About 1 week ago Apple released the it’s new operating system Snow Leopard.  It was basically a improved version of Leopard with a few new features but not a lot.  It was priced very reasonably at $29 for a single user license upgrade.
There’s been a lot of people talking about how it isn’t much different and breaks some compatibility with some old applications, so some have not upgraded and some have rolled back to Leopard.
Myself I have upgraded all of my Macs and I find that it is much faster and responsive.  The sleep and wake function now works really fast and as I’ve been using it for the past week, I have slowly started to notice new features that weren’t on the previous OS Leopard.  Some of these updates like when you click on the WiFi icon you can now see the signal strength of all the wireless networks detected which can make choosing one easier.  Also expose is much better now and can now show what’s been minimized in the dock.
Overall I think Apple was going for stability and not so much for new features as that is what they mentioned in the last WWDC.  One feature that works now for the address book that didn’t before and left my address book unable to work was adding a smart group that shows all the contacts that are not in a group.  That use to make my address book hang and I would have to reset some settings to get it to function again, but now it works fine.
Also a big change was the ability to run in 64 bit native mode which only some macs can do.  You can hold 6 + 4 during boot to force the OS to boot into the 64it kernel which makes the OS all 64bit but you may find compatibility issues if you do so.
I think most of the new features will be more apparent once developers utilize the new programming features like grand central dispatch and Open CL.
You can find out more about Snow Leopard here – http://www.apple.com/macosx/
Tomorrow September 9th Apple is holding a event in San Francisco which rumor has it they will be showing off their latest new iPods.  Stay tuned for a post tomorrow on whats new tomorrow.

I’ll start off with the new line of MacBook Pro laptops that Apple released in early June.  Now even the 13″ model is considered a Pro.
I’ll start with the pricing and then go into the features they have added.
The 13″ now starts at $1199 and for $1499 you get a slightly faster processor, more memory, and storage.
The 15″ now starts at $1699 and for $1999 and $2299 you will respectively get a faster processor and storage but the $1999 model comes with a GeForce 9600M video card with 256MB vram in conjunction with the GeForce 9400 video card.  The $2299 model adds a GeForce 9600M with 512MB vram in conjunction with the GeForce 9400.
Finally the 17″ now is priced at $2499 and has the same specs as the last model 15″ but includes a 17″ screen and still has a express card/34 slot.

All models use the GeForce 9400M with the last two 15″ and 17″ having the option to switch to the more powerful 9600M video cards to do tasks that require more graphic processing.
All models now come with a Firewire 800 port.
All models but the 17″ dropped the express card slot and added a SD card slot instead.
The 13″ models only have a line out/shared optical out port now with support for the Apple stereo headset with microphone that is used for the iPhone.  The 15″ and 17″ models have both a line in and out / shared optical in and out port with the out having support also for the Apple stereo headset with microphone.
All models now have a backlit keyboard.
All of the models have support up to 8GB of ram.
All of the models now follow the previous 17″ design of having a long life integrated non removable battery.  (You can still unscrew the bottom case off to change the battery, hard drive, or add ram)

In my opinion these are the best notebooks Apple has released and the lower pricing is definitely a better bargain than what was previously offered.
You can find out more information here – http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

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Apple just released the new iPhone 2.2 Firmware.
Some of the new features include:

So now that the new MacBook’s and MacBook Pro’s have been out for a while.  What do you think of them?
I myself have setup a MacBook for a client and the design is really nice in my opinion.  The lack of firewire on the MacBook’s doesn’t seem to bother me since I don’t use a firewire camcorder.  I know for some people that might be a issue, but they can always upgrade to another video camera if they really want.
I do think that the prices could be slightly more competitive but Macs have always been slightly more expensive than there PC counterparts when you look at the tech specs.
What’s nice about the new books is that they use a faster front side bus and ram speed.  1066mhz DDR3 is faster than my Quad Core gaming PC.
Also some people complained about the glass screens being non matte, but I think they will offer matte screen protector add-ons shortly if they haven’t already.
So what do you think about the new MacBook’s and MacBook Pro’s?

These are the new nanos and the colors they come in.  Very bright colors that can stop traffic in case you are listening to your iPod too loud and stumble into oncoming traffic.
They include a accelerometer like the iPhone and iPod Touch and have games based off it also.
It has a new shake to shuffle feature which is sure to make a few Nanos fly across the living room.

The new iPod Touch with 2.1.1 software.  I have held and tested one of these and it is really thin now.  It has a built in speaker and volume control buttons now.  Something that the first one really should of included.  The speaker isn’t as loud and clear as the iPhone 3G’s but still good enough to hear what’s going on in a general enviroment.
What is also interesting is they include a built in Nike+ sensor that works with a Nike+ shoe insert that can track your running workout.

The new iPhone 2.1 Software Update.  Update includes: