TAMPA, Fla. –March 24, 2004- Mac Design Magazine announced today they are offering a $50 discount to Macintosh User Group (MUG) members for the upcoming
Mac Design Conference & Expo in Chicago, June 2-4, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.

?The Mac Design Conference & Expo is quickly becoming the end-all, be-all design conference of the year, and it's absolutely the next big Mac show of the summer. If you use your Mac to make money, you can't afford to miss it," said Lesa Snider, User Group Advisory Board member and MUG Center contributing editor. ?Plus, it’s a great way to network with other MUG ‘peers’ from across the country.?

The conference and expo delivers three days of Macintosh-based instruction with more than 50 sessions of in-depth, real-world training by world-class instructors on Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, InDesign, After Effects, QuarkXPress, Final Cut Pro, and Mac OS X from a team of world-class instructors. Plus, this year the conference offers a special training track just for creatives using Apple’s iLife applications, including, iMovie, GarageBand, iDVD, iTunes and the iPod. In addition, the conference offers special events, such as, the opening keynote, the Crabby Awards, the Mac Design Film Festival, iParty, Macintosh After Dark and more to attendees.

Registration for the three-day event with a MUG discount is $349 for advance registrants, and $449 after April 30, 2004, and includes admission to the keynote address, all conference sessions, some after-hours events, an expo pass, and a detailed training workbook, which includes handouts for every conference session. For more information about the event, or to register, go to http://www.macdesignconference.com

The User Group Priority Code has been emailed to all Apple-recognized User Group leaders, and can be obtained by Apple-recognized user group leaders from their Regional Liaison.

This offer is good internationally.

About Mac Design Magazine
Mac Design Magazine is the leading Macintosh-based graphics magazine dedicated to teaching readers the latest design techniques. Each issue features the hottest design tips, hidden shortcuts, and step-by-step tutorials for working in today’s graphics and multimedia applications. Mac Design also provides readers with current industry news and product reviews. For more information, visit Mac Design’s website at http://www.macdesignonline.com.