Tag: iMac
iMac Report Card - part 1
by admin on Aug.29, 2010, under Uncategorized
I posted to Apple’s Evangelist, a great bunch of Mac users and enthusiasts, for comments on their personal experiences with the Apple iMac. I received over 100 letters and my thanks go out to the Evangelist for helping me with this feature.
Here’s what folks on the Evangelist had to say about Apple’s iMac. Most users seemed very positive about their iMacs, but some of them have experienced problems.
First, the positives:Todd Huettel, who works in a high school computer lab in Illinois, convinced his boss to buy four iMacs for the school computer lab. Todd says, “And I gotta tell you, they are a big hit. Whenever a class arrives at the lab, students always race to get to the iMacs first. 99 percent of the students think they’re cool (the other 1 percent think they’re a little too far out there for their tastes.” (continue reading…)
One of the best 3rd party external USB peripherals for the Apple iMac is Imation’s SuperDisk USB Drive. If you’re not a fan of Zip drives and feel a bit uncomfortable without having a floppy drive, the Imation SuperDisk USB Drive is the solution. Whether you need high capacity storage device or you simply want to back your work up on a floppy, the leading edge technology offered by the SuperDisk USB Drive (developed by Imation and Panasonic) will do the job.
Amazing to me is the fact that a skinny, little 3.5″ SuperDisk diskette (which has the look/feel of a normal floppy) provides up to 120 MB of storage–in comparison to a 1.44 MB floppy. If you do the math, that’s 83 times the current capacity of a regular floppy! (continue reading…)
Contour Design’s UniTrap
by admin on Aug.21, 2010, under News & reviews
If you’re an iMac or G3 user and you’re still using the original Apple USB round mouse, we need to talk. For less than 15 bucks, you can say adios to your iMac or G3’s hockey puck mouse, once and for all. You know, just do it!Enter Contour Design’s UniTrap, a three-piece snap-on shell which will transform a round mouse into a more ergonomic creature.
Amazingly, the $14.99 budget-minded package includes all five yummy iMac flavors, which are actually interchangeable buttons which fit nicely into a translucent shell.You can go a little wild and experiment with all of the flavors– mix and match, if you’d like. (continue reading…)
1999 Multimedia Encyclopedia Roundup
by admin on Apr.20, 2010, under News & reviews
*REVIEWER’S TOP OVERALL CHOICE**
1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Deluxe 2-CD Edition
$59.95 consumer and academic
Windows and Macintosh
(203) 797-3530
There’s a reason Grolier’s Multimedia Encylopedia Deluxe Edition is #1 in Schools. Not only is it fast and easy to use, students and teachers can rely on this software for research due to its intuitive search and browse interface and easy to understand, “editorial style” content. (continue reading…)
Contour Design’s UniTrap for iMac/G3
by admin on Feb.08, 2010, under News & reviews
If you’re an iMac or G3 user and you’re still using the original Apple USB round mouse, we need to talk. For less than 15 bucks, you can say adios to your iMac or G3’s hockey puck mouse, once and for all. You know, just do it!
Enter Contour Design’s UniTrap, a three-piece snap-on shell which will transform a round mouse into a more ergonomic creature. (continue reading…)