthless... by General+Sherman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not just email and a website. They also give you virex, backup software to backup to an iDisk, DVD-R, what have you. Now you also get a subscription to VT+, which is really useful, and iBlog, so for $100 a year you also get a blog with a good server.

    I think it's worth it.

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  3. Re:Worthless... by FredFnord · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's called 'Paying for Software'. I'm aware that Slashdot readers have some serious problems wrapping their minds around this concept, but there are a few people out there who have figured it out.

    You see, Apple decided that their backup program would only be available to people who PAID them for it, and decided that this subscription service was a good way to implement that without adding the overhead of an additional product to the company. So they rolled the software in with .Mac, and now if you want Apple's branded backup software, you pay them for it! Wow!

    See? It's not THAT hard to understand, even for a dumb PC user.

    -fred

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