During the last year we have had a number of customers call looking for help switching from the PC’s to a new Mac. This process may seem intimidating, but it’s really not to bad as long as you’re careful.
It really depends on what you are using your PC for, but most moves do not take that long. When you are tired of dealing with the endless crashes and fighting against the onslaught of viruses and spy-ware, moving to a Mac is one of the best ways to find permanent relief from those headaches.
Do you use Office? Quicken or QuickBooks? No problem. There are solutions and paths to get everything moved to a new Mac without any concerns. Call or email today and we can help you become a “switcher”.
One of my recent service calls underlines the importance of having a good solid backup of all your data. Lets face it, hard drive space is really, really cheap now a days. At a quick glance I see prices for internal 3.5″ Seagate’s are around $100 for 500GB of storage. Thats a huge amount of storage. Now that Time Machine is integrated into 10.5 it makes backing up your system easier then ever.
Don’t put it off, make sure you have a backup plan. If your data is really important to you, you should consider a off-site backup plan. Especially for design files. You can reinstall programs but your designs you never want to lose. The is nothing like having the security of knowing your critical data is secure and backup in 2 different locations.
If you are interested in creating a backup plan for your computer or network, give me a call.
It’s official! Leopard is on its way. Here’s the word from Apple.
Apple announced Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard,” the newest release of Apple’s innovative desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard” includes over 300 features designed to help customers accomplish any task.
Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard” will ship on October 26
Wow! I have to say the guys at Blizzard make one hell of a program. If it was not already for the rich, expansive virtual world they have created or the intriguing story line and endless quests in pursuit of cooler weapons and abilities, but now we have integrated VoiceChat and Video capture right at a users finger tips. Both simple to use and take only a few minutes of setup.
First, the Video Capture works. That’s almost all you have to say. Specifically you open the Options panel and click on Mac Options. Then there are options to adjust image quality, capture size, compression, interface viability and a few other things. …read full article…
MacWorld has an interesting article about a new type of photo paper that Epson released today. For those of you that may be into photography or producing final prints on your high end Epson printers you may find this article of interest. The paper is suppose to simulate the F-surface, air-dried fiber papers used in traditional photographic darkrooms
