I looove my new Apple MacMini

Finally bought a new Apple system for my photo storage purposes. I was using an old PowerMac G5 previously. After buying my new MacBook Air and experiencing the power of the new generation of Macs, I just had to get a new Mac for my desktop. The PowerMac G5 felt absolutely glacial compared to my new MacBook Air.

I bought Apple's Aperture 3 software to go along with this new system too. I've been using it for a couple of weeks now and absolutely love it. Everything's just perfect now. I have enough power to edit photos and lotsa hard disk space for storage. Using the 30" ACD for viewing albums and editing pictures in Aperture 3 is just absolutely fantastic. Next up would be a ram upgrade to 8gb. Apple doesn't mention it officially in the spec sheets but the Mac Mini will handle 8gb of ram. That would be a really nice upgrade but I guess I'll wait a while more for the price of 4gb sticks to drop a wee bit more. The current price is a lil bit expensive at about rm650(USD200) a stick.

Oh I forgot to mention that I bought the Magic Mouse and Wireless keyboard too. The Magic Mouse is simply magical. I love the touch ability of the mouse and it's got a laser sensor for superb accuracy on any surface. It's a bit like the touchpad on my MacBook Air. It's so beautiful to look at. A marvel of industrial design. The bottom part is hunk of aluminum and the top is a piece of glass. The battery life is really good, I've been using it for about 2 weeks now and the battery level is still at 85%. The keyboard is lovely too, a solid hunk of aluminum. The battery life is still at 100% after 2 weeks! The mouse and keyboard costs a fair bit of money but it's worth it. I'd like the keyboard even more if Apple made it backlit just like the MacBooks. I don't see why they can't do it when they're charging us so much for it.

Free 3" EOS screen protector

Check this out guys. It's a lovely Canon branded 3" screen protector for our precious EOS cameras and it's FREE!






It comes free with PhotoYou magazine. I think it's the 1st issue as I haven't seen this magazine before. It's endorsed by Canon Malaysia. As you can see, there's a big Canon logo at the top right corner of the cover.




It's a photography magazine that prides itself on being a magazine by women for women. The Editor is a woman. Looks like more women are getting into the photography hobby eh? Anyway, it is about photography after all and who says guys can't read it. After all, women have been reading "guy" photography magazines for years. So it's our turn to read their magazine now. Haha.

While I was at Borders, I also picked up the latest issue of Digital SLR, Malaysia edition. I was actually looking for Digital Camera Malaysia but it's not out yet. Anyway, here's the latest issue of Digital SLR.

Manilla Envelope for MacBook Air

Remember the manilla envelope that Steve Jobs used at the launch of the MacBook Air? I love how he emphasized the thinness of the Air. It was kinda shocking to see the MacBook Air slip into a normal manilla envelope.

Anyway, I saw this MacBook Air case that looks like a manilla envelope on sale and I just had to have it. Hehe. It's made to look like manilla card. Here's some pictures of it.




Slipping the MacBook Air into it.





It's even got the authentic looking red tabs with string for closing the envelope!




MacBook Air sitting nicely in the manilla envelope. It looks just like a stack of documents eh? Good for some disguise when we're at Starbucks or Coffee Bean. I wish they didn't emboss the MacBook word on the envelope though. Still, it should reduce the chances of someone trying to steal it even if you leave it on the table while you go refill your coffee.