Entries from AntBlog701 tagged with 'Apple'
new iMac, new Mac mini, new MacBook and new Magic Mouse today
Apple release a few new hardware, including new 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs, the beauty of it is that the new iMac uses LED-backlit display with built-in SD slot, as well as up to Intel Core i7 quad-core processors. On...
Snow Leopard hath arrived!
The big news of today, my copy of Mac OS X v.10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ has arrived just few minutes ago. Snow Leopard is a huge refinement update to the highly successful Mac OS X v.10.5 ‘Leopard’. (as usual, more...
big announcement from WWDC Keynote
Quite a number of announcements from WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2009) today. New releases today are the new MacBook Pro family, 13-inch unibody MacBook are now MacBook Pro with powerful features never available on its class before. The...
Doncaster grand opening this Saturday
The above graph says it all. Apple is opening its fifth Apple Retail Store in Australia, the second one in Victoria this Saturday. I queued outside Apple Store Sydney overnight for the grand opening last June. Less than 1...
a poor man's accessories
This is a promised entry, I know it's a bit late. Well, better late than never. On my short trip to Tasmania at the beginning of this year (30 Dec 2008 - 14 Jan 2009), I took a few gadgets...
very green new Apple desktops
Today's big news - new Mac Pro, new iMac, and new Mac mini. The new Apple desktops do not feature clock speed bump, however, new improved designed, energy efficient and the greenest Mac Pro, iMac and Mac mini ever! Mac...
iLife '09 now ships
According to a few Mac news site, Apple has started to ship iLife '09. The key new feature of iLife '09 is the improvement of iPhoto '09, with the new face recognising and GPS location functions. When I first...
today's very big Apple news
Apple has, once again, made another headline today, making a nice way to start the year 2009. The Macworld San Francisco 2009 (MWSF2009) brings us important updates to Apple's iTunes Store, exciting new Apple software, and the world's longest...
the upcoming Mac mini
There's some information for those who like rumour. Personally, I won't call following information "rumour", because it is from the same reliable source as past, the one I posted a while back regarding recent MacBook update. The new MacBook...
2008's important headlines
Well, year 2008 is coming to the end. Lots of things happened this year. Just before we say goodbye to 2008, we shall take a look what happened this year. Two major products dominated the news headline around the world,...
today only, Apple shopping event
Apple Store Australia (both Apple Retail Stores and Apple Online Store) is offering the once a year special one-day Apple Shopping Event, (known as Black Friday sale in the States). Numerous items will be offered at discounted price or...
why do you need gigabit ethernet
Back in April, I bought one Cat 6 Ethernet cable (category 6) that connects my iMac (24-inch, late 2006 model) to my wireless and gigabit Ethernet routher - Time Capsule (1TB model). Man, accessing files on a remote hdd/computer with...
today's news
Scorching hot in Sydney today, temperature reaching 35˚C, the hottest day in 18 months. (Last summer wasn't that hot in comparison.) The fan I bought on Tuesday turns out to be extremely useful. It certainly worth the money. Not a...
one small appliance and some accessories
Christmas is coming. To people live in Sydney it simply means scorching summer is coming, not beautiful snows. In early October Sydney experienced hottest October in record, then last week, we also experienced coldest October in record. To overcome the...
eve of Apple special media event, thinner MacBook tomorrow
One month ago, I was given some detailed specs on upcoming new MacBooks. Cnet News.com had a report that Apple will update the MacBooks on 14th October. According to my source, the Cnet report was very accurate....
Apple releases new iPods, return of Xena
Apple today held a special event and announced new iPod touch (2nd generation, MacCentre701 article), new iPod nano (4th generation, MacCentre701 article) as well as iTunes 8. My iPod touch (32GB, personalised) bought in March this year is no...
more cat.6 and Gaffa tape
After getting my first Cat 6 Ethernet cable in mid April, I got myself three more cat.6 cables about 5 weeks ago. They are 30 metres, 15 metres and 2 metres ones. The reason I need a 30-metre long Cat...
Apple TV price drop
The Australian and New Zealand iTunes Store now have movie rentals. Finally. (Apple press release) Subsequently, the price of Apple TV in Australia has dropped. The 40 GB model is now $329 (AUD) down from $449, and the 160...
I got my iPhone 3G!
If you have been reading my blog for the last days (or perhaps weeks), you should notice that I've been talking about iPhones and iPhones. I guess none of you should be surprised that I got an iPhone 3G...
