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A BusinessWeek columnist recommends that students consider a Mac for the 2006/2007 school year. “While I have been a Mac fan for years, I have never felt strongly enough to make the Mac a default recommendation. But things have changed. Mac software, both the OS X operating system and the applications such as iPhoto and GarageBand bundled with it, have gotten steadily better, while Windows seems stuck in a rut. More …

Good Housing stamp of approval?? Could it not be because of the dual ability to run both OS’?

Some have complained that Apple’s serial number analyer gives a more general discription. Try using this Dutch site

As mentioned before, a digital video camera, that is compatible with iMovie, will work with iChat for video conferencing.

Use the following guidelines to troubleshoot the connection between your DV device and iMovie. More …

Apple’s serial number interpreter provides specifications (and the Apple model designation) for a Mac whose serial number you provide. (You can copy the number from About This Mac > More Info > Hardware.)

Did you know that video chat works with only one iSight camera? Of course, your buddy can only see you or the reverse but sometimes that’s better than nothing. Just click on your buddy’s name in the iChat Buddy List and in the Buddies menu select “Invite to One-Way Video Chat.” More …

Any digital video camera that is compatible with iMovie will work with iChat. If the camera has a microphone, that also can be used for a “free” video conversation.

Blu-ray Disc (BD), one of two new HD video disc formats, will debut on June 20 when Sony releases eight titles plus a ninth on June 27 and seven more in July. Samsung’s BD-P1000 Blu-ray disc player is scheduled to hit the market on June 25 as the first such player on the U.S. market. Sony will also release a BD-compatible Vaio PC. Pioneer has already released a computer drive that will read the BD discs, the BDR-101A.

Blu-ray discs hold up to 25GB/50GB of data.

Apple Computer supports the BD format but has not yet announced any products using it–stay tuned. More …