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iPad now available in the US

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:28:55 +0000

Apple have released their much talked about new iPad. A revolutionary new product designed to sit in between the iPhone and a full laptop, it features a high-resolution 9.7-inch LED backlit IPS display with an incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen, making it perfect for web browsing, watching movies, or viewing photos. Thin and light with up to 10 hours battery life on a single charge the iPad is designed to be taken everywhere. Available in a 3G model and up to 64GB of flash storage, it automatically locates available Wi-Fi networks with it’s built-in 802.11n and has Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR for connection to external devices.

It’s not yet available to us in the UK but available to pre-order on May 10th.

Watch this space!

New iMac with 21.5 and 27″ displays

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:57:03 +0000

Apple have unveiled the new iMac featuring stunning LED-backlit 21.5 and 27″ widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. It’s faster too with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors for up to twice the performance. Every new iMac ships with a wireless keyboard and the all new wireless Magic Mouse, the world’s first mouse with Multi-Touch technology.

Buy new iMac at the online Apple Store – from £969

New iPod nano with video & FM radio

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:19:08 +0000

The new iPod nano now has a built-in video camera, a larger screen, FM radio with Live Pause, and VoiceOver which allows you to navigate your music without looking at the screen. It’s pedometer function will keep track of how many steps you walk or run each day and if you add Nike + shoes and the Nike + iPod sport kit it will tell your time, distance, pace and calories burned as you run.

Buy new iPod nano at the online Apple Store – from £118

The new iPod nano features:

- a built-in video camera
- a larger 2.2″ screen
- a built-in microphone and speaker
- VoiceOver – iPod nano can tell you what song is playing, who is performing it and more
- FM radio with Live Pause and iTunes tagging
- a built-in pedometer to help you track the calories you have burnt while walking
- comes in nine brilliant colours including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, red and pink.

Free engraving & free shipping on all models

8GB iPod nano: £118 (inc Vat)
6GB iPod nano: £138 (inc Vat)

New 2TB Time Capsule released

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:51:49 +0000

Apple have announced a new 2TB (2,000 GB) version of the Time Capsule wireless hard drive. The Time Capsule is a very quick and easy way to backup your Mac(s) using the Time Machine automatic backup system in Mac OS X Leopard which makes it incredibly easy. Most people don’t backup. Period. This is because it’s fiddly/time consuming/can’t be bothered (delete as appropriate). Even though we all know we should do it, most of us don’t and most of the time we get away with it so we continue as we are. One day however, you won’t and you will waste hours trying to recover everything and potentially lose some things for good. It’s not pleasant – I know because it’s happened to me! Get one of these and there’s no need to worry any more. 2TB Time capsule is £379 at the Apple Store and the 1TB Time Capsule is £229.

If backup alone isn’t enough to justify the cost for you, then look what else it does:

It’s a full-featured wireless router so you can use it to setup a wireless Wi-Fi network in your home or office. It also has a neat guest network feature that allows you to give guests access to the internet without giving them access to other parts of your private network, such as your computers, printers, and attached hard drives.

It is a wireless hard drive so you can use it for centralised/shared storage for a number of computers – in effect it’s a wireless File Server. You can also plug printers into it and print to them wirelessly as well.

And it works with PCs, iPhones, Apple TV and iPod Touch as well.

Now what are you waiting for? Get off and buy a Time Capsule at the Apple Store now – you can’t afford not to!

OS X Snow Leopard

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:18:23 +0000

At the WWDC Apple also announced that the next version of Mac OS X – Snow Leopard will ship in the UK in September. It will be available as an upgrade from The Apple Store for existing users and will ship with all new machines from September. UK pricing for the upgrade has not been announced yet. Customers buying new Macs between now and the September launch date will be able to upgrade for £7.95.

What does it do – what’s new?

Apple themselves describe this as OS X “refined not reinvented”. In other words, it’s not a massive change from the current version with most of the improvements occurring under the bonnet. Snow Leopard will be faster and more reliable than the current OS X 10.5 Leopard system and will play better with Microsoft Exchange which is probably it’s most important new feature for corporate users. Included in Apple’s list of new features is “more reliable disk eject” which suggests there isn’t a whole lot to talk about!

Should I upgrade to Snow Leopard?

Probably yes, although it’s difficult to say until the upgrade price is announced. You won’t be upgrading to gain any great new functionality (unless you’re an Exchange user) but simply to keep up with the latest version so that you don’t get stuck with an out of date operating system that will eventually cause you problems as it ceases to be supported. As always with a new OS, our advice is not to upgrade straight away as the first version of a new OS often has problems – we recommend you wait a couple of weeks for version 1.1. to come out.

New MacBook Pros announced

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:16:49 +0000

New Mac Pro models, upgrades and price changes

Apple announced a new 15″ MacBook Pro and upgrades to the 17″ plus a new 13″ model at the WWDC on June 8th.

New 15″ MacBook Pro

Apple announced a new version of the 15″ MacBook Pro which sports a longer-lasting battery (7 hours instead of 5) and what Apple VP Phil Schiller described as “the nicest display Apple has ever put in a notebook”. It also now accepts SD cards so you can transfer photos from your digital camera. Prices now start at £1,299 for the 2.53 GHz model and £1,699 for the 2.8GHz. See full specifications and prices for the new 15″ MacBook Pro here.

17″ MacBook Pro upgraded

The 17″ MacBook Pro has been upgraded with a 2.8 GHz processor and 500GB hard drive and is now priced at £1,849. See full specifications and prices for the upgraded 17″ MacBook Pro here.

13″ MacBook is promoted to MacBook Pro

The Aluminium unibody version of the MacBook has now become a Mac Pro and starts at £899. See full specifications and prices for the upgraded 13″ MacBook Pro here.

Key features of the new MacBook Pro line:

- Precision Aluminum unibody enclosure
- Innovative built-in battery for up to 40 percent longer battery life
- Intel Core 2 Duo processor up to 3.06Ghz
- Advanced NVIDIA graphics
- Stunning LED backlit widescreen displays
- Silky-smooth Multi-Touch glass trackpad
- World’s greenest lineup of notebooks
- Ready out-of-the box with Mac OS X and iLife 09

All the new models are shipping right away at the Apple Online Store in the UK. The Apple Store allows you to configure your machine to order with exactly the options and specification that you want, and you can even have software pre-installed before it ships. Every Mac comes with 90 days free technical support (which you can extend if you wish with AppleCare) and delivery is free of charge.