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Computer World has an article with the above title. I haven't had time to complete it yet but I did find out about SnapNDrag. It is a $5 shareware program for screen capture that sounds real interesting. Of course, most of us can get away with what Apple provides, but sometimes it would be easier to have another option. However, I think he needs some suggestions for improving his list. Why don't you help him out. See the article at: computerworld.com
Wilkes University had a unique view point on switching to Macs. It wasn't really because of a preference for Mac over PC, but because they would save money by allowing students to pick which OS to boot into when they sit down in a lab. They estimate that they will save $150,000 by buying fewer total computers. Read the full story at: www.computerworld.com
MacTech magazine is putting out a special issue in April. The idea behind it is to help with the transition from Visual Basic for Applications to AppleScript once Office 2008 is released. Now is the time to learn. When Microsoft announce last fall that the new version of Office for the Mac wouldn't support VBA, I was worried that it would be the kiss of death for the MBU at MS. This could be a salvation for them. Read more about the new issue with subscription info at: www.mactech.com
According to this news story, Apple TV will ship this week. The article says that Apple has preorders for 100,000 of these machines. At $300 each, that should help their bottom line this quarter. Of course, the real test will come when the stores reorder. With CompUSA shutting so many stores, how will Apple distribute them outside of their own stores? Will Best Buy get into the game? Bet they wait to see how they sell, like they did with the iPod. Full story at: news.yahoo.com
A new gadget with the name of Slacker is an MP3 player that downloads personal "radiostations" from the Internet. They already have a number of companies signed up to allow their music to be downloaded. I would think that there has to be a strong DRM involved. But the players will operate via Wi-Fi and will play normal MP3 files as well. (Read More)
This is software for students to control their homework. The idea is to use it to interact with the work as easily as the iTunes library. "Classcasts" enables publishing assignments to the web as a subscription. "Tasks" can be used like a time management program for research projects. IT is possible to link documents to notes so that searching for specific backup material is easy to find. Check it out at: www.loganscollins.com
Slife is a new freeware application from SlifeLabs. It tracks your usage of 15 applications. (More to come.) This gives the ability to know where you spend your time and even make it easier to bill clients if you charge by the hour. It can display this data in a number of graphical formats to make it eacy to understand. It looks like it could be very useful for a number of people. (There are a number of plug-ins for new applications available at the site.) Download and check it out at: www.slifelabs.com
At the last Cowtown MUG meeting we discussed some of the new features available on Google. Google Calendar is one. I was asked if it would Sync with iCal. At that point, I didn't know of any way to do it. But here is a piece of software that will. The real problem though with the software is it is a subscription service, not an outright purchase. $25 for a year. There is a 15 day free demo however. Try it out at: spanningsync.com
In the past I have listed various emulators for the different Apple machines. I have also mentioned a few of the alternate OSs for the various Macs. Here is a web site that seems to have listed them all and has links for downloads.
For Alternate OSs like: BeOS, Darwin, OpenBSD and others go to:
www.pure-mac.com/unix.html
For Emulators like: Bernie ][ the Rescue, DOSBox, Atari800MacX and others go to:
www.pure-mac.com/emu.html
Have fun, but remember these things may not work right and could cause problems. So I don't recommend them on your production machine.
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
- Wayne Dyer
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."
- Edgar Allan Poe
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
- Albert Einstein
Have a great week... (See last week)
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