MacChic in Europe

This is going to be the shortest column ever. Traveling with your laptop and iPod in Europe is a non-issue. The End.

The rest of the article is HOW I made sure it would be a non-issue.

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Office 08 is Coming – Should You Really care?

Should Macintosh users be eager for Office 08? Are there enough compelling reasons for a Macintosh user to switch? Are you looking forward to the upgrade, or do you plan on sticking with Office 04? Office 08 is coming – Should you really care?

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ill-Logitech

For over two months, I’m playing email ping pong with the Logitech Customer Support. They claim mystification. Now I know better. They knew of the issue long ago and have done nothing (tangible). I feel like I’m saying goodbye to an old friend.

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Verizon FIOS
How I’ve added fiber to my system and how much I enjoy it!

Now Comcast Internet was good at first but overall, Comcast service for TV and their customer service (I was a customer since 1990) just was the absolute worst. So when Verizon contractor crews showed up last year and began digging up the front yards in the neighborhood to lay the fiber optic cables and put in the junction boxes, I was really interested in finding out what the story was about the system.

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Nemo Memo
At First Glance

When your company, small or large, needs to develop customers and markets, you use Glance to present your offering from across the world or across the room, via a live Internet connection routed through Glance’s data network. John talks to the company president and cofounder, Taylor Kew.

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The Cost of Apple

While in Prague earlier this week I walked past an Apple Authorized Retail Store near Andel Metro Station. Prices here were considerably higher than at home. I decided to do a price comparison when I would be back home to see what was really going on. This short article presents my findings, but before we can take a look at those finding, we need to understand how I did the comparison.

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The Truth about Apple in the Middle East


Is Apple, Inc. blowing its chance to sell Macs to a potentially huge market thanks to the indifference of ABM (Arab Business Machines)? MyMac.com’s own Mazen Al-Angary takes a look at the state of Apple Resale in the Middle-East, and it is not good news for potential Mac buyers. A must read.

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The Perfect Storm

New writer Knotty joins the MyMac.com team with a look at The Perfect Storm, her five reasons why Apple and the Mac is about to push over to the next level.

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The Tsunami Halo Effect

The Middle-East is a huge market for cell phones and other electronic goods, and our own Mazen Al-Angary brings us word on what the reaction to the iPhone was in Saudi Arabia. A unique perspective you won’t find on other Mac websites.

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Long day at Macworld Expo, and naughty people

A ton of new products we seen, and I promise to have much more tomorrow. Right now, after a long keynote day, walking around the showroom floor (well, the south side anyway) all I want to do is keep my butt in this seat for a little while, as the dogs are barking fit to burst.

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Just Three Things

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what I’d like to see Steve Jobs bring out from behind the curtain at Macworld Expo next week. Here are my three things, what are yours?

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Icicle Lights on Crack

OK, it’s time for my annual diatribe against icicle lights. The new neighbor across the road put his up Thanksgiving weekend. They are the

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Buying Used Macs



People buy used Macs for all sorts of reasons. Often the prime motive to passing over the latest model out of Cupertino is the need to save money. After all, a G3 or G4 iMac might not be the fastest thing on the block, but it will certainly prove to be a rock-solid word processing and web-surfing machine. Students in particular are always like to find bargains, and a used iBook or one of the older G4 PowerBooks may only cost a few hundred dollars but will still provide all the horsepower you need to write a dissertation, carry out research on the Internet, and keep up your coursework.

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Nemo Memo
The Best Internet Radio You’ve Never Heard

When America Online (AOL) became a free-subscription service recently, members no longer need to pay for its features, except tech support. Tens of millions of people worldwide continue to use AOL. Among them are clever Macintoshers who join only for an AOL Instant Message (AIM) identity that is compatible with Apple’s excellent iChat, and that provides a second-rate webmail service that is finally straightforward and stable.

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