Recently I purchased a macbook, and so far I havn't been let down. The reason I purchased it is because Apple have finally attached a 'reasonable' price tag to their lower end product range of notebooks, that and the overall perceived reliability of the Mac OSX.
The 13-inch notebook is fairly lightweight at 2.31kgs, and features a powerful 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. My main use for the laptop is to run Dj audio software running in real-time via USB, which requires a quick processor and plenty of ram (1 gig).
After 3 weeks of using the Macbook, I have not received any USB audio dropouts which I had problems with before when using a windows-based notebook.
The transition from Windows to the Mac operating system has been easier than I first thought, with the only minor critisism being that there is no right-click function. However, simply attach an external mouse and you can right-click.
The Airport wireless device is high-speed and reliable, and I have only been disconnected on one or two seperate occasions.
Macbook have gone crazy with the magnets, featuring a 60W MagSafe power adaptor, and instead of a locking latch when you close the notebook, it is held firmly in place by the power of magnets.
So if your looking to buy a new notebook, I would seriously consider you looking at the new Macbook range from Apple, as the price is competitive and the features are practicle yet powerful.
*Specifications sourced from www.apple.com/macbook
Monday, August 27, 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooogle
Apparently the word Google is a the number '1' with 100 zeros behind it, and after reading the online article, 'The age of permanent net revolution' by John Naughton, I can see why it is an appropriate name for the search engine.
The internet is estimated to contain over 3,000 billion websites, and is growing at a rate of 25,000 webpages per hour!
The process of new technologies taking over old ones known as 'endism', is becoming a reality especially in the case of broadcast TV. Internet Protocol TV (IPtv) is fragmenting the television viewing market, and why wouldn't it be!? Youtube for example, allows users to view the specific content they want to see, free from bias and censorship, witch is laced through commercial TV, and view it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 20 years ago, a successful tv show would attract 20 million viewers, but in another 5 years time a TV broacaster will be considered lucky if they recieve 200,000 ratings.
The lack of censorship on the internet has led to the success of blogging, with a new blog being posted every second. Some blogs are pure vanity, but many are well researched (such as mine haha) and of a high merit.
Personally I cant see 'endism' causing the death of free-to-air TV, just as TV didn't lead to the death of radio when it was produced. Why? Because sometimes it is good being told what to do, and this is what the push-media provides.
From the website: http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1723622,00.html
The internet is estimated to contain over 3,000 billion websites, and is growing at a rate of 25,000 webpages per hour!
The process of new technologies taking over old ones known as 'endism', is becoming a reality especially in the case of broadcast TV. Internet Protocol TV (IPtv) is fragmenting the television viewing market, and why wouldn't it be!? Youtube for example, allows users to view the specific content they want to see, free from bias and censorship, witch is laced through commercial TV, and view it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 20 years ago, a successful tv show would attract 20 million viewers, but in another 5 years time a TV broacaster will be considered lucky if they recieve 200,000 ratings.
The lack of censorship on the internet has led to the success of blogging, with a new blog being posted every second. Some blogs are pure vanity, but many are well researched (such as mine haha) and of a high merit.
Personally I cant see 'endism' causing the death of free-to-air TV, just as TV didn't lead to the death of radio when it was produced. Why? Because sometimes it is good being told what to do, and this is what the push-media provides.
From the website: http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1723622,00.html
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