Steve Jobs' Death

Saddened by the news. Love this quote.

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Apple Inc.

So a followup on Apple's iPod press conference.  They have made huge changes to the iPod lineup.  The iPod nano is now a miniature version of the iPod Touch without the apps.  The iPod touch has new internal hardware based off of the Apple A4 architecture that is powering the iPhone and the iPad.  The iPod shuffle is now smaller and has a nicer form factor.  The only iPod that was unchanged is the iPod classic which remains at 160 gigs.  I wish that they would drop the iPod classic and instead upgrade the memory on the iPod Touch to 128 gigs as the top of the line, 64 gigs as the medium offering and 32 gigs as the minimum offering.  They could eve upgrade the iPod Touch to 256 gigs.  That's the highest amount of memory that can be put on a USB flash drive at the this time.  Of course in the future, this will increase, but honestly, if I were Apple, I would really want to be pushing more memory into that thing.  Right now Apple is trying to keep the price as low as possible while making the device as fast as possible, but I really think that it despirately needs a memory upgrade.
There is also a new Apple TV.  Of course this one doesn't have a hard drive.  In my book, having a device that does nothing but stream off the internet really isn't worth buying.  I want to be able to download the content onto my device and keep it forever instead of having to have working internet to view the content even though I purchased it.  Anyway, I'm going to wrap this one up.  Talk to you later.

Apple Press Conference

There is going to be an Apple press conference in a few days.  It will be on September 1st.  Apple schedules their September press conferences to talk about the new iPods.  January is generally other devices  iPhone and iPad were released in January.

Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard Gossip

I thought that I would share some rumors about the next Mac OS.  The official statement about Snow Leopard that Apple gave the public states that Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard will arrive in the first half of 2009.  In a presentation to suppliers, an executive at Apple said that 10.6 should ship sometime in the first quarter.  Another rumor that people are floating around is the complete lack of support for all PowerPC systems.  Because I have an iBook G4 that runs an IBM PowerPC architecture, I wouldn't be able to upgrade to 10.6  It is commonly known that Apple will not be adding any new features to mac OS 10.6  Instead, all of the changes will be to core components.  It will be purely optimization.  I hope that it runs just as well, if not better than Mac OS 10.5, which at this time is the  most recent OS that Apple has released for their Macintosh line.

Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard

I'm hoping to get a new computer. When I get the new computer, it will come with Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard. Leopard is Apple’s brand new operating system, and it’s jam packed with some awesome new features. Among those new features are Spaces, a program integrated into Finder that allows you to have multiple desktops. Cover Flow has been integrated into Finder allowing one to browse previews of PDF’s and more just by scrolling through them in the Finder. Time machine is just a new backup system allowing your system to revert back to an earlier version if necessary. Parental controls have been expanded, allowing parents to set time limits for the kids. If I were to buy the upgrade for my current computer, it would cost $129! That’s just one of the many reasons that I have to get a whole new computer.

More Computer Trouble

I am having more trouble. Now the computer charger just gave out. I’m out of a computer for like a week. That’s bad because I completely lose touch with the world! News, weather, stocks; everything is on the computer. The good part of this catastrophe is that I’ll have plenty of time to write posts. I’m going to be writing a big list of things that I plan to write about. Anyway, I went to the Apple store at Partridge Creek. They told me that it was the LogicBoard. That’s Applespeak for the motherboard. When I asked how much it would be to fix, they told me that it would be $560. Then I asked how much it would probably sell for on eBay, she said it would probably fetch around $500. What I plan to do, is spend the $80 to get a new charger, and then sell it on eBay. It should fetch a lot of money. I’m hoping for at least $700 because I’m bundling Microsoft Office and some Adobe programs with it. The whole package(bundled software plus the computer) is probably worth somewhere between $900 and $1000. That plus some of my savings will allow me to purchase a MacBook or even a Macbook Pro! I would be able to get a fully loaded MacBook or a well equipped MacBook Pro for that price. I think what I plan to do is certainly sell my laptop, and purchase a new 15” MacBook Pro. I don’t think that I can afford the 17”, but I would absolutely love to have one. I was also thinking about getting a job to help replenish my savings.

Bluetooth

Hey guys. The Bluetooth on my computer has been broken for some time now, and you may be wondering why I am telling you this. It's because I just discovered that somehow it started working again. I thought that was good since I spent 60 bucks on a wireless keyboard that I used for about a month before the Bluetooth broke, and I am glad that I can use it again. It's certainly not BREAKING NEWS or anything, but I felt like writing this post, so I did.

New Feature in Blogger

Ok, you guys can't really apreciate this, but I can. I can now post from the Google Docs and Spreadsheets. How cool is that? OK, it's a little lame, but I love new ways to get these posts on Blogger. So far, I can put them in through the "dashboard" on my computer, the old-school web-based posting, emailing them in to a secret email address, and putting in into Google Docs and Spreadsheets. It will be interesting to see what is next.

Hi everybody

I'm really sorry that I have not really had the chance to write, especially after I promised you all some new posts. It seems like the time is just going by so fast. I need to get into the habit of writing every single day. I have been updating my podcast, so check it out. You can get it by searching for Bill's Online Journal on iTunes or by clicking here. I really hope that you enjoy it. My voice sounds really feminine on it though. I'm going to guess that my junky microphone is the culprit. Listen to it, and write some comments about it here.

New Keyboard

Hello. This is Bill on this ultra-fine day. I am tying on my new Apple Bluetooth Keyboard. I would recommend it because it just works. Well so far anyway. LOL. Anyway, I hope to get more information up onto the blog soon. I have a question for you first though: do you have a blog????? If so, make a comment or send me a message at the send-me-a-message part of the site! Have a great day everyone, and be safe.