Posts Tagged ‘technical’

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New “MacBook Pro lineup offers the best displays for photographers”


2009
07.05

Rob Galbraith wrote a piece about the new MacBook Pro lineup. The new line of display’s used for this lineup is said to be much better for photographers.

“What a difference six months makes. Back in January, we wrote about the suitability of the screens in several notebooks for editing photos in the field. At that time, Apple’s MacBook Pro 15 inch was pegged as being acceptable for this purpose, but barely: hue accuracy trailed the other portables we looked at, while the display’s glass front meant it was a battle to keep reflections at bay.


Fast forward to today and the overall MacBook Pro story is quite different: not only does the recently-revamped MacBook Pro 15 inch now ship with a superb colour-accurate display, but the new MacBook Pro 13 inch does too. Plus, the third member of Apple’s
MacBook Pro trio – the 17 inch – has both a great laptop display and the option of ordering it in a much-needed antiglare version.

Taken together, the current MacBook Pro lineup offers the best displays for photographers we’ve ever seen from Apple, with a potential solution for the remaining bugaboo – display glossiness – coming a bit later this year.” more here

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Apple WWDC 2009: New iPhone, new MacBooks, Snow Leopard


2009
06.12

Check this spot for  live coverage of Apple’s (AAPL) World Wide Developers Conference.

Read this information about Snow Leopard, Worlds most advanced software! Snow Leopard is available in september 2009.

Also:

Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip power

SAN FRANCISCO–Apple wants Mac OS X to do a better job dealing with the new directions that Moore’s Law has taken computer chips.

At its Apple Worldwide Developer Conference here, Craig Federighi, vice president of Mac OS engineering, shed light on technology called Grand Central Dispatch that’s designed to make Mac OS X 10.6, called Snow Leopard, take better advantage of multicore processors and graphics processors. More here…..

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Apple Releases the Mac OSX 10.5.7 Update


2009
05.12

Apple has launched the long-awaited 10.5.7 Mac OS X update to customers today through Mac OS X’s Software Update utility. The new update is said to provide general fixes to the operating system:

The 10.5.7 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3397.
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 .

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Apple News, New iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro…


2009
03.03

….and updated Airport Express and Time Capsule.

In short what has been introduced today:

  • Apple today announced updates to its iMac and Mac mini desktop lines, including a 24-inch iMac and a Mac mini with new NVIDIA integrated graphics. For the same $1,499 price as the previous generation 20-inch iMac, the new 24-inch iMac delivers a 30 percent larger display, twice the memory and twice the storage. Apple also claims up to five times better graphics performance in the new Mac mini with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics..
  • Apple today introduced the new Mac Pro using Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors and a next-generation system architecture. The new Mac Pro starts at $2,499 and features “the latest graphics technology and an updated interior that makes expansion even easier than before.”

and a small surprise:

  • Apple has quietly increased the processor speed of their mid-range 15″ MacBook Pro from 2.53GHz to 2.66GHz and the top-of-the-line model from 2.8GHz to 2.93GHz.. The change is unlikely to be noticed in day to day operation but is a distinct modification from the original release. They have also begun offering 256GB SSD upgrade options for the 13″ aluminum MacBook and 15″ MacBook Pro as well.
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Apple releases public beta of Safari 4 browser


2009
02.27

Apple on Tuesday announced a public beta of Safari 4, a new version of its share-gaining web browser that packs a powerful new JavaScript engine and support for the latest web standards. 

Dubbed “Nitro,” the engine in Safari 4 is said to run JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Other new features include Top Sites, for a visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive.

In total, Apple claims over 150 features in Safari 4

Download Safari 4 here

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Scott Kelby’s Gonzo Holiday Gear Guide (2008)


2008
11.14

 

Click here for the Guide


From Scott’s Website:

“That’s right folks, it’s time for this year’s ultimate holiday guide to the nothing but the coolest photography and Photoshop gear for the photo freak on your holiday list.” 

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David Pogue’s Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User


2008
10.05

From David Pogue’s Blog


I really like his approuch

Here are some items I discovered and find news worthy:
(the ones in red I like the most) 
 

“* You can hide all windows, revealing only what’s on the computer desktop, with one keystroke: hit the Windows key and “D” simultaneously in Windows, or press F11 on Macs (on recent Mac laptops, Command+F3; Command is the key with the cloverleaf logo). That’s great when you want examine or delete something you’ve just downloaded to the desktop, for example. Press the keystroke again to return to what you were doing.

* You can enlarge the text on any Web page. In Windows, press Ctrl and the plus or minus keys (for bigger or smaller fonts); on the Mac, it’s the Command key and plus or minus.

* You can also enlarge the entire Web page or document by pressing the Control key as you turn the wheel on top of your mouse. On the Mac, this enlarges the entire screen image.

* The number of megapixels does not determine a camera’s picture quality; that’s a marketing myth. The sensor size is far more important. (Use Google to find it. For example, search for “sensor size Nikon D90.”)

* When someone sends you some shocking e-mail and suggests that you pass it on, don’t. At least not until you’ve first confirmed its truth at snopes.com, the Internet’s authority on e-mailed myths. This includes get-rich schemes, Microsoft/AOL cash giveaways, and–especially lately–nutty scare-tactic messages about our Presidential candidates.

* Forcing the camera’s flash to go off prevents silhouetted, too-dark faces when you’re outdoors.

* When you’re searching for something on the Web using, say, Google, put quotes around phrases that must be searched together. For example, if you put quotes around “electric curtains,” Google won’t waste your time finding one set of Web pages containing the word “electric” and another set containing the word “curtains.”

* You can use Google to do math for you. Just type the equation, like 23*7+15/3=, and hit Enter.

* Google is also a units-of-measurement and currency converter. Type “teaspoons in 1.3 gallons,” for example, or “euros in 17 dollars.” Click Search to see the answer.

* You generally can’t send someone more than a couple of full-size digital photos as an e-mail attachment; those files are too big, and they’ll bounce back to you. (Instead, use iPhoto or Picasa–photo-organizing programs that can automatically scale down photos in the process of e-mailing them.)

* Whatever technology you buy today will be obsolete soon, but you can avoid heartache by learning the cycles. New iPods come out every September. New digital cameras come out in February and October.

* You don’t have to type “http://www” into your Web browser. Just type the remainder: “nytimes.com” or “dilbert.com,” for example. (In the Safari browser, you can even leave off the “.com” part.)

* On the iPhone, hit the Space bar twice at the end of a sentence. You get a period, a space, and a capitalized letter at the beginning of the next word.”

 

Nice Stuff David! 

David’s Tech Blog runs @ the New York Times