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Apple offers up new MacBooks

Posted by billspaced | 8:22 AM | 0 comments »

2 GHz, 13.3 inch screen, 1GB RAM, 80GB hard drive, built in iSight camera, combo drive. $1099 in white, $1499 in black (Black comes with 2.15 GHz processor, 160GB hard drive and double-layer SuperDrive).



Apple - MacBook

Kindergarten coding

Posted by billspaced | 7:56 AM | 0 comments »

Developed by MIT, this new tool, called Scratch, offers programming easy enough for a small child.



BBC NEWS | Technology | Free tool offers 'easy' coding

I've almost decided never to buy anything that's not Apple ever again. Since Macs can run anything nowadays, why limit myself to Windows only?



That said, Macs are so much more elegant. I think with the right software and a sprinkling of off-the-shelf hardware, I could build a video server, replete with MPEG encoding and decoding, for a little less than an HDTV Series 3 TiVo.



Am I right? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?



HDTV Magazine Articles: Roll Your Own Video Server - Mac Mini-style