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Apple gets it when it comes to surveys

David Alison has an extensive background in online surveys and as a recent switcher to Mac from Windows has had an opportunity to see first hand how Apple surveys their customers. According to his blog post he likes what he sees.

Replacing a MacBook with a MacBook Pro

While David Alison has loved his MacBook his daughter made a hard case for getting it as a hand-me-down, leaving him with no choice but to buy a new MacBook Pro as a replacement. Read David's comparison of the two machines, helpful if you are trying to decide between getting a MacBook or MacBook Pro in the near future.

A blast from the past: We Are Apple

While searching for information on the WWDC David Alison unearthed this gem on YouTube: the We Are Apple intro video from 1984. Compare this with the slick minimalist ad creations that Apple produces today and you can see that this was something clearly from the last millennia. Warning: this is a seriously horrible video.

Apple previews Snow Leopard to Developers

Apple® today previewed Mac OS® X Snow Leopard, which builds on the incredible success of OS X Leopard and is the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating system. Rather than focusing primarily on new features, Snow Leopard will enhance the performance of OS X, set a new standard for quality and lay the foundation for future OS X innovation. Snow Leopard is optimized for multi-core processors, taps into the vast computing power of graphic processing units (GPUs), enables breakthrough amounts of RAM and features a new, modern media platform with QuickTime® X. Snow Leopard includes out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 and is scheduled to ship in about a year.

Apple posts WWDC Keynote

Apple has posted a QuickTime stream of the WWDC keynote at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc08/. You can also read my keynote live notes at http://macmegasite.com/WWDC.html.