Wait for .1 release before installing any Apple upgrade?

by Veit 07.17.2008

For Microsoft Windows, we all learned long ago that you should not upgrade until Service Pack 1 of a new Windows version is out. In fact, many users never upgrade Windows at all…
For my MacBook Pro, even although I had bought Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) before 10.5.1 was made available, I waited until the [...]

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Life in the non-iPhone line

by Veit 07.12.2008

I certainly had no intention of getting even close to any Apple store this weekend due to the expected crowd of iPhone buyers. But someone spilled water over my Bluetooth keyboard last night rendering it totally inoperable, so I had to go and pick up a new one today.
As expected, the line of iPhone [...]

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Field Tested: Domke F-4AF Bag

by Veit 09.05.2007
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When it comes to photo bags, preferences vary. But no matter what bag I’ve tried so far, my main shoulder bag has remained the same over the last four years: The Domke F-4AF. It’s very versatile, extremely well put together and in typical Domke-style, it shows that attention was paid to every single [...]

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My personal gem from last week’s announcement: iWork’08

by Veit 08.13.2007
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While most of Steve Jobs’ presentation during last week’s press event in Cupertino was focused on the new iMac and iLife’08, I found iWork’08 to be the real gem. Just contrast iWork with iLife and you’ll quickly understand why iWork is where you should put your money first.
iLife is a true consumer application suite [...]

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Online Must Be Part Of Your Marketing Effort

by Veit 08.07.2007

What continues to impress me about Apple’s Marketing is their attention to detail. In the Internet age, they understand that people go online to research products and get questions answered rather than calling a vendor’s sales person and certainly before walking into a retail store. When Apple released the iPhone, their 20 minute [...]

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Why Safari won’t unseat Firefox on Windows

by Veit 07.20.2007

Most computer users do not and will not use more than two browsers on their computer. After all, what the third browser offers in additional functionality will most likely be offset by the extra effort keeping these three browsing environments synchronized.
Which browsers will they use? In short, people using only one browser will [...]

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‘Tis The Season

by Veit 07.15.2007

Nope, not that season. This is the other season – it’s summer in California, which means it is the season for Heirloom tomatoes!
These succulent tomatoes are called heirloom, because seeds are not hybrid and have typically been handed down within a family through generations. Thus, they are grown locally, are available only during [...]

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Customers Benefit From An Acquisition, Right?

by Veit 07.09.2007

Recently, Century Theater, which was headquartered in our county and thus operated most of our movie theaters, was acquired by Cinemark. The benefits from this acquisition became immediately obvious:
- They must have updated their pre-movie screening technology — they are now able to entertain us with regular advertising rather than semi-entertaining stills they had [...]

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One That Really Works: Lightsphere

by Veit 07.08.2007

While it does not really look like it could make a big difference, this one does. Lightsphere is a flash diffuser that looks dorky, but delivers beautiful results. Designed by renowned wedding photographer Gary Fong, it is an add-on to your existing flash that diffuses the light in its cylindrical dome (similar to [...]

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Keeping Your Data From Prying Eyes

by Veit 07.07.2007

Are you worried what might happen to your content when someone else gets their hands on your computer? You should!
You might have read the story by the Consumerist on how Geek Squad employees ripped content from customers’ computers. While that is clearly illegal, how can you prevent it from happening? How can [...]

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