So as you probably know by now Apple has released its' latest Macbooks and Macbook Pros. People have been publishing previews and reviews all over the place. In this post I will give you a quick overview of features and what to expect from the reviews. Apple totally changed the manufacturing for this release. The casing is cnc cut from a solid brick of aluminum. That fact is one that Apple is using as a huge advertising feature. It in fact isn't a one piece unit, however with this new process they are getting a really slick casing. It looks great, and they ditched the latch on the Macbook Pro. Most people disliked the monitor latch and thought it made the notebook feel a bit cheap. The latch has been replaced with a magnet system similar to what the previous Macbooks had. Another huge change is the glass monitor screen. It is extremely glossy, this is both good and bad. It looks pretty impressive. However, if you want to go outside on a sunny day you better find a good source of shade or forget it. Anandtech showed some pictures of the new notebook outside on a sunny day and it was ...

Microsoft announced that they will start sending beta invites for their latest Vista and Server 2008 service pack. Select hardware and software vendors are the first to see and test this beta as with every beta. Microsoft says that the general public will see SP2 for Vista and Server 2008 before the Windows 7 release. The description sounds like it will be mostly a roll up of other patches and updates that are availabe separately, however if it is anything like SP1, it will be a much appreciated release. When Vista first shipped it was not ready for primetime. It had many problems and not a lot of driver support. Since SP1 and its aging Vista has become a much more realistic OS of choice. Xp used to have huge performance advantages over Vista and these days that is no longer the case. Both OS' are on the same playing field. So lets see if Microsoft can have another big improvement to Vista, they are going to need it with OSX market share hitting 10% and climbing. Read more about the Vista SP2 release over at zdnet.com

So today I installed Adobe Photoshop Cs4. Adobe really changed the look of Photoshop for this release. They removed the title bar from the top of the window and integrated the minimize, maximize, and close buttons into the menu bar. This not only looks much cleaner but it also gives you a bit more workspace. For people who use smaller monitors, that could be a really good improvement. So far I have not used it much other than to make the thumbnail and screenshot for this post. Save for web looks like it has some new options but works the same as before. If you get the "extended" version of Photoshop, you will have 3d modeling support and gpu powered accelleration. Gpu accelleration leverages the power of your graphics card(s) to render images and models faster. I have never created an image that has really slowed down my computer but for people doing high end graphics, I am sure this will be an awesome feature. So far I really like the new look Adobe gave Photoshop for its Cs4 release. The default workspace isn't the same as it used to be. I had to change some settings to get things ...

Yeah believe it or not the editing and afterwork for the new Microsoft commercials is done on none other than OSX. Kind of funny and inconsistent that a Microsoft commercial would be powered by MAC. There is probably a few reasons for this. Most of the good editing software used to be solely good on OSX. That being the case many designers learned on OSX. These days the design software is for the most part available for either Windows or OSX and Adobe seems to be favoring Windows in its new software releases. So maybe in the future you will see more designers working on OSX as I assume there has already been some type of movement in that way. So in the future Microsoft ads may be created using Microsoft software. If not, you know whatever; Windows and OSX are both great. I have to have both in my life and am totally ok with that. I am not a total fanboy or hater of either but hearing that the commercials for Windows were made on MAC, was just funny. Here is one of the new I'm a PC commercials

So I got all of the kinks worked out of the live feed.   The feed has been running for a few days now and no apparent issues.   Have had a few visitors and answered some iPhone questions from a ustreamer.   So far so good.   Going to start making video clips of help, tutorials, and reviews. Please email me dustin@deletedfeed.com giving your input. I want the site to be a personalized experience for you.   Hope you enjoy the feed.

So last night I was able to get the camera all setup and did some testing of the live feed. I ran into some minor difficulties but like I said they were minor. Everything seems to be running well now. The g4 although laggy via vnc feeds the video to ustream well without any video lag. So what is the first video topic? I have yet to have any reqests, so I will work something up and maybe record the first video tonight. Remember this is a personal experience shoot me an email to get you tech questions/problems answered on air or off if you prefer.

So this weekend I went to the Tri-cities to work on my Integra, and also visit friends/family. Had a pretty good weekend. We got back late Sunday so I took yesterday off. I was pleased to see the power cord for my streaming camera is here. Excited to go get it all up and live, I ran into a new obstacle. Yes another one. The internet did not work at my house. We just switched over the Verizon FIOS about a week and a half ago for its great speed advantage over Comcast. I have had Verizon services in the past from cell service to ISP. I should have remembered that Verizon usually has an awesome product when it is working but trying to work with anyone at Verizon is about as successful as a blind sniper. Yes, it is really that terrible. Four phone calls and several hours of cell mins wasted talking to them. Guess what, still no resolution. So hopefully when I get off work today I will have internet at home and the live stream will start. Thanks for your patience.

In life there are always obstacles. When you come up with a great idea there is always something that will hold you from it. Do yourself a favor and always make your way around them no matter what if it is a good cause. For the live show I ordered a new camera that was capable of streaming real-time over firewire. It shipped without a fricken power cord, very lame. However, I talked with the seller and they have one on the way. So as soon as the power cord gets here the feed will be live 24/7 with chat running even when I am not here. Bookmark the site and be sure to watch the live feed @ live.deletedfeed.com

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