I thought I might as well talk about what Apple came out with yesterday, after all I am an Apple fan.

The iMac looks pretty nice and its great that it is thinner. But I don’t really like the color. I always thought that the Aluminum was better for their professional products and the white kinda made it feel more “home-y” and personal. But it still is a nice machine.

Then they updated iLife. The update to iMovie is by far the best thing about the new iLife. Why? Because they started from scratch and made an awesome application with a whole new way of making movies. Here is a screenshot.

And then of course there is the stunning keyboard.
Looks awesome, if I do say so myself.

Check out the video from the event.

And while we are on the topic of Apple, I thought I would announce that I am going to be writing for Macteens, an online website about Apple. The site is in the process of being redesigned and after that my first article will be up.

UPDATE: The New iMovie is terrible, my mistake.

My latest project is putting together a book on the sotry of the iPhone. It will include stories, blog posts, and photos from the community. It will document the days up to the iPhone, the release day, and the days after.
Check out www.iphonethebook.com

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UPDATE: My MacBook should be arriving today on Monday the 18th just like Apple said. Sorry about that Apple. As for FedEx, they are the ones who said it would deliver on the 20th and I suppose it is good that they are delivering before, thus making their customer happy.

Apple makes wonderful products and software but I am recently having some issues with them. I placed an order for an iPod and MacBook. The iPod came when they said it would without my free laser engraving. I then contacted their support team to figure out why I couldn’t get videos on it. It was a combination of updating Quicktime and OS X which the first person I talked to couldn’t figure out.

My MacBook is supposed to be here the latest on Monday, June 18th according to the Apple Order Status website. Well according to FedEx it isn’t coming until June 20th. And according to the email Apple sent me its coming on the 19th. It has overnight shipping and was shipped today, so I don’t know how they came up with three days later. The reason it took so long to actually ship in the first place was because I ordered 2GB of memory instead of the 1GB which is what they stock. Where do you think all customized orders come from. Try China. They outsourced the very simple task of adding a little memory to China.

One last thing, I just wrote all that as I was on hold for the next representative. Although, on the positive side of things, I will end up having a great piece of hardware and some awesome software.

I was at Virgin Records in Union Square, NYC this past Thursday. Here I was able to play with the Zune. I have to say that I did like it. The interface was a little more flashly and had more graphics. The screen was bigger and I was able to turn it onits side when watching videos. It sounded good and the screen looked good as well.

However, I wasn’t able to feel its weight or experience the battery life. Several times I couldn’t understand why it was not working, as it turns out I was attempting to spin the wheel like an iPod when I was instead supposed to be pressing the buttons. The interface was a little too flashy for me, though it was a nice change from the simple interface of the iPod. I was not able to use the sharing and community features on the Zune, but from I have heard I didn’t miss out on much.

Overall, I like it and it was a pretty decent atempt from Microsoft. But the iPod will of course live on with all its glory and beat the Zune.

I think Apple might be favoring a certain color a little to much. Looking at my dock now I wouldn’t mind seeing a little more red, orange, or purple.

The iPod that I had gotten for my 15th birthday had been a part of my life for a little more than the past year. This little more than a year is where all the trouble is at. As you know the iPod comes with a one year limited warranty. However this little piece of information I forgot.

You see it all happened one day when I turned on my iPod. The only problem was it did not turn on. I attempted all the procedures found online under the support section of Apple website. None of them worked. The next logical step was to make a trip to the Apple retail store which was only 40 minutes away. Finally, having found a time when my mom could drive me there, we were on our way. I scheduled an appointment at the Guiness Bar through a nicely designed piece of software found on the computers in the store. They called my name quite quickly and I handed my iPod over to the man behind the counter for inspection. He concluded in saying that the hard drive was busted. He then asked for some information to check the warranty and found that it was around a month or two over. After attempting to negoitate with him, I left the Apple Store with my broken iPod in hand.

There is however a positive side to this story. You see I never turn off my iBook, even over
night. The iBook has this light that tells you its sleeping by going from being dim to getting brighter and back down again. I already know that my iBook is sleeping but I also know that I want to be too. So the broken iPod serves the purspose of standing up on it’s side in front of the light. At least I was able to solve this one problem.