PC Magazine reviews the latest Apple 17-inch Laptop

PC Magazine did a recent review of the latest Apple MacBook Pro 17in Laptop and gave it a “Very Good” rating.  They said that it continues to be the lightest 17-inch laptop on the market, with faster components then before and a 1080p resolution.  They called it’s design elegant.The CONS they mentioned were that there wasn’t a less-expensive configuration and that RAM upgrades (via Apple) were insanely expensive.I agree with PC-Mag about the RAM upgrade prices but I think that they missed the intent with the comment of a less-expensive configuration.

One more post about Facebook and I’ll puke!

There were no doubt more, as my feed reader only retains between 10-25 posts per subscription, some may have already dropped off….  So, if all this hype is not being driven by Facebook’s greatness, we must be on an incredibly boring web plateau with nothing of greater interest to write about.  I don’t agree with Mark Cuban that the Internet is dead, but I would agree that some of the major conversation topics recently have been boring.Where’s the innovation and the excitement…I don’t think it’s Facebook.

Saying goodbye to Microsoft Office for Mac

Windows was the standard at work and Microsoft Office was the standard office application package….  Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac was the software application that for me made the hardware switch to Mac feasible.Now, I find myself at the point where I’m uninstalling Microsoft Office for Mac.  My reason’s: I find I only use it as a case of last resort;Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is not a universal application and runs slow on Intel Mac’s; I’m tired of the application feature bloat that has become part of most Microsoft applications; andI don’t want to spend the big bucks($) to upgrade to Office 2008 for Mac when they finally release it.For me, Microsoft Office for Mac has went from being a critical piece of software to being not required.

Apple: iPhoto Update 7.0.2 released

Apple update 7.0.2 for iPhoto is available today via Software Updates.  According to the comments attached to the update:This update to iPhoto addresses issues associated with publishing to .Mac Web Gallery, rebuilding thumbnails, and editing books.  It also addresses a number of other minor issues.

A weather balloon, a Nikon Coolpix and 22 vertical miles later.

That was the case when I saw the photos, and read the story, of the group from Alberta, Canada that launch a weather balloon carrying a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera taking one photo each minute, to an altitude of 22 miles.  The last photo before the balloon burst is the the one below…simply amazing.  Great job guys!You can see many other photo’s at their site, SABLE via Neatorama.

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