After a summer break that seemed to go on forever, The Hershey Apple Core is back for an exciting Fall of informative and fun meetings.

Apple was kind enough to help us out by scheduling their September special event, “Let’s Rock,” the day before, so we’ll be reviewing the announcements and what they mean for your holiday buying season.

Our feature presentation will be about mass storage. Do you think a hard drive is just a hard drive? Wrong! Storage prices have come down dramatically and continue to fall. That means that you can get more for your money than ever, but what to buy? We’ll show off the Data Robotics Drobo, the four-bay storage robot system that takes care of backups and can be upgraded on the fly. We’ll do one of those upgrades live so you can see how easy it is.

We’ll also talk about the difference in transfer speeds between USB 2.0 and an eSATA connection, especially if you’re working with large files (think video).

Finally, we’ll take a look at the brand new Newer Technologies miniStack, the storage option that gives you more than just a hard drive for your money.

Naturally, we’ll have our infamous Question & Answer session and the even more infamous Meeting-After-The-Meeting Dinner at Fuddruckers.

Yep, is has been a long summer. Just think how much you’ve missed your Mac friends at HAC and join us for our September meeting. The Hershey Public Library, starting at 6:30 PM. Be there.