Archive for April, 2007

I’ve Seen the Future of Apple…

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Love the iLaunch or hate it, you’ve got to admire Steve Jobs hype machine. I’ve been using Macs for way too long now, and up until recently, every time he’s stepped up to the podium, I’ve expected something special. And usually I’ve got it. Blisteringly fast processors, funky looking new boxes, must-have consumer stuff. And until the last few months (more…)

Apple TV - Not so much Apple as Lemon

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

So, you just bought yourself a 42” “HD Ready” (whatever that means), multi-HDMI input, 5000:1 contrast, flat-screen TV. It’s capable of displaying a High Definition signal which is almost indiscernible from reality. Combined with Blu-Ray DVDs, cinema is brought to your home in a way you never thought possible, and with services like Sky HD, your (more…)

My Logic Pro Wish List

Monday, April 16th, 2007

I use Logic Pro more or less every day. It really is a great piece of software, with a lot of cool features that PT users are missing out on. Like, it works right out of the box and the built in effects and instruments are at worst usable, and at (more…)

Media Center - Microsoft’s Secret Weapon

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

OK, let’s get this straight; I pretty much hate PCs. Now, of course I don’t mean I hate personal computers as a whole. After all my MacBook Pro, which I’m typing into right now is somehow cuddly to me, despite being a hunk of sharp edged metal. I even find the coloured wheel of death oddly appealing, and the odd crash kinda acceptable, in a “Love Is…” cartoon (more…)