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iLife '08

Bemidji State University bullish on Intel Mac...

“With the Intel Macs,” explains Brian Allen, director of technical support at Bemidji State University in Minnesota, “students now have the potential to have both systems on their machines, so they can run both Windows and Macintosh applications. They can easily switch between Apple’s iLife suite and AutoCad. It’s the best of both worlds; they’ll really have two computers for the price of one.” In addition to offering students more flexibility, Allen and his team discovered that “Windows applications run faster on the Mac.” Best of all, dual-booting Mac computers offer BSU “the potential to save $150,000 to $200,000 a year in lab hardware purchases.” What’s next for Boot Camp at BSU?

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I'm turning a corner, in a manner of speaking...

As blogMerit evolves and grows the tone is taking on natural, added character and this is one of those times. Don't be offended its me but its some of the 'me' that I've been curb checking so as to appeal to the broadest audience. However, I do have some very strong opinions so I will begin sharing those here, and as always all my posts are open to comments. That said is also one of the features that's not back online yet. It's being sorted and will be live again very soon.
Oh, and by the way I want to say I create, upload and manage my websites with this wonderful application from a company called Real Mac Software, its called Rapidweaver. I believe the current version is 3.6 and yes, its "Leopard" ready. I work on a Mac and I have for years. Jumped right into iPod and iTunes when they became available. I always upgrade my OS X I tend to upgrade pretty quickly when the updates come out; they're pretty scheduled about every 18 months there's a system upgrade and unlike Windows there's no confusing upgrade paths to try and figure out. If you have one Mac you'll probably buy the single user license but if you have more Macs say an iMac and MacBook you'd buy the Family Pack license for only a few bucks more then you can legally install it on up to five (5) Mac and all this is $129.00 - $199.00. What's that saying, of that's it, It's a no-brainer. More on these wonderful resources for Mac users later. I'm marking this as one of my Cool beans topic for later followup postings. iPod, iPhone, OS X "Leopard", iMac, iTunes, Safari just to name a few.
iPhone gifts they'll love. Give iPhone with signature gift wrap and free shipping. Maybe's its time you take another look at the Mac. I mean, come on what do have to lose?!


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Lots of Cool New Products from Apple, Inc. today...

I have been waiting for these upgrades but I thought I was going to have to wait until Leopard comes out in October but YEAH they're here today along with the sexy, sleek, new iMac, new Mac mini plus major upgrades to iWork '08 and iLife '08. 10492186-3You know, when you compare the features and the cost of Apple's iWork suite Apple's wins hands down, a single license is only $79.00 and if you need a family pack it's only $99.00 for installation on five MACS for $100 and five, registered installations versus $350.00 for the standard version of Microsoft Office for Mac. OK, well that's a no-brainer $80-$100 versus $350+ for MS Office, isn't it obvious. I've been using iWork '06 via PAGES and a little bit of KEYNOTE and I really like what I've created. I've also had a lot of fun creating my documents. I'm a creative writer and I can honestly say opening PAGES and using one of the included templates sparks my creativity and I hit the ground running every time. Plus it's really intuitive and easy to use. Another reason why I love my MAC.

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It's Back To School Time...

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