Vodafone releases iPhone 3G pricing
Naturally, I'd prefer to stay with Vodafone for the iPhone 3G. Vodafone (Australia) finally released plans for iPhone 3G. Vodafone provided 8 new exclusive plans for iPhone 3G. According to Vodafone, those new plans provides “heaps of credit to talk,...
Telstra to sell iPhone 3G confirmed, price released
There's an update on Telstra to sell iPhone 3G news update I first mentioned 10 days ago. Yesterday, Telstra has confirmed that they will sell iPhone 3G and has released the price plan. The cheapest plan for iPhone 3G from...
workshop @ Apple Store
Many of you know that I queued for Apple Store (Sydney) opening last Thursday. That evening, I booked myself into one workshop. The workshop I attended tonight was Brochure Workshop, which is mainly on Pages '08 software, part of...
iPhone 3G news update
Well, Thursday's Apple Store Sydney grand opening was a big news. What is the next? iPhone 3G to be released in Australia on 11th July. I received an email response from Vodafone regarding my pre-registering of iPhone 3G. Basically, it...
Apple Store Sydney Grand Opening
Most of you should know that I went to the grand opening of Apple Store Sydney today, and I was there with Laurent since 3.30am this morning. Actually, I was not there for the entire hours. I came back...
queuing
For the important Apple Store Sydney opening, how could I not be there? Photo of Antony behind the bars ;-) (actually, queuing for Apple Store.) I don't usually wake up this early, but for Apple Store Sydney grand opening, I...
there are quite a few people worship Apple
Remember this people do worship Apple blog entry? SillyDog701 member Pedro Saraiva (Pu7o) even wrote a nice Prayer to Apple. There are some news clips regarding to the Apple Store opening tomorrow night. (To Don: please make sure you watch...
367-373 George Street
The weather is not looking at this stage, and I will be there tomorrow night. I guess Rev. Dr. Wu Yi and Don are not surprised at all. Gary Allen the guy who runs ifoAppleStore providing news on Apple...
Apple Store, Sydney, breaking 19 June
Apple has announced the grand opening of Apple Store, Sydney, the first Apple Retail Store in Australia and the first one in the southern hemisphere on 19th June at 5.00 pm. The first 2,500 customers will get a free...
iPhone 3G is coming to Autralia, finally
Apple announced the next generation iPhone yesterday morning, you can read more about iPhone 3G's features here or in Apple's iPhone website. The important part, it will be available in Australia on 11th July. It will be available from Vodafone...
it's confirmed: 5pm 19th June
According to yesterday's article on The Sydney Morning Herald, Apple's Australia store will open at 5pm on 19th June (Thursday). So naturally, I will be there on the opening day. The Sydney store will be the first Apple Store...
Apple Store drop in soon to Sydney
According to The Sydney Morning Herald and ifoAppleStore reports, Apple will open its first Apple in Australia, also the first one in the southern hemisphere. The date is said to be on the 19th June, but is yet announced/confirmed...
Time Capsule (1TB) has arrived
Just before I start about this exciting Time Capsule product, there's an update about the car that broke down on Wednesday afternoon. The car was fixed this morning. The cause: gear box was damaged. They also 3 whatever smaller items....
Back to My Mac is simply so cool.
I've been a .Mac member since May 2004. Although .Mac has always been considered sort of expensive, I have been enjoying it. And over the years, it simply gets better. To many people, .Mac is simply (or unfairly) judged...
presenting MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.5GHz)
As mentioned in previous entry, after a long wait, I finally received my MacBook Pro yesterday. I've been playing with it for a bit. The machine is simply amazing. After using the 12-inch PowerBook G4 for almost 4 years....
my MacBook Pro hath arrived, finally
After the stupid delay, my new MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.5GHz) has finally arrived this afternoon. My first impressions: it's bigger than my almost 4-year-old PowerBook (12-inch), but it is not noticeably heavier (2.1kg versus 2.45kg according to specs). The welcome...
