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Special financing offer for Mac and iPad ends August 31st (this Saturday)

Special financing available from GE Money and Connecting PointWith the fun and games of summer drawing to a close, it’s time to get back to work. It’s time to get back to school. It’s time to get things done. If you’re not moving ahead, you’re losing ground. You need to Spring forward – so this Fall… Mac.

Whether it’s time to replace your old Mac, time to upgrade your aging iPad, or time to make the switch from PC to Mac, there has never been a better time to buy: get your new Mac from Connecting Point before the end of August 2013, and we have special financing available (subject to credit approval. Minimum monthly payments required. See store or this page for complete details.). You can even apply online, then print out your approval form and bring it in with you. Quite the timesaver!

So Spring forward, and move into Fall with a brand new Mac or iPad…from Connecting Point Computer Centers.

Apple releases heart-pounding ‘Cinema Ad’ for the new Mac Pro

Can a lowly computer be a work of art? Judge for yourself…

(We recommend clicking through to watch it on YouTube, in glorious fullscreen 1080p.)

“Wildfire Resources” section added to our site

Wildfire burning trees 640x452Southwest Oregon has been hit with a spate of wildfires, endangering forestland, property, and firefighters, as well as spewing stunning amounts of noxious smoke into our skies.

In an effort to help you keep on top of this always-fluid situation, we’ve put together some resources. We thought it might be handy to have these links on a single page.

Check out Connecting Point’s Wildfire Resources page here.

For the first time, Connecting Point is one of the sponsors of this weekend’s Bend Summer Festival

Bank fo the Cascades Bend Summer Festival July 12-14, 2013What are you doing this weekend?

What if you could go to one single place that offered four stages of free music, a fine artist promenade, a kids’ area, a conscious living showcase, a gourmet food, jazz, and wine marketplace, and plenty of delicious food and libation?

We’ve just described the Bank of the Cascades Bend Summer Festival, which makes its 23rd annual appearance beginning Friday, July 12th and running through Sunday, July 14th.

One of the four stages mentioned above is the KPOV Locals-Only Stage (located in the Wells Fargo parking lot), which will host some of the the best regional and local musical talents on Saturday and Sunday. And that’s where Connecting Point comes in.

RelyLocal-Bend will be providing Co-Sponsorship support via its participating members (including, for the very first time, Connecting Point Computer Centers) for the KPOV Locals-Only Stage musicians (through C3 Events), who will play beginning at 11am Saturday morning. See the complete details about the festival, including all the music on all four stages, here.

Enjoying 23 years of success, the Bank of Cascades Bend Summer Festival draws 75,000 visitors for a weekend like no other. Festival features fine artists and craftspeople, artisans and performers, and four stages of some of the best regional and national blues, rock and jazz.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Both Connecting Point locations will be closed July 4th

Fireworks display - original photo ©2003 Daisuke Tomiyasu

Original photo ©2003 Daisuke Tomiyasu

Connecting Point closes for five holidays each year – and Independence Day is one of them. Enjoy the Fourth of July, be careful out there, and please come back and see us on Friday!

The shape of things to come… “later this year:” The all-new Apple Mac Pro.

The all-new Apple Mac Pro, coming later this year.On Monday morning, during the keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple delivered a sneak peek into the future of the pro desktop: The all-new Mac Pro. 

LOGO WWDC 2013 125x119Designed around a revolutionary unified thermal core, the all-new Mac Pro introduces a completely new pro desktop architecture and design that is optimized for performance inside and out. With next-generation Xeon processors, dual workstation-class GPUs, Thunderbolt 2, PCIe-based flash storage, and ultra-fast ECC memory, the new 9.9-inch tall Mac Pro packs an amazing amount of power into an incredibly small package.

The all-new Mac Pro is coming later this year. For more details, visit Apple’s stunning preview page.