Here is a quick heads up on an amazing deal I found—the Mac Bundle Box is a special deal that was recently brought to my attention through a blog post by Chris Pirillo. Essentially, 15 applications are included in a package deal that costs $49.95. The total value of each application together is over $300. At first, I thought there might be a number of lower quality applications thrown into the mix, but I soon learned differently. I was honestly shocked at the value, as there are some pretty awesome applications included.

Chris Pirillo mentioned which applications will be included on his blog:

• Dream Capture is a utility that connects to your webcam and allows you to record audio and video. It’s simple and straightforward, and easy to use.
• Headline is brand new. It’s a full-featured feed reader, with an ultra-minimal UI.
• Mac Pilot 3 is a utility that has it all when it comes to optimizing Mac OS X.
• iConquer is a great game. If you’ve ever played the game of Risk, you’ll love this. It has amazing graphics.
• Mahjong Forests is a favorite of mine. I love Mahjong, so I’m really looking forward to playing this.
• Shoebox Express is a solution for organizing all your photos by content.
• Caboodle is a way to collect random snippets of text or images on your machine. It’s a great way to organize chaos on your desktop.
• Narrator is a program that will read out stories in multiple voices. You can take a series of text, and choose a voice to read it all.
• WriteRoom is distraction-free writing. You can run this and do your work, while avoiding all the distractions on your computer.
• Scribbles is a simple drawing utility for the Mac that is easy to use.
• Money is an Accounting app for OS X. It has a great user experience and interface.
• Operation is an easy software choice to help you manage projects. It’s clean, and feels like a native app.
• Aurora is basically an alarm clock with a buttload of options.
• Compositor is bascially an image editor. It has many features comparable to PhotoShop.
• Sofa Control allows you to control your applications remotely.

I would like to highlight WriteRoom, Caboodle, and Money in particular. Those three alone—in my opinion—would be a great deal alone for $50. WriteRoom was also previously mentioned in my “Favorite Applications for Mac OS X” article, so I highly recommend it.

There are twelve other quality applications that are included in this deal—granted, some applications are more useful than others—but, again, this deal would still be great if only three or four of these applications were included.

This makes me wonder if it is all too good to be true. There are a few questions that I have about this bundle (if you know the answers, please e-mail me): how long are the licenses good for, can you receive discounts or free upgrades if a new version of the software comes out, and is support included? (I will not purchase this deal until these questions are answered, so keep an open mind if they are important factors for you.)

There is still a little over a day remaining before the deal goes live. I don’t have any more information than what has already been shared, but I will be checking out the site tomorrow to learn more. I’ll update this post as more information comes along.

Regardless, I’m going to remain optimistic about this deal. I think it is almost a steal if it is legitimate. If you have recently migrated to a Mac computer or are interested in some quality software, this might be a great investment to consider. The Mac Bundle Box goes on sale in around 24 hours.

[Update: The Mac Bundle Box is now available for purchase. My issues are not addressed on their site, but I am still considering purchasing it.]