First and foremost, simply coming to TMO and being an active member of the comments and forums is a fantastic way to contribute here, and we very much appreciate that. Secondly, supporting TMO's advertisers and letting them know you appreciate their support of TMO also helps us.

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Publishing The Mac Observer (TMO) takes money and time (and time costs money, too). Unlike most Mac sites, we actually pay our writers (a pittance), and, unlike most Mac sites, publishing TMO content is our editor's full time job. Then there are travel expenses to Macworld (airfare, hotels, and the like), server capacity, bandwidth...it all takes money. More importantly, as we increase our revenues, we can afford to bring you more (and better) Mac news, opinions, tips, reviews, analysis, and other Mac content.

Our wonderful sponsors help pay most of our bills, but there are also some ways that you can directly support TMO as a reader, without spending any extra money to do so. The companies listed above offer affiliate programs. When you order from these companies by first clicking on the special links above, TMO gets a cut. In return, of course, we are promoting these companies, and encouraging you to order from them, which is why they give us a cut in the first place. Best of all, it costs you nothing extra, and there's nothing extra that you have to do other than using the links above before buying.

With our strong community, your effort to buy through our affiliate links can make a real difference in the quality of TMO's content. So, please, if you are going to order online, come to this page first, and click through to the companies above, before ordering.