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This week’s Utility Roundup

June 4, 2008

Force Eject 1.0 can be used to eject any removable disk that the system will not eject. It’s freeware, and can also be found on Apple’s site. Spotless 2.0.1 is not free, but is fairly inexpensive at $16.95. It does only one thing: it enables and disables Spotlight content indexing with the click of a [...]

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Review of the newest iMac

May 31, 2008

Computerworld has a new review out, of the latest Penryn iMacs, used at home in the author’s (Scot Finnie) home, complete with 3, 6 and 16 year old kids to give it a workout. Scot relates the experiences of his kids getting used to the new machine… I barely had it set up before the [...]

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New MacBook Pro 15″ (Penryn) reviewed

May 26, 2008

PC Magazine, not a hotbed of Mac FanBoy activity, published a review of the new MacBook Pro, giving it an Editor’s rating of 4.5 (of 5) and a reader rating of 5. The review comments on the increased battery life and other new additions, and says the following: There are other new additions worth talking [...]

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Mozy Online Backup now for Macs

May 2, 2008

Mozy inc. (EMC Corp.) offers on-line backups, but until now Mac users were left out. Not anymore. MozyHome for Mac rolled out yesterday, costing $4.95/month for unlimited storage. Their free version is limited to 2GB online storage. MozyHome for Mac is aimed at the home and small business user and offers hosted backup for storage [...]

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cnet Reviews the new iMac

May 2, 2008

cnet has a thorough review the new 24: 2.8GHz iMac, with comparisons to the previous model, the new 20″ iMac, the Mini and 3 Windows competitors. This is another well written review from Matthew Elliott. He notes We were impressed with the 24-inch iMac’s showing last year in the labs, and this latest update showed [...]

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More on the new iMac… the iconic all-in-one

May 2, 2008

PC Magazine has an online review of the new 24″ Penryn processor iMac. It’s a good read if you are interested in Mac hardware. It’s a better read if you are thinking of buying a new Mac. Joel Santo Domingo writes: The iMac’s E8235 processor is one of the new 45-nm “Penryn” models, and as [...]

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Why Use a Mac?

April 22, 2008

David Risley, founder of PCMech.com posted his thoughts about Macs and why you may want to choose Macs over Linux or Windows machines. Read the full article here. David appreciates the quickness of Apple to develop enhancements, the ability of Macs to run EVERY OS, better software design, conveniences built into Leopard, and better value. [...]

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Review: Word 2008 vs. Pages ’08 for the Mac

April 22, 2008

Computerworld published a side-by-side review of Word 2008 and Pages ’08, comparing the two by creating the same project. The author, Jeffery Battersby, wanted to see which app would be better at each stage of the project… text entry and formatting to more advanced features. This article tests the strengths and weaknesses of each app, [...]

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Mac – PC showdown

April 16, 2008

Popular Mechanics just published an article online, to appear in the May 20089 issue, called Mac vs. PC: The Ultimate Lab Test for New Desktops & Laptops. This article by Glenn Derene tested 2 all-in-one desktops and 2 laptops (one each Mac and PC) and matched them as closely as possible. The Gateway One PC [...]

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MacBook Air review – after 3 weeks sole use

April 7, 2008

Macworld posted a Dan Frakes review of the MacBook Air a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been a little jammed up, or it would have been posted earlier. He had the chance to use the Air as his only laptop for 3 weeks, and his conclusions surprised me. He liked it! Read the article here. [...]

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