Hi guys!
Here are a few Mac things I need to get out of the way:
First, I got a new iPod Nano, and I was having a few problems with it (mainly album artwork issues, funny as that may sound). For a quickie review: ABSOLUTELY try it at your local Apple Store or Best Buy. I would not buy it again, let’s just get that out there. It’s a great iPod, but I’m really being left cold by the experience so far. It’s all right, but it’s just not my cup of Mocha Frappucino.
It’s a bit small, and a bit thin. Also, the Cover Flow with accelerometer is the most easily-activated feature on this device! I had to turn it off, using the latest firmware update, because it was just too easy to activate Cover Flow, especially how I use the iPod (i.e. I have it inside a jacket pocket with my hand on the clickwheel). If I had been given a choice, I’d have chosen something else. Whoever made the decision to put an accelerometer into the iPod nano 4G needs to be drawn, quartered, and shot, because in real life, it really hinders the usefulness of the iPod UNLESS you turn those features off!
Also, the iPod earbuds are just as fragile as ever. They’re already in the trash, and I’ve only used them for maybe a month before they gave out. Let’s hope the delay for those new earbuds are because they need to make these FAR sturdier!
Now, I want to talk a little bit about the new Macbooks. Okay, the design is great, and thank God they went away from Intel’s horrid integrated graphics. And it’s great the new Macbooks are aluminum! But, here’s my big complaint about them: NO BLU-RAY! Since they have HDCP built into the new Macs, SURELY they could’ve put a Blu-Ray drive in these things, no matter whether from a licensing perspective, it was a “bag of hurt” or not. That really burns.
Okay, hopefully I’ll be less of an interval till my next post.
