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Wellington gets a make-over Monday, 31 May To look at it, there is no change but internally, there has been a revamp. The 7.10pm - 9.30pm updated 2010 version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro now has a faster processor Subject: “A look inside iWork” with the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M integrated graphics processor that’s up to 80 percent faster than the previous generation and is more energy-efficient for Kapiti everyday tasks like writing email and surfing the web The battery has also been Monday, 7 June improved and the quoted time 7.10pm - 9.30pm it will last on a charge is up to Subject: “A look inside iWork” ten hours, a big improvement on the previous model. Like its Mac Basics* predecessor, the 13-inch MacBook Pro is made from a Monday, 14 June single block of aluminum, 7pm - 9.30pm which means it’s more durable Subject: Mac OSX than most other notebooks. The aluminum chassis, black Final Cut Studio island-style keyboard, large Monday, 21 June multitouch trackpad, and thin, rounded lid all look familiar. Even its weight and Turnbull House dimensions remain the same, making this notebook a cinch to carry. The only difference is that the battery is now non-removable. Help Desk* The 13-inch MacBook Pro starts with advanced Intel Core 2 Duo processors Kapiti running at up to 2.66GHz and comes standard with a large hard drive offering Date TBA up to 500GB of storage capacity. The New Zealand prices from the Apple web site are: 2.4GHz model - $1,999 and 2.66GHz: model - $ 2,599. See page 2 for more details of meetings Where to find us *Please register by emailing Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are held at [email protected] Turnbull House, 11 Bowen Street, Wellington. Kapiti meetings are held at the Kapiti Uniting Church, Raumati Road, Raumati.
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The meeting will include a brief we have worked out a layout Q&A session and supper. The which works well. main topic will be the Pages and We had the use of two rooms, Numbers applications. plus the weather was good If you would like to receive e- enough that one tutor and student mail announcements about were able to sit outside on the upcoming Kapiti meetings, please verandah for a while, with a contact Hamish Turnbull MacBook Pro running from David Empson
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General News cheaper than paying Apple’s The old computer has inflated prices for hard drives. subsequently been repaired (two MacBook If you can justify the extra cost, day turnaround from Renaissance Apple has updated the size and weight, the 15” models at MagnumMac) and has gone to MacBook to bring it in line with offer a larger display (with a good home. last month’s MacBook Pro options for higher resolution and updates. The new model has the anti-glare), even faster processors Apple Developer Conference same body as last October’s and a better graphics controller. Apple’s annual developer model (which was a major The new MacBook Pros have conference (WWDC) starts on 7 redesign). The changes are a certainly been popular. I’ve June (US time). All the signs are slightly faster CPU, improved already seen four of them and pointing to Steve Jobs graphics controller, and much will be helping someone set up announcing a new iPhone model, better battery life (nominal 10 another one next week. as well as the release of OS 4.0 for hours instead of 7). The price the iPhone and iPod Touch. went up slightly to $1749. Unexpected Events It is likely that there won’t be My MacBook Pro suffered a much in the way of Mac MacBook or MacBook Pro? major fault two days before our announcements, given the At first glance the MacBook April meeting: its graphic emphasis of the conference on specifications are very similar to controller stopped working. This iPhone development. the entry level 13” MacBook Pro is a known issue which may affect ($1999), but there are some points any MacBook Pro manufactured iPad to consider if you are deciding between mid 2007 and late 2008, Apple has announced a which one to buy. with an NVIDIA 8600 graphics tentative New Zealand release The polycarbonate body of the controller. Apple has an extended date of July for the iPad, but that MacBook is slightly larger and repair programme as long the might slip if they can’t make heavier than the aluminium body controller fails within three years them fast enough to satisfy of the MacBook Pro. of purchase (which mine did, international demand. If you need Firewire, you must with almost two months to spare). You can already get one here if get the MacBook Pro (which has I also had AppleCare but that you don’t mind spending a lot of Firewire 800, so you may need a would run out at the same time. money. Several companies are different cable or an adapter to Backups (which I had, of parallel importing them from the connect existing Firewire 400 course) were not an issue on this US. If you hunt around you devices). occasion: the computer still might be able to find the entry The MacBook Pro also has a worked, but I couldn’t see level 16 GB WiFi model for just backlit keyboard, SD card slot, anything it was displaying. I was under $1000, but most places supports an Infrared remote able to work around this by using seem to be selling them for more (purchased separately), and Screen Sharing from another like $1200. (Original US price is comes with twice as much computer, but it wasn’t exactly about NZ$750, plus shipping memory (4 GB instead of 2 GB). convenient. costs and sales tax or GST.) The high-end 13” MacBook As I needed a working Pro ($2599) seems overpriced to notebook computer in a hurry, I That’s all, folks! me. The only real benefit is the decided to buy one of the new David Empson MacBook Pros (entry level 15” faster CPU, which will give a If you wish to contact me, it’s best to performance boost (up to 11%) to model). I got it at 10% discount email [email protected]. I’m some software. It also includes a from Dick Smith (Featherston St) out quite a lot these days, but you can larger hard disk, but it is easy to on the afternoon of Anzac Day. ring me at home (976 9755) and leave replace that later, and much a message.
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continued from page x Steve’s Thoughts about Flash
Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In these open standards. HTML5, the new web fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in standard that has been adopted by Apple, Google their proverbial garage. Apple was their first big and many others, lets web developers create customer, adopting their Postscript language for advanced graphics, typography, animations and our new Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in transitions without relying on third party browser Adobe and owned around 20% of the company plug-ins (like Flash). HTML5 is completely open for many years. The two companies worked and controlled by a standards committee, of closely together to pioneer desktop publishing which Apple is a member. and there were many good times. Since that Apple even creates open standards for the web. golden era, the companies have grown apart. For example, Apple began with a small open Apple went through its near death experience, source project and created WebKit, a complete and Adobe was drawn to the corporate market open-source HTML5 rendering engine that is the with their Acrobat products. Today the two heart of the Safari web browser used in all our companies still work together to serve their joint products. WebKit has been widely adopted. creative customers – Mac users buy around half of Google uses it for Android’s browser, Palm uses Adobe’s Creative Suite products – but beyond it, Nokia uses it, and RIM (Blackberry) has that there are few joint interests. announced they will use it too. Almost every I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on smartphone web browser other than Microsoft’s Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and uses WebKit. By making its WebKit technology critics may better understand why we do not open, Apple has set the standard for mobile web allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads. Adobe browsers. has characterized our decision as being primarily Second, there’s the “full web”. business driven – they say we want to protect our App Store – but in reality it is based on Adobe has repeatedly said that Apple mobile technology issues. Adobe claims that we are a devices cannot access “the full web”