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Upcoming Events . . .

• Lunch & Learns:
How to Save Real Money on Microsoft Software Licensing!
Learn about the benefits and savings of open licensing and how to apply for available rebates. We will also explore the cost savings of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007, special financing options and IRS deprecations that you can apply by the end of 2007!
Get the most out of your technology and save money at the same time!

Choose the date that works best:
December 4, 2007 –
11:30am to 1pm –
RSVP here for December 4th

December 6, 2007 –
11:30am to 1pm –
RSVP here for December 6th

Where: Applied Tech office –
203 S. Paterson St, Ste 500 – Madison, WI

Lunch will be provided. No charge to attend (after all, we are trying to save you money!)

Questions? Call Julie Vike at 608.257.6051 x23.

• November’s HighTech
Happy Hour –
Thursday, November 29 2007. 5:00pm to 7:00pm at The Novation Campus (Alexander Company) at 145 E. Badger Road, Madison.

For more info, visit www.hthh.org

You may know the Internal Revenue Code's Section 179 as the tax loophole that lets some businesses write off the purchase of luxury SUVs. But Section 179 isn't just for Hummers anymore.

Congress clamped down on the SUV loophole in October 2004, but the rest of Section 179, designed to stimulate business spending with an up-front tax break, remains in force and has even improved with age. Most business property that is useful for a few years is accounted for as depreciating over time. For tax purposes, a portion of the cost can be deducted each year. What Section 179 does is allow a business to receive all those tax benefits in the first year. In 2003, the one-year write-off limit was quadrupled from $25,000 to $100,000. Indexed for inflation, that amount is now $125,000. One other important change came through in 2003. The IRS added off-the-shelf software to the list of eligible property under Section 179. Computer hardware was already on the list. That means that any computer software you purchase through the end of this year may qualify for a complete write-off on your taxes for the coming year. You could think of it as a giant rebate – spend money in this calendar year and get a big chunk of it back in the next year.

There may never be a better opportunity to purchase computer hardware and software for such a small net cost to you. If you’ve been thinking about an upgrade or replacement, call and talk to us. We’ll be happy to be sure you get the most bang for your buck!

Meet Bo Bracey, Systems Specialist for Applied Tech since April 2006. With more than ten years in the computer industry, Bo is also a Microsoft Certified Professional and is CompTia A+ Hardware Certified. His experience and training gives Bo the ability to diagnose technical matters, large or small, perform maintenance and monitoring, installations and configurations, and provide hardware sales and support.

Bo, the eldest of 9 siblings, is a self-proclaimed “amateur electronic musician” but being a trained pianist, we suspect that he’s better than he lets on. Rock on, Bo, rock on . . . \m/

This history buff and world news aficionado never stops learning! Ask him about what’s new in the tech, the A/V arena or console and computer video games and I’m betting that you’ll learn something new, too!

Bo and his wife since March 2007, Tracy, live in McFarland. These newlyweds like spending time in the Northwoods to take in the sights, swim and to go boating.
 

Increase productivity by implementing Microsoft Office 2007 and qualify for up to a $150 per license subsidy. From now until January 31, 2008 qualifying open license purchases of Micrsosoft Office 2007 can result in up to $30,000 of partner subsidy dollars. These subsidy dollars can be spent on any combination of hardware, software or services from Applied Tech.
See below for potential subsidy amounts.

Qualifying organizations include commercial and government customers. Academic customers are not eligible for this promotion.

1. Qualifying purchases of Professional Desktop and Desktop Pro will be eligible to receive the stated US$ partner subsidy per license for Office Professional Plus 2007.
2. Qualifying purchases of Desktop SBE will be eligible to receive the stated US$ subsidy per license for Office Small Business 2007

Please contact an Applied Tech Sales Consultant at info@appliedtech.us to find out additional details on taking advantage of this special limited time offering.

Microsoft has a free download for Microsoft Office 2007 users that allows you to save eight different Office 2007 programs into a PDF (Portable Document Format). Text, fonts, images and 2-D vector graphic are encapsulated; making the PDF into a professional looking document that limits other’s ability to copy or edit your document.

PDF’s can be saved, emailed, and printed like any other document.

If you are interested in this download, please click here.