High powered iBooks didn’t turn up but the new Macbook (formerly a powerbook) and the iMac both hit the shelves featuring Dual Core intel chips. A welcome advance for two units who’s industrial design turned on piping out as much heat as possible - a faster and cooler chip! The Quad G5s will obviously remain for a good while, the intels aren’t up to the task of high power 64 bit processing and when that’s all that matters (rather than having a laptop that doesn’t burn a hole in your pants) then you can’t beat Quad G5s.
My favourite element of the new Macbooks is clearly the built in iSight. I’ve recently restarted my regular iChat conversations with my Uncle Jason (this time instead of being a cross-town conversation, it’s cross continental - all the way to Hong Kong) and Oh My Goodness iChat with H.264 is unbelievable. It’s Batman Technology.
Back on the Adam West TV series, Batman’s image analyzer was a freakin’ huge magnifying glass and his ‘computer’ was a set of flashing lights which he fervently jabbed at random, yet full screen video conferencing was a piece of cake for Bats.
It’s honestly like watching someone on TV. I’m not kidding here.
I took the train into London to spend 3 minutes handing in the coursework I’d completed on Sunday and then meant to catch the train back to Colchester, however as a pat-on-the-back (and in order to make my trip into the city a bit less farcical) I felt I deserved a sandwich. The queue to Subway was stretched a full 25 feet out from the entrance so I ended up checking out a little sandwich store opposite.
So why is it that on the last day that I really have to go in to university, I discover a little italian cafe which sells a Prosciutto, Tomato, Mozzarella and basil panino that tastes as good as one bought in Roma? Which is CHEAPER than any other sandwich store! It’s not fair! It’s just not fair!
Anyhow, I leave you with this excellent post on Mr Galloway from Harry’s Place.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at January 11, 2006 03:37 PM