PC World has come up with their list of Gorgeous! 15 of the Greatest Tech Designs Ever. Among those items that made their list are the MacBook Air, an Alienware gaming desktop, LaCie 5big Network and the MoGo Bluetooth mouse.

Let’s start the discussion on what you think the best examples of technology design are these days and in recent history. We don’t have to focus on items that are just beautiful aesthetically either. Great design can also encompass a great user-interface too. I don’t like iTunes to manage, but the simple interface of iPods are a great example of design …read more

Overall, though, Mac OS X beats Windows. There, I’ve said it. And lightning hasn’t struck me yet.

These words came straight from Preston Gralla, a Contributing Editor to Computerworld.com. He’s a Windows expert with a lot of articles and books about PCs and Windows under his belt. So you know this isn’t just some PC user. This guy KNOWS windows. Yet, at the end of the day he admits after having spent 2 weeks with the Mac OS X, he says it is better than Windows.
Mr. Gralla was given a MacBook Air to try out Mac OS X with. He used …read more

Over the course of the past few days I’ve spoken to two friends who are considering getting a Netbook. One of them is a Mac user. He’s thinking of getting a netbook having tried one of our friend’s HP Mini-Note.
The MacBook Air is the closest thing that Apple has to an ultraportable. The Air is thin and light but the 13″ screen still makes it a wide laptop. It’s also quite expensive. The starting price for the Air is $1800.
Compare that to netbooks such as the Mini-Note which have 10-11 inch screens and priced somewhere between $400-$700 dollars. But …read more

[Photo from Big Tech (Fortune)]
According to this article from Fortune, the Apple event on October 14 is pushing through. So much for my previous entry. This time Apple is not being subtle about what they intend to announce. The invite says “The spotlight turns to notebooks”. How much clearer can you get?
The event will be on Tuesday Oct 14 at 10 a.m. It will be held at the Town Hall inside the Apple campus.
While I was excited about the iPhone 3G, I think I’m more excited about the new notebooks. It’s about time the MacBook Pro sees a redesign. …read more

Several people I know contacted me recently. They were having problems with their Macs and asked for advice. One had a broken LCD and another was having trouble with her trackpad and keyboard. It would later be diagnosed as a logic board problem. These two people have one thing in common, their Macs could not be covered by warranty. The LCD problem was not a factory defect. The owner accidentally sat on his MacBook. The one with the logic board problem was out of the 1 year standard warranty period.
When this happens it really sucks. Most components of your …read more

Honestly, no. I’m still off the opinion that even if Apple slashed $500 bucks off the price of the SSD version of the MacBook Air, it’s still not worth the extra money.
I know in theory the SSD should be ok. It is in some instances but I’m really not inclined to justify the additional cost for the benefit it gives. Sure, there’s faster boot up time and the assurance that there are no moving parts and it should protect your data better than the hard disk based counterpart but really, the price difference is still too big.
The good thing …read more

When I first made the switch to mac, I wasn’t looking at the operating system, but rather was looking for a computer that was small, lightweight, relatively powerful, a decent battery life, and didn’t cost a fortune. Most of the Windows ultralights that I looked at started at $1700-1800 and the ones with enough power to run Photoshop and do a little basic video editing were well outside the price range I wanted to be in.
So I bought a 12" PowerBook G4. It was small, lightweight, got 5 hours of battery life, and was as powerful (almost) as the 15" …read more

I just got my hands on an Air Manila Sleeve for the MacBook Air. It was loaned to me by a friend who recently bought one. This particular sleeve is manufactured by Civilian Lab. Now, a sleeve for the MacBook Air is a fairly simple product. There’s not much bells and whistles you can put on it. Rightfully so.
What it lacks in features though it makes up for in quality. The premium waterproof leather used for the sleeve gives it a sense of luxury. The padded lining gives it a sense of protection. Although I’m not sure it will completely …read more

According to an AppleInsider Story, Mac sales are soaring. It posted a 50% year on year growth for the month of April. A staggering figure compared to 17% for the PC market.
It’s not only the numbers that show it. Even in everyday life you see the Mac gaining popularity. I’ve been seeing more and more glowing Apple logos in coffee shops, schools and offices here in Manila. Sales of Macs are up as evidenced by more and more stores selling Apple stuff.
The strength of Mac OS X coupled with the blunder that is Vista is making people really …read more

Apple posted it’s second quarter results last April 23, 2008. The most notable figure for me was the fact that Mac sales are up. Apple shipped 2,289,000 units in this period equating to a 51% unit growth.
Macs are gaining market share and it has nowhere else to go but up. Macs actually represented the strongest revenue stream for Apple ahead of iPod and iPhone sales.
These facts aren’t just imaginary. I’m experiencing it first hand. I know 8 people who bought new Macs this month alone. Some of them are already Mac users and there are also new Mac users. …read more