Desktop Evolution: Windows versus Mac OS
Posted in Mac Gizmo's and Gadgets, Microsoft Gizmo's and Gadgets on Nov 26th, 2007
The people from gizmodo created a neat looking image of the operating systems and their evolution :
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ATI TV Wonder 650 TV tuner series for your Mac
Posted in Mac Gizmo's and Gadgets on Nov 14th, 2007
The long waited version of ATI’s TV Wonder 650 has finally been released for the Mac. It’s designed around the common white color, has a new interface and parental control. Unfortunately nothing new has been added to the original specs, still packs OTA Analog and HD, Clear-QAM but it is a good choice for someone who is thinking of designing a mini Mac HD PVR system. All of these can be yours for the price of $149.
Mac OS X Leopard’s 300+ Feature List
Posted in Mac Gizmo's and Gadgets on Oct 17th, 2007
This is a list of new features that, according to [GIZMODO] , have not been seen on the WWDC 06/07 keynotes.
• Mail’s Post-It-style notes synchronize automatically with the iPhone.
• Address Book now synchronizes with Yahoo.
• Finder Path Bar: “See the path of a file when you view it in the Finder. Just choose Show Path Bar from the View menu and the path is visible at the bottom of the Finder window. You can also drag files to any location in the Path Bar.”
• Preview has more editing power: “Crop, rotate, resize, and save images in a range of image formats. Selection tools make it a snap to cut and paste images from Preview directly into other applications.”
• Boot Camp is now official, complete with Microsoft WHCL-Certified Windows Drivers. (And an uninstall mode.)
• The new-look dock is now spring-loaded. This means that you can drag an image over iPhoto, press the space bar and, once iPhoto is opened, you’ll keep dragging the image to the desired folder.
• You can now have the dock synched in many Macs (this requires a .Mac account.)
• DVD Player now comes with auto zoom, to box your movies correctly.
• Apple says that DVD Player has now higher quality video thanks to “Adaptive Video Analyzation technology that applies deinterlacing and inverse 3:2 pulldown on demand.”
• Apart from all its well-known interface improvements, the Finder now includes precise grid control for icons and a one-click way to make all folder views look the same.
• Front Row will stream iTunes content from any Mac around the house, and do DVD playback.
• iCal has received a lot of new features, like inline editing of events, sharing of meeting materials in an event dropbox, and CalDAV group scheduling.
• iChat Watch for My Name…Receive an alert when someone calls your name in a group chat. And
never miss a comment directed to you.
• iChat: Invisible mode and multiple logins for .mac/AIM, Google or Jabber.
• Instant Screen Sharing from the Finder. “Start an interactive screen sharing session with other Macs on your network. Just select the Mac from your sidebar and (if authorized) you can see and control the Mac as if you were right in front of it.”
• Image applications will be able now to import photos from 802.11- and Bluetooth-enabled cameras.
• Self-Tuning TCP promises “optimum application performance, especially in high-bandwidth/high-latency environments.”
• Photo Booth comes now with a burst mode, so you can record four-photo successive shots as GIFs. The objective: to annoy everyone in iChat with your moving buddy image. Photobooth also records videos.
• Live partition resizing
• Wirelessly import images from many 802.11-enabled digital cameras and Bluetooth devices.
• Application Binding. Assign an application to a specific space. Anytime you run that application, it will open in its assigned space.
• GPS geotagging info supported in Preview.
•Airport shows which networks are secure.
Pre-Order Mac OS X Leopard Now From the Apple Store
Posted in Mac Gizmo's and Gadgets on Oct 16th, 2007
Apple has updated their website. Now you can pre-order the newest version of MacOS X 10.5 Leopard straight from the Apple Store. It will cost $129 but comes with free shipping, shiny new interface, Finder, QuickLook, Spaces, iChat with presentation sharing and—our all-time favorite—Time Machine without flux capacitor. The release date or 26th October has been confirmed by Apple Officials. At last.
Rumors of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard beening finalized
Posted in Mac Gizmo's and Gadgets on Oct 10th, 2007
According to AppleInsider the latest version of MacOS X named Leopard has been finalized and will be ready to ship on 26th of October. On the other hand MacRumors’ sources announced that this is not true yet as development is still being done. All of this combined with the fact that Apple will be releasing two new builds of Mac OS X 10.4.11 soon tells me that Apple is still playing the cat and mouse game. Let hope the announced date will stand and nothing will come between the happiness of all the Mac fans.
Pimp Your iMac : ChroMac
Posted in Computers, Gizmo's and Gadgets for Fashion, Mac Gizmo's and Gadgets on Sep 18th, 2007
If you like your iMac and want it to look even better then ChroMac has the solution. Pimp your iMac with their brand new options : buy a pre-made iMac that has a chrome, gold or charcoal case , or order the case and do it yourself. You’ll have the coolest design upgrade but it all comes with a right price tag :$400 to$500. But it’s all worth it, what wouldn’t you do for the coolness.
