Computer Hardware
Jan 14th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, Strange, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players
The outline of Steve Job’s 2008 MacWorld Keynote, one of the most hotly anticipated speeches of the year, has reportedly been leaked to the Internet via Wikipedia.
We can’t vouch for the accuracy of this, and it’s most likely completely bogus - but it’s fun to speculate.
If the leak proves to be real, it looks like [...]
Tags: HD, iPhone, iSight, Keynote, MacWorld, Steve Jobs, YouTube
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Jan 13th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware
Rain Recording, a company that sells Windows-based computer systems for audio production, has introduced a new mobile audio workstation - the LiveBook Zephyr.
Look a little familiar?
While Apple MacBooks have become the first choice of many audio producers, the LiveBook Zephyr looks like a great alternative for those that prefer Windows or have to work on [...]
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Jan 8th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware
Apple today introduced the new Mac Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor.
The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage to [...]
Tags: Apple, Mac, Mac Pro, Macintosh, OS X, Podcasting Hardware
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Dec 27th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware
The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg has a provocative review of Dell‚Äôs XPS One desktop today, saying that “has the guts, design to compete with iMac.”
He explains:
“This new Dell is no mere iMac clone. It makes its own style statement, even though it shares the same 20-inch widescreen display and a similar Intel dual-core processor [...]
Tags: Apple, Dell, iMac, Mac, new media
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Oct 8th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware
Blue snowflakes sound like something that might fall in an Elvis song, right before those blue memories start callin’.
But the portable Snowflake Microphone is the latest USB mic from Blue Microphones. Blue’s Snowball USB Microphone has been popular with podcasters since its introduction. The company describes the new Snowflake model as the first professional quality [...]
Tags: blue, Blue Microphones, USB, USB microphone
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Oct 2nd, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware
Rain Recording has introduced the LiveBook Diablo, a laptop designed for digital audio production. The portable computer is available with a 2.93Ghz Core 2 Extreme desktop processor from Intel, 3 Gigabytes of RAM and a 200 Gigabyte, 16mb buffer hard drive,
Other features include a built-in biometric fingerprint scanner; 2 Megapixel webcam with face tracking technology; [...]
Tags: Livebook, notebook computer, Rain Recording
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Sep 24th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware
PCAudioLabs has introduced two new digital audio PCs, Solar and Lunar, to their Create product line.
Both systems come equipped with dual hard drives, dual video outputs, 8 USB ports, 2 Texas Instruments FireWire ports and 2 Gigabytes of RAM. The systems are “optimized and tweaked” for demanding audio production.
Features:
Intel Core2 Duo 1.8GHz
2GB DDR2-667 RAM
80GB SATAII [...]
Tags: digital audio workstation, PCAudioLabs, Windows
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Aug 7th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware
Apple today unveiled a new all-in-one iMac line, featuring 20- and 24-inch widescreen displays encased in aluminum and glass enclosures. The new iMac line features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and a new, ultra-thin aluminum Apple Keyboard, built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing and iLife ’08.
The 20-inch iMac now starts at $1,199, [...]
Tags: Apple, iMac, OS X, Podcasting Hardware
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Aug 7th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, Podcasting Hardware, Podcasting Software
Apple today introduced new versions of its all-in-one iMac computers and an update to its iLife suite. With the updates, Apple did not offer any big surprises, but instead enhanced its already comprehensive lineup of hardware and software for media publishing.
Updated iMacs
Apple CEO Steve Jobs first showcased the updated iMacs, which now come in [...]
Tags: Apple, ilife, iMac, OS X, Podcasting Hardware, Podcasting Software
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Jul 26th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Computer Hardware, General
If you’re looking for signs that hell may soon freeze over, PC Magazine just served one up.
PC Mag’s anti-Mac linkbaiter John Dvorak reports that he actually tried using a Mac recently, liked it and is now recommending Macs over PCs:
I can see why the Mac is gaining market share, because the rationale for using one [...]
Tags: Apple, controversy, John Dvorak, Macintosh
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