Reviews

First Look and final word: Adobe Photoshop 7 is Mac OS X native

First Look and final word: Adobe Photoshop 7 is Mac OS X native

If Steve Jobs has seemed impatient waiting for Photoshop to come out Mac OS X native, then imagine how the rest of us feel. We’d be happy just to have it open in Aqua, and be a Wet Version 6. But Adobe can’t usher out a mere OS X...

 

The Next Killer App? – AquaMind’s NoteTaker

The Next Killer App? – AquaMind’s NoteTaker

I want to tell you about an extraordinary piece of software I have discovered. It’s not often that I write software reviews anymore because there’s not a lot I get excited about. In this case, however, I am excited, The software...

 

Apple iBook G4 1.33Ghz, 14inch

Apple iBook G4 1.33Ghz, 14inch

I had initially found the enjoyment of Mac hardware through my purchase of a second hand B&W G3 (which I considered a discovery type buy), fantastic – but a little slow for my work as a web developer. So in need of a little more power...

 

Tiger – More “Oh” than “Wow”

Tiger – More “Oh” than “Wow”

There’s some talk on the net at the moment about honesty being the best policy and people being paid huge sums of money (oh, I wish!) to say great things about Apple…..so I’m ‘fessing up straight off. The wonderful people...

 

iMac G5 20″ 2.1GHz

iMac G5 20″ 2.1GHz

Upon the release of the iMac G5 Front Row Edition (Power PC) in the start of October, we placed our order the next day at Magnum Mac. We were so excited with anicipation about receiving such a great new member to the family. Although in the...

 

iWeb 1.0

iWeb 1.0

iLife ’06 was released at the January 2006 MacWorld conference and took up much of the Keynote speech. Some were a little miffed about this but personally I enjoyed the release because iLife ’06 is a fantastic package. Before the...

 

iMovie HD 6

iMovie HD 6

In 2000 I was in the market for a new computer as I wanted to upgrade my Amiga 4000, 2000, and 1200. The only reason I wanted to upgrade was to perform desktop video which at that time was cheaper to do on other platforms and everything needed...

 

iPhoto 6

iPhoto 6

iPhoto has to be one of the most useful applications of the whole iLife package, on a par with iTunes. Like iTunes it’s program that allows for the storing files using a simple, easy to use format. But iPhoto 6 has become something of...

 

GarageBand 3

GarageBand 3

Music is the greatest language mankind has. There is not a single race, religion, or tribe that does not use music in some form to communicate. It transcends spoken language. Even deaf people can understand music (see Mr Holland’s Opus...

 

iDVD 6

iDVD 6

I’ve never used iDVD before on account of not having a SuperDrive equipped Mac. Apple saw fit not to include it as an option for over the counter 12" iBook, but iDVD in the iLife ’06 package allows you to use any DVD writer...