We did a lot of research and waited a long time to add forums to Mac360.

Why? Frankly, forums are labor intensive and take quite a bit of effort to set up and maintain. Since Mac360 is a not-for-profit site, keeping things efficient was important.

We looked at many different forums and bulletin board systems. phpBB is a very good forum system, open source, and free. We also looked at Invision Power Board and vBulletin. Both are excellent. We plan to incorporate vBulletin in another site in the future and InvisionÌs PowerBoard is already set up as a customer care forum.

After all the research and testing, we finally decided to wait for pMachineÌs Forum module. Our site is built using pMachineÌs ExpressionEngine content management syste (many Mac sites use EE; iPodLounge, MacDailyNews, and others) and runs on Mac OS X Tiger Server. The Forum module is integrated in the site which makes management somewhat more efficient.

No, pMachineÌs EE Forum module doesnÌt have all the cute bells and whistles that youÌll find in vBulletin, Invision, or even phpBB. Like ExpressionEngine, the Forum module is elegant, straightfoward, attractive and works well.

Please register and join our part of the world. Let us know what you think of Macs, Apple, the iPod, iLife, and all the great things Apple is doing these days.

We promise to keep the focus on Apple; hardware and software. And give you a unique perspective about all things interesting from our favorite Cupertino, CA computer maker.

Oh, a few answers to the most popular FAQs.