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Of MacBooks and Vanishing Billboards (part duex)
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 Let me just get this out of my system. The new MacBooks are out, sans the Pro monicker. They come in white and black. Just like the iPod. They have Dual Core Processors, just like the iMac and the MacBook Pro. What they don't have is a dedicated video card. In non-geek terms, that means you won't be able to do any hardcore graphic intensive things like edit video and play graphic intensive 3D games. Well, you can, but it won't be the best experience. But what they are good for everything else, like word processing, watching movies, playing music, etc. You know, average consumer (read: not tech geek) kind of activity. It's pricey, like everything Apple, starting at US$1099 (PhP57,148 sans tax) – US$100 more than the iBook its replacing. But for me, the additional Benjamin is well worth it in terms of overall performance. Plus OSX just mops the floor with Windows XP (In the operating system arena. Stand down Windows Fanboys. I'm looking at your direction, Pao).
Black is only available in the high-end model, which is US$1499 (PhP77,948 sans tax). Which is a bummer if you love everything black. I was really coveting the black MacBook until I saw real world photos (i.e. not the product shot type like you see above) of the machine. The look cheapens the MacBook. It lookes like a normal IBM/Lenovo/Dell PC. But that's just me. Judge for yourself here.
By Popular Demand: Pictures of Billboard-less EDSA (And the South Super Highway Thrown in for Good Measure)
  I risked my life and the lives of other motorists to take these photos for all of you. Okay, fine, only Paolo really wanted to see these. But he made it sound like a challenge! (yeah, right) Anyway, the photo up top is from the C5 exit at the South Super Highway. The one directly above is from EDSA approaching Guadalupe Bridge. Note the ginormous empty steel/iron frame of the once most ginormous billboard in Asia (or the world, I don't really care) at the right part of the photo.
See? Doesn't it look a whole lot better than before? Don't answer that.
[Note: Don't know that the hell I'm talking about? Maybe you've missed my first blog post about Vanishing Billboards. Read it here