New Kids on the Block

Posted by YILKA | Posted in Hardware, Tech | Posted on 21-10-2009

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To those who are familiar with Apple style, today is another great Apple Tuesday The Cupertino based company just unveiled an all new iMac line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5′ and 27′ widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure

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The 21.5-inch model, which begins at S$1,788 and carries a 1920×1080 display, offers Intel Core 2 Duo processor options running at 3.06 GHz or 3.33 GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M or ATI Radeon 4670 graphics card options. Pricing on the 27-inch model, which carries a 2560×1440 display, begins at S$2,588. In addition to the same processor options found on the smaller model, users can also select from a 2.66 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 or 2.8 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor.

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If you could recall, the 20′ and 24′ model were offered at S$1,688 and S$2,488 starting price, respectively. It looks clearly that Apple is not only revamping the iMac line but also lowering the price, just right before the holiday season! Imagine with almost same money, now you can own a giant display of 27′ all-in-one desktop with gorgeous LED high resolution screen ^^

Below is the New vs. Old ones:

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Every new iMac features 4GB RAM (yahoooo ) and SD card slot. It also ships standard with a wireless keyboard and the all new wireless Magic Mouse, the world’s first mouse with Multi-Touch technology pioneered by Apple on the iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpad.

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There’s no scroll ball, no clunky wheel, no cord, and no visible button. Instead, Magic Mouse uses Multi-Touch technology to let you control everything with simple gestures. Its smooth, seamless design is ambidextrous, and it supports two-button clicking — without buttons.

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Last but not least, as rumored, Apple updated the MacBook line with a new durable polycarbonate unibody design with LED-backlit display, glass multi-touch trackpad and a 7 hour battery life. The new design includes a non-skid bottom surface, and weighs 4.7 pounds. It contains a 2.26 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, 250GB HD and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics card.

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Apple on the same day releases the upgraded version for Mac Mini, but I’m least concern about that Now it’s the time for considering … 21′ or 27′ … dual core or quad core … but one thing I’m pretty sure is the new iMac will be a treat for myself before Christmas :kiss:

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My second MacBook Pro

Posted by YILKA | Posted in Hardware, Tech | Posted on 09-03-2008

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I’m back from Singapore IT Show 2008 with my new shinny MacBook Pro

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Left hand side is my 2 years old MacBook Pro, and the right hand one is the latest revision featuring 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo ‘Penryn’, 15.4 inches widescreen LED, 2GB memory, 200GB SATA hard drive, 8x Double-layer SuperDrive, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

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Apple’s super year ?

Posted by YILKA | Posted in Hardware, Tech | Posted on 05-03-2008

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Two months has passed and Apple has been aggressively showing their ambitions for 2008. With each and every super Tuesday, Apple introduced new things

  • January 08: new Mac Pros and Xserve
  • January 15: Macworld Expo: MacBook Air, Apple TV 2
  • January 22: Pink nanos
  • January 29: New iWork updates
  • February 05: Double storage for iPhone and touch
  • February 12: Aperture 2
  • February 19: Down price of 1GB iPod Shuffle and introduce new 2GB model
  • February 26: Upgrade MacBook and MacBook Pro product lines

steve_jobs_power.jpgTerrific, isn’t it “and we have 52 weeks to go” (Steve Jobs), so what will be next? MacBook and MacBook Pro already got a bump. Now it’s time for iMac, iPhone SDK, and 3G iPhone

Today, Fortune listed Apple as the No.1 of American’s Most Admired Company for innovation, also ranked Steve Jobs (Chairman and CEO, Apple) as the most powerful people in business Congrats!

The article pointed out what makes Apple golden:

Apple’s philosophy goes like this: Too many companies spread themselves thin, making a profusion of products to defuse risk, so they get mired in the mediocre. Apple’s approach is to put every resource it has behind just a few products and make them exceedingly well.

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Apple’s headquarter in Cupertino, Cali is loaded with engineers, but it’s not just the skills that are important, it’s the ability to emote. (“Emotive” is a big word here.) . It also set the gold standard for corporate America with an entirely new business model: creating a brand, morphing it, and reincarnating it to thrive in a disruptive age.

Excellent way to go, Apple and Steve ^-^ We’ll be watching closely, bring everything on and surprise us be Apple, be sophisticated simplicity!

Will you buy a MacBook Air ?

Posted by YILKA | Posted in Hardware, Tech | Posted on 17-01-2008

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So Apple has introduced the long time anticipated ultra-thin MacBook Air yesterday, now the question is whether you are convincing enough to invest $1799 for it Many pros and cons are listed, some of them are worth to mention. I’m tempted to get one for me indeed but let’s try to see how well do we know of this Air. (Photos courtesy of Apple and Engadget)

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- MBA is silvery finish which is following closely the ‘Mac’ style of aluminum casing. I love that design – the same reason why I bought MacBook Pro last time.

- It’s thin, very thin. No one denies that MBA has a striking slim body, its thickest part measured ~2cm

Apple MacWorld Expo 2008

Posted by YILKA | Posted in Hardware, Software, Tech | Posted on 16-01-2008

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Wait no more, MacWorld Conference & Expo 2008 is on the air today, January 15th 2008. After people experienced the ‘art of technology’ with Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008 at Las Vegas, they gonna ‘wow’ and ‘wee’ for the upcoming super cool stuffs from Apple

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Last year, Steve Jobs rocked us with the revolutionary iPhone and Apple TV. This year, people expected to see: a super thin lightweight and gorgeous ‘AirBook’, an 3G iPhone 16Gb, iTunes Movies Rental service, software update, price reduction …

Let’s look at 4 main points are introduced today: