Expo: Apple introduces 17-inch MacBook Pro with eight-hour battery life promised Built-in battery delivers 8 hours of use & 1,000 Recharges claim Apple Macworld staff Apple has unveiled a new 17-inch MacBook Pro featuring a precision aluminium unibody enclosure, and a revolutionary new built-in battery. Apple's Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing unveiled the new laptop at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. He promised up to eight hours of use and up to 1,000 recharges for more than three times the lifespan of conventional notebook batteries. The new MacBook Pro battery should last for up to five years, according to Schiller. Like the Apple MacBook Air the new 17-inch MacBook Pro has a battery which is fixed inside the system. This isn’t easily replaced by the user and requires the case to be unscrewed and opened for the battery to be swapped. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro has a high resolution LED-backlit display and the same large glass Multi-Touch trackpad introduced with the new MacBook family in October. Apple's new 17-inch MacBook Pro with its unibody casing In addition, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes state of the art NVIDIA graphics and the latest generation Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors. As part of the industry’s greenest notebook family say Apple, the new 17-inch MacBook Pro is made of highly recyclable materials, meets stringent energy efficiency standards and is made without many of the harmful toxins found in other computers. "We’ve developed new battery technology that is better for the user and better for the environment,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO in a press release. “Apple’s advanced chemistry and innovative technology deliver up to eight hours of use on a full charge cycle and up to 1,000 recharges.” The press release continues: "Apple uses advanced chemistry, intelligent monitoring of the system and battery, and Adaptive Charging technology to create a revolutionary new notebook battery that delivers up to eight hours of wireless productivity on a single charge and up to 1,000 recharges without adding thickness, weight or cost to the MacBook Pro’s incredible design." The new MacBook Pro includes the same square black keys keyboard as the MacBook The new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes an ultra-thin, widescreen glossy 1920 x 1200 display with 78 per cent more pixels than the 15-inch MacBook Pro and a 60 per cent greater colour gamut that delivers desktop-quality colour in a notebook. The LED-backlit display has brilliant instant-on performance, uses up to 30 per cent less energy and eliminates the mercury found in industry standard fluorescent tube backlights. Measuring 0.98-inches thin and weighing 6.6 pounds, the 17-inch MacBook Pro is the world’s thinnest and lightest 17-inch notebook, claims Apple. The 17-inch MacBook Pro features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors available up to 2.93 GHz, up to 8GB DDR3 main memory and a graphics architecture that allows users to switch between the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor for better battery life and the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processor for higher performance. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro includes a 320GB 5400 rpm hard drive standard with a 320GB 7200 rpm hard drive and 128GB and 256GB solid state drives as options. As with the rest of the new MacBook family, the 17-inch MacBook Pro includes a next generation, industry-standard Mini DisplayPort to connect with the new Apple LED Cinema Display featuring a 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display with a built-in iSight video camera, mic and speakers. Each MacBook unibody enclosure is made of recyclable aluminium and comes standard with energy efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. The new MacBook family meets stringent Energy Star 4.0 requirements say Apple, contains no brominated flame retardants and uses internal cables and components that are PVC-free. The battery in the new 17-inch MacBook Pro provides additional environmental benefit because its extended lifespan means fewer depleted batteries resulting in less waste. Depleted batteries can be replaced for £139 (inc. VAT) which includes installation and disposal of your old battery in an environmentally responsible manner. Pricing & Availability The new 17-inch MacBook Pro will be shipping at the end of January and will be available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com/uk), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorised Resellers for a suggested retail price of £1,949 (inc. VAT), and includes: • 17-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1920 x 1200, glossy display; • 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB shared L2 cache; • 1066 MHz front-side bus; • 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM; • NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics; • NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics with 512MB GDDR3 video memory; • 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor; • a slot-load 8X SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive; • Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately); • built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; • Gigabit Ethernet port; • built-in iSight video camera; • three USB 2.0 ports; • one FireWire 800 port (FireWire 400 compatible); • ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot; • one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analogue; • glass Multi-Touch trackpad and illuminated keyboard; • built-in, 95WHr lithium polymer battery; and • 85 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter. Build-to-order options for the 17-inch MacBook Pro include a 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB 1066 MHz DDR 3 memory, 320GB 7200 rpm hard drive, a 128GB or 256GB solid state drive, anti-glare display for £35 (inc. VAT), Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter, Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (for 30-inch DVI display), Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, Apple Remote, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter and the AppleCare Protection Plan.

			Expo: New 17-inch MacBook has "matte screen" option Unlike MacBook Pro range, new 17-inch MacBook Pro retains matte screen option Mark Hattersley One announcement sure to please professional designers and photographers is the news that the new 17-inch MacBook Pro will have a matted screen build to order option. Billed by Apple as an "anti-glare" option and costing £35 extra upon ordering, the matte screen solution is sure to please some. The glossy displays that are now standard upon the MacBook, MacBook Pro 15-inch and MacBook Air have been criticised for their lack of accurate colour calibration. This makes it difficult for pro designers and photographers to accurately match the colour on the screen with the colour on their printed media Macworld's recent review of Apple's LED Cinema Display confirmed the concerns of print designers. The MacBook Pro 17-inch with a anti glare option uses the same screen as the old 17-inch MacBook Pro.

			Expo: iTunes tracks from 59p, download available via 3G Apple announces that iTunes tracks will be cheaper, and available over the iPhone mobile phone network Macworld Staff Phil Schiller introduced a new pricing structure for songs bought from iTunes at this year's keynote address, and also announced that music purchased from iTunes on an iPhone would now be available via the mobile phone data network. The new pricing will start in April - songs on iTunes will be available at one of three price points: 59p, 79p and 99p, with most albums still priced at £7.99. This replaces the older price point where every song was sold for 79p on iTunes Music studios select which price they want each track to cost when they submit the songs to iTunes. Phi Schiller noted that most tracks are being priced at the lower price point. iTunes customers can also download their favourite songs from the world’s largest music catalogue directly onto their iPhone 3G over their 3G network just as they do with Wi-Fi.

			Expo: Apple adds productivity features to iWork '09 (UPDATED) iWork ’09 features new versions of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers Philip Michaels Macworld.com Apple announced a new version of iWork, its collection of business productivity tools, during Tuesday’s Macworld Expo keynote. iWork ’09 features new versions of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers and has a suggested retail price of £69. Keynote ’09 Keynote ’09 introduces Magic Move, which allows you to apply a simple transition to automatically animate the position, scale, rotation and opacity of any image, graphic or text that is repeated on consecutive slides. New text transitions morph text from one slide to the next. New advanced object transitions animate objects off one slide while simultaneously animating objects onto the next slide with a choice of effects. 3D charts now include cylinder shapes, beveled-edge pie charts, new textures and four new 3D build effects. The Keynote Remote application, sold separately in the App Store, lets you view slides and presenter notes and control your presentation with your iPhone or iPod touch. Pages ’09 Full Screen view lets you focus on your document without any distractions and reveals the menus, format bar and page navigator only when needed. Outline mode includes templates that help to quickly build the framework for your document and allow you to collapse, expand and rearrange elements, even inline graphics, with ease. MathType 6 support lets engineers, mathematicians and students easily add sophisticated equations to their documents and EndNote X2 integration lets users add and edit comprehensive bibliographic references. Pages ’09 also includes 40 new Apple-designed templates, including newsletters, posters, certificates and coordinated stationery. Numbers ’09 Numbers ’09 provides a great way to quickly categorise data by column, which you can then collapse, expand and summarise to easily make sense of large sets of data. Numbers ’09 makes formula writing dramatically easier with an enhanced function browser which includes built-in help for over 250 functions, and visual placeholders with tool tips that explain each variable in a formula. Use the new Formula List to view all formulas in your entire spreadsheet and jump directly to any formula cell with a single click. Expanded chart options include mixed chart types, two-axis charts, and the ability to apply trend lines and error bars. Numbers charts pasted into Pages or Keynote are linked, and can be updated with a single click. iWork.com public beta Apple also introduced iWork.com public beta, a new service Apple is developing to share iWork ’09 documents online. Using your Apple ID, just click the iWork.com icon in the Keynote, Pages or Numbers toolbar to upload your document and invite others to view it online. Viewers can provide comments and notes, and download a copy of your document in iWork, Microsoft Office or PDF formats. A consolidated online list of all your shared documents indicates when your viewers have posted comments. “Millions of Mac users have fallen in love with iWork,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With iWork ’09, Apple continues to demonstrate that innovation is possible in office productivity software, and that creating impressive presentations, documents and spreadsheets doesn’t need to be complicated Pricing & Availability iWork ’09 is now available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com/uk), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorised Resellers for a suggested retail price of £69 (inc. VAT). iWork ’09 is available for £54 (inc. VAT) with the purchase of any Mac through the Apple Store and Apple’s retail stores. iWork ’09 requires Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or Mac OS X version 10.5.6 or later, a Macintosh computer with an Intel processor, PowerPC G5, or 500 MHz or faster PowerPC G4, 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended), 32MB of video RAM, QuickTime 7.5.5 or later, a DVD drive for installation and 1.2GB of available disk space. iWork.com Public Beta is not included with the purchase of iWork ’09. Account setup and activation are required. Fees may apply. Internet access and iWork ’09 are required. Terms of service apply and are available at www.apple.com/legal/iworkcom/en/terms.html.

			Expo: Apple introduces iLife '09 (UPDATED) Apple iPhoto ‘09, iMovie ‘09 and GarageBand ‘09 announced, iWeb and iDVD updated Peter Cohen Macworld.com Apple on Tuesday introduced a new version of iLife, its software suite that it includes with new Macs and is available to buy from the Apple store at a suggested retail price of £69. “iLife continues to be one of the biggest reasons our customers choose to get a Mac,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With iLife ’09, we’ve made working with photos, making movies and learning to play music a lot more fun, and iMovie users are especially going to love the advanced but easy-to-use new features.” iPhoto ‘09 Building on its predecessor which introduced a feature called “Events” that let you organize photos around specific events, iPhoto ‘09 introduces “Faces.” The software incorporates facial recognition features. The software identifies faces of people in the pictures you take. You can assign them names, then iPhoto adds a snapshot. It uses facial recognition to identify the same person across multiple photos. “Places” is also new. Like “Events” and “Faces,” it gives iPhoto users a new way to organize photos by place—users are presented with a map with pins for where your photos are located. It uses geotagging—GPS-based location-finding technology embedded in many newer digital cameras, as well as the iPhone. Users who don’t have a camera device that supports geotagging can rely on Google Maps or just typing in location data. iPhoto has a database of place names for common vacation and travel spots. iPhoto also adds integration with Facebook and Flickr, two popular social networking Web sites. iPhoto ‘09 can automatically export photos to Facebook; if a Facebook user assigns a name to people in your photo, the information will be synced back to iPhoto. A new panel has been added for slideshows, and more themes have been added to printing and books, including a “Travel Books” option which incorporates maps produced using geotagging data. iMovie ‘09 The previous version of iMovie was not well-regarded by long-time users of Apple’s consumer-oriented video editing software. A dramatic redesign focused on ease of use at the expense of many features and functions that iMovie users had grown accustomed to. In introducing iMovie ‘09, Apple senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller tacitly acknowledged this, and noted that Apple has added “depth and power” to the new release. A new precision editor has been incorporated into iMovie ‘09, with an expanded timeline view for advanced users. Drag & drop of clips has been improved: You can now replace, insert, or add audio only from clips. And audio can be extended from the first clip over audio from the second clip to cover sound difference. Automatic video stabilization is also a key new feature. The software identifies “jittery” motion and reduces it by comparing frames of video to subsequent and previous frames. Other new features include new dynamic themes with titles, transitions and credits, including an “Indiana Jones”-style animated travel map that is customized depending on what location you’re shooting from. A new Project Library shows you all of your film clips. Clips can be slowed down, new video effects have been added (with instant previewing — no rendering is necessary). GarageBand ‘09 GarageBand, Apple’s music composition software, also gets a major update in iLife ‘09. GarageBand ’09, now gives budding musicians a fun new way to learn to play piano and guitar. Basic Lessons let you learn the fundamentals at your own pace with Apple instructors in HD video synchronised to animated instruments and notation. Artist Lessons feature original artists showing how to play their hit songs with everything from finger positions and techniques to the story behind the song. Choose from lessons by popular artists including: Sara Bareilles, Colbie Caillat, John Fogerty, Ben Folds, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder and Sting. Artist Lessons are sold separately at the new GarageBand Lesson Store, available inside the GarageBand ’09 application. GarageBand ’09 also includes new guitar amp and stomp-box effects, and Magic GarageBand Jam that lets you play along with a virtual band that you create. iWeb and iDVD updated iLife ’09 includes iWeb ’09 for authoring custom websites and iDVD ’09 for creating DVDs. iWeb ’09 adds new iWeb Widgets, such as iSight video and photos, a countdown timer, YouTube video and RSS feeds. New integrated FTP publishing allows you to publish your website to virtually any hosting service and updates to your site can now be automatically added to your Facebook profile. Pricing & Availability iLife ’09 will be available later this month for a suggested retail price of £69 (inc. VAT). The price has increased by £14 from the previous suggested retail price of £55. And iLife Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorised Reseller on or after January 6, 2009 for a shipping and handling fee of £7.95 (inc. VAT).

