Recent content by gwynarion

Ever since installing iLife '06 I have had problems using one of the new features of the various applications: the media browser. I primarily am using iWeb and GarageBand right now. Well, whenever I try to create a podcast in GarageBand (which automatically opens the media browser) or access...

I have a customer I've been working with who is anxious to acquire some furniture for his home very similar to the kids' station found in most Apple Stores. He would like to, ideally, know the name of the company that makes it. Barring that he would like to know of any furniture makers who...

I'm not sure how you can put these two statements together. Apple made a very large and very public announcement back in June, saying that they were going to migrate the entire platform over to Intel processors. From that time until pretty much this exact moment the IT and business press has...

I recently bought a iMac G5 w/ iSight, knowing that there could very well be an Intel iMac that was a big improvement. I had two reasons for doing this. 1.) Hardware: There are always some problems -- major or minor -- when a big change in architecture is made. While I am usually happy to buy...

I'd like a phone the size of my GPS -- 6.5" x 2.9" 1.2" -- and built just as ruggedly.

I've been doing research on podcasts for the last couple of weeks. I've looked at a lot of information online and have read several books, and all of the sources agree that the term podcast came into popular acceptance referring to the iPod. Mashing together a semi-clever acronym doesn't...

What a pathetic attempt to redefine a term to try to downplay the fact that the name of a rival product is indelibly linked to something they want to be a part of...

A brand new Mac mini today may be a great machine, but if I had bought an iMac two years ago I certainly wouldn't have much inclination to buy a Mac mini today. Setting aside the question of the included display v. buying a new one, the Mac mini of today is not significantly faster or better...

My main argument against this particular plan would be that the Mini is a pretty low power computer, while the iMac at least has pretty decent specs when it comes to processor speed, etc. Now if you're used to using iBooks all the time then a Mini would certainly be no big change, but the...

Regarding IE:mac -- um, ok. The general response I have heard to this announcement has been resounding apathy. Regarding Office:mac -- the disappearance of this product would hurt both Microsoft and Apple. The former would lose revenue and one of the things that they can point to as...

Aperture is $499 USD while Photoshop is $649 USD. The fact that you go Photoshop for less is really pretty meaningless except to say that you can get discounts on Aperture too, provided you are an educational buyer. But the real point is that if you don't feel that Aperture is worth either...

It might not make sense, but I don't think that alone will stop Apple. Regardless of what they do I think it will cause a fair bit of consternation among some, but eventually we will all get used to it, whatever it is.

The fact that the Shuffle has no screen, no wheel and is not as glossy makes it attractive to a lot of people. I think that a redesign which preserves those features would be welcome.

I suspect that we will start seeing references to the "G6" processors... I remember right before the G5 came out and the discussion as to what Apple would do about using a processor called the PPC970, and what they would call it. Now I think that G6 is what Apple would like to call it, but as...

I guess it just depends on how grown up it is :) You could say that Final Cut is just an improved iMovie, in the same way that Aperture is an improved iPhoto. It all depends on scale. I think that it's really a matter of how much you think the software will be worth to you. Aperture is...