Potential Connection Delay, bugger
It has been a week of impatient waiting for the arrival of my Apple products I ordered on 27th February. I've been patiently waiting. My .Mac (retail pack) arrived on Friday morning, and I got my iPod touch Monday night....
my PDA, my touch
I've been playing with my new toy - iPod touch since I got it few days ago. Previously, I had an iPod Clickwheel (4th gen, mono screen), then I have an iPod shuffle. The impression of iPod touch is still...
here endeth the dilemma
On Tuesday afternoon, I went ahead and bought a Crumpler bag. It is a laptop/photo back bag. The size of the bag suits 15-inch MacBook Pro. That night, actually, Wednesday morning (Australia time), Apple released new MacBook and MacBook Pros...
last minutes gift ideas for Valentine's Day
Still looking for last minutes gift idea for this Valentine's Day? Apple Store has Valentine's Day gift guide, and iTunes Music Store has love songs available....
decision... dilemma...
vs As many of you have heard the today's tech news headline, Apple announced a ultra-portable notebook - MacBook Air. And I am due for a new laptop. As mentioned in previous entry, my trusted PowerBook G4 bought in...
AirPort Extreme Base Station
I took the advantage of last Friday's Apple Store (Online) sale and bought an AirPort Extreme Base Station (Gigabit Ethernet). Apple announced the new AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless during MWSF 07 (Mac World San Fransisco...
my Mac has accurate colour
Firstly, this is a belated post about ColorVision Spyder2express I bought two months ago. My Macs can display accurate colours! This year, I've been taking Photoshop and Aperture workshops in Academy Store. It makes me understand the importance of having...
new Apple Keyboard
After the Aperture workshop training in Academy Store on Monday, I bought the new Apple Keyboard, wired one. The new Apple Keyboard, although does not look comfortable to type, it is actually very comfy. I don't have to press...
iPhone coming to Oz with (possibly) Telstra
According to The Daily Telegraph, Telstra has been in talks with Apple regarding which plans to launch the iPhone in Australia next year. "The answer is simple: yes we'd be interested and we're exploring that option," Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo...
my little Leopard review
I got my copy of Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard last Friday. I installed it on my 24-inch iMac (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz with 3GB RAM), and played it all day Saturday. My impression about Leopard? Amazing and...
my iMac is now protected
Some of you know that I bought a 24-inch iMac with processor upgrade (to 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) last November. In mid July, I upgraded the memory from 2GB to 3GB DDR2, which is the maximum amount my...
Americans' suing culture
Well, I have been threatened a number of times by a former SillyDog701 member, Ronnie Williams II. Mr Williams also issued a groundless accusation claiming that I attacked his HOLYCOW website. It seems to me, Americans like to sue big...
free recycling from Apple
A surprise or perhaps to Greenpeace, Apple (Inc) is green, and is helping making the environment green! Apple (Pty Ltd) is organising a free recycling program. For a limited time, Apple will recycle any brand of personal computer, printer...
telephone socket reloacting - on the move, part 3
Well, I still haven't got my ADSL 2 internet connection back. I think it could be a good time to post the update. I asked iiNet to relocate my phone and broadband from Kensington to my new place, Stanmore. I...
iPhone is out
Apple has introduced iPhone, finally. iPhone has been a long rumour in many Apple rumour sites. From Apple's website, iPhone looks great. When I decide to get rid of my Sony Ericsson K750i, I will get an iPhone to replace...
two Lithium batteries last 5 weeks
I got my iMac on 1st November, it's a great Mac, and I still love it. The iMac comes with Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse and Keyboard (Bluetooth). Apple provides some nice Energizer e2 Lithium batteries for the Wireless Mighty...
Black Friday in Apple Store
Just a gentle reminder, for today only, Apple Store (online) in Australia and the UK is having special discounts. If you want to buy something from Apple, this could be a great time....
before iMac, iPod... what did people predict about Apple
David Pogue wrote a nice blog entry on Apple. He corrected all the magazines predicted about Apple 10 years ago. 10 years ago, Steve Jobs hadn't returned to Apple yet, the juicy iMac hadn't released yet, Microsoft hadn't acquired...
me inside a MacBook
Me, inside a MacBook The page showing is me in Wonderland Sydney. It was taken in Academy Store, Bondi Junction. The MacBook does look good :-) related blog entry: Wonderland Sydney (29 January, 2003)...
Academy Store Bondi Junction
Academy Store Bondi Junction, previously known as AppleCentre TaylorSquare opened tonight at 7:00 PM, and I was there. Shortly after AppleTalk Meet, we went to queue outside the new Apple store. Academy Store is not an official Apple Store, but...
free iPod Remote Control and Earphone
Received free iPod Remote and Earbuds from Apple Australia.
I got my Expresses today
Yes, I received them! I received two a AirPort Expresses today. The Monster whatever cable is still waiting. More pictures at SillyDog701 Message Centre (thread)....
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