			Web innovator Wendy Hall becomes a Dame Award for services to science and technology Leo King Computerworld Professor Wendy Hall, an innovator in the early forms of the world wide web, has been awarded the title of Dame in the New Year's Honours list for her services to science and technology. Hall, a founder at the Web Science Research Initiative (alongside Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a former president at the British Computer Society), and a computer science professor at the University of Southampton, played a major role in the development of the web. The BCS called her "one of the first computer scientists to undertake serious research in multimedia and hypermedia". Hall has also played a leading role in the career development of women in the technology industry, and was a founding chair of the BCS Women's Forum strategic panel. Speaking on the news, Hall said: "I am thrilled to have been honoured in this way, it is exciting for me personally and for my family, but it is also a tribute to all the people I have worked with in my career as a scientist and engineer both at Southampton and in the wider community."

			Microsoft enhances Office for the Mac Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit say Office updates coming this month Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com A quarter-century after it began making products for the Mac, Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit announcedfuture updates to Microsoft Office that will enhance collaboration and sharing. Entourage will get a makeover, at least under the hood. Microsoft will stop using the WebDAV protocol in favour of the Exchange Web Services - a change the company said would bring better compatibility, performance, and reliability. When using WebDAV, Entourage sends out up to six instructions when communicating with a server, but with Exchange it uses one. The MacBU plans to release the Entourage update in late January as a public beta. The final release will come later this year and will be free for all Office 2008 users. The second update to Office for Mac will give Mac users the ability to work with SharePoint Products and Technologies and Office Live Workspaces. With the help of a new application called the Document Collaboration Companion, Mac users will be able to download and upload documents, use document check-out/in, offline document caching, and SharePoint Workspace, Document Library, and Office Live Workspace. Document Collaboration Companion - Microsoft's first full Cocoa application - will debut as a private beta in February, with a final release slated for later this year. By switching to the Exchange technology and giving users a collaboration application, Mac users would be able to work with shared documents and servers just as easily as their Windows counterparts, according to Eric Wilfrid, general manager of the MacBU. "Compatibility has always been one of the biggest concerns for us," Wilfrid told Macworld. "The question is always can Mac and Windows users work on the same team and share information?" The moves by Microsoft fit into a strategy at the company to deliver software plus services on all platforms. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about the company's vision last October when he introduced the concept of the "Windows Cloud" as an operating system that would help developers write Internet-based applications. Last year, Microsoft announced plans for Office Web, a lightweight version of its Office suite that will run online; Office Web apps are expected to work with the Safari and Firefox Web browsers. "These releases are the first step for the MacBU in harnessing the power of software plus services on the Mac," said Wilfrid.

			IBM finalising free Symphony office suite for Macs Free Lotus Symphony suite of personal productivity applications coming to Macs Eric Lai Computerworld Taking aim at the Microsoft Office franchise on the Macintosh , IBM announced on Tuesday that its free Lotus Symphony suite of personal productivity applications will come out of beta for the Apple hardware platform later this month. Symphony, which was introduced by IBM in September 2007, is already available for Windows and Linux PCs. Now it will compete for Macintosh business with Microsoft Corp.'s market-leading Office for Mac software as well as fellow upstarts such as Apple's own iWork suite and OpenOffice.org , with which Symphony shares a common technical heritage. Released in October, OpenOffice.org 3.0 is the first version of the open-source software that can run natively on Mac OS X ; prior releases required the use of the X11 Unix windowing environment. Symphony is based on an older version of OpenOffice.org, although the code has been heavily modified by IBM. The Symphony applications can be downloaded free of charge. Users can buy relatively inexpensive support contracts under a program launched last June by IBM, which is making the Mac announcement in conjunction with the annual Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. In addition to the various desktop application offerings, Mac users also can turn to Web-based office suites, such as Google Docs and, if Macworld-related rumours are correct, an upcoming cloud version of iWork. IBM also released Version 8.5 of its Lotus Notes collaboration software for the Mac. Similar to Notes 8 for Windows and Linux, Notes 8.5 for the Mac sports a revamped user interface that offers simplified access to multiple features at the same time. For instance, from within the Notes interface, end users can see who is online among their contacts in the companion Lotus Sametime instant messaging and voice-over-IP software and then quickly begin SameTime conversations, IBM said. Notes 8.5 also offers integration to public Web calendars hosted by Google or Yahoo according to IBM. And it stores email attachments on Lotus Domino servers, thereby using up to 40 per cent less space than previously. The upgrade works only on Macs that are running Mac OS X 10.5, the latest version of Apple's operating system more popularly known as Leopard . In addition, IBM released a Version 8.5 update for its Web-based iNotes application , which lets Notes users access their e-mail via the iPhone's Safari browser. The vendor launched iNotes in September.

			Google releases Picasa for Mac beta photo editing software Desktop software for organizing, editing, and uploading photos. Jonathan Seff Macworld.com Google on Monday released a public beta of its Picasa for Mac desktop software for organising, editing, and uploading photos. The software, which runs on Intel Macs with OS X 10.4 or later, marks the first time that Picasa has been offered for the Mac (it joins the Windows and Linux versions already available). The free Picasa software is designed to help you organise your photos, regardless of where they reside on your computer. It imports (without moving or copying) photos from your iPhoto library and other folders on your Mac, including external hard drives if so desired (it's designed not to affect your iPhoto library, duplicating files as needed). It also includes many editing tools, such as those for straightening, text generation, create collages, and removing red eye, as well as Photoshop-like effects and adjustments. "We want to make it very easy for people to make their photos look better," said Jason Cook, product marketing manager for Picasa, in a phone briefing with Macworld. Picasa includes a collage feature that lets you combine multiple images into one.Picasa for Mac also integrates with Google's Picasa Web Albums online photo-sharing service, which Mac users have had access to previously using Google's iPhoto plug-in or the standalone uploader application. Using Picasa, you can keep local and online photos in sync and share photos easily with those in a Gmail address book. (Picasa Web Albums provides 1GB of free online storage, and you upgrade to more space, starting at $20 a year for 10GB, to share between a Gmail and Picasa Web Albums account). "There are millions of Mac users using Picasa Web Albums," said Cook. "This makes their experience a whole lot better." The Effects tab offers several Photoshop-like tweaks for your photos.Picasa includes many other features, such as a slideshow movie maker with one-click YouTube uploading, and the ability to post to Blogger pages. For the initial beta, Google says it focused on matching the speed and most of the core features of the Windows version, and will refine the interface and improve the feature set in the future. Currently, the Mac beta lacks geotagging features and the ability to order prints from online services. Picasa for Mac will be demoed at Google's booth at Macworld Expo this week.

			Cultured Code Releases Things 1.0 Task Management Software MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO – January 6, 2009 – Cultured Code today released Things, a beautifully designed and powerful task management application for Mac OS X. Things' open development process attracted the interest of an extraordinary large community making today's release one of the most highly anticipated. "Thousands of users have been using public previews of Things on a daily basis," said Michael Simmons, Cultured Code's Marketing Director. "We're extremely pleased to release Things 1.0 with its many enhancements." Things takes a unique approach to personal task management. Great flexibility is offered through the use of tags and an intelligent filter bar. A Leopard-style source list allows for quick and easy focusing. Together with a beautiful user interface, Things aims at the seemingly impossible: task management that is easy yet powerful. "Sharing our development process with a steadily growing community was both inspiring and fun," said Jürgen Schweizer, Cultured Code's President and Lead Developer for Things. "With new team members and an accelerated development process I cannot wait to deliver many more enhancements and little surprises to our users." Things is also available on the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. Version 1.3 was released today, which includes support for tags, among other improvements. Like Things for Mac, Things for iPhone and iPod touch is a full featured task manager. All of your to-dos sync wirelessly via Wi-Fi when paired with the Mac version. Whether you're only entering a few to-dos or you have thousands, Things is flexible and adapts to your style of work. If you're looking for a task manager, we invite you to take a closer look at Things. Pricing & Availability Things is available immediately for $49.95 (US) on our web store and requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or better. A Family Pack license is also available for $74.95 (US) and provides licenses for 5 members of your household. Download your free trial now and find out why task management has never been this easy: http://www.culturedcode.com/things/ Cultured Code ignited the personal computer revolution in... No, wait. Cultured Code is rather known for its innovative software. Founded in 2004, and with team members located in Germany and the US, Cultured Code develops Things - the most elegant and intuitive task manager for the Mac, iPhone, and iPod touch. Download Things images Press Contact Michael Simmons Cultured Code pr@culturedcode.com

			Hello my name is Martin and I am an (Apple) Addict. I was looking for a nice hard drive mp3 player when they first came out, did my research and everything online was telling me go for the Creative. Well went to look at it and it was UGLY big box of matches size box with silly gray plastic scroll wheel stuck on the corner. Then I saw the gen1 ipod in white- love at first sight. I thought I could handle it, just the 1 product, not too much, still loads of windows around. Then had to upgrade to 3rd gen ipod, weakened and bought my wife a nano, for the gym of course! I felt I had a handle on this addiction, then I got an un-controllable urge for a lap top, I really tried to like the viao and the dell. But every time I saw that cute, sexy little G4 powerbook, I felt my resolve weaken. Just had to have her. Well then I realised this was getting out of hand so I went cold turkey and really focused on Windows and the up coming excitement of Vista, think good thoughts, Vistaaaaaa. But Apple is evil and started talking about the iphone. My hands tremble just typing it's name. Dec 3rd 2007 a date burnt into my memory, when I first used my iphone. Well the rest is history, I am lost to Apple, no amount of begging from my wife stops me going to get my fix at the Apple store in Regents street weekly, as I let my fingers caress an Air, of play with that oh so clever mouse pad on the new powerbooks. Right I need to go now for a cold shower, all I want to say is Will &Co great show, I have been listening for a couple of years and you are not helping my problem!

			Hello my name is Clive My first Apple product was a 1st generation shuffle bought 2 years ago used when training out on the roads for the London Marathon. After that came a 2nd generation shuffle and then the big leap just over a year ago when I treated myself to an brand new 2.4 ghz intel I-Mac just after my divorce went through. Love it in so many ways (like my new GF). Purchased an ipod touch earler this year which has been indispensable also. favourite pastime at moment is downloading rental films off itunes for watching on my tv. Been listening to British Mac since the summer and have grown to like it very much now. Takes a while to get used to the Will's easy pace after listening to slick podcasts from the major media groups, but is all the better for it. The show is a very pleasant way to pass on hour on a long drive. Favourite memory was listening to his rendition of Take That's Shine on his iphone while I was out on a run in France on a hot sunny day!

			Here's my hello and first post. I'm a relatively long time listener, probably about 2 years. Very sorry to hear about Will's Dad. I currently use a new (but just missed out on the new model) 15 inch MacBook Pro. Also have a G5 at work. Previously a 12 inch G4. Possess an iPhone and iPod touch. I live in Bristol, or Brizzle as the locals call it. Hail from the East Midlands from Grantham. For those who don't know it this town's most famous alumni include Isaac Newton, Margaret Thatcher, Nicholas Parsons and Beverly Allitt (a child killing nurse). Main job is as an academic at a university where my main obsession is demonstrating that welds are fit for purpose. Wake up all.

			Hi my name's Lee and I'm a Mac addict...!!! Been listening to BritishMac for about 6 months now (same time as I've owned a Mac) and just wanted to say that Will's cast was my very first podcast and I'm now hooked! Top notch fella.... I've had PC's ever since a Sinclair ZX81 with a mahoosive 16k ram pack...!! I really got sick of windows this year due to viruses and malware and having to wipe the drives on all my PC's several times and decided I was going to try a Mac, so I bought a 24" 3.06GHZ iMac with 4GB RAM and haven't looked back since, what a machine, I love it's simplicity and aesthetics ! I have now bought an iPhone, iPod and plan to get a MacBook pretty soon - I think I might need counselling..!!! Keep up the good work Will and all at British Mac - It's an extremely refreshing pod cast to listen to, it's one of the very few pod casts I really look forward to........ Chin chin....

			Hi everyone, My proper introduction is here, but I've been advised to post in this lovely thread Peter.

			Jan 7, 2009, 10:31pm, wierdostomps wrote: Doesn't always work - Will missed me out. I've never felt so snubbed in all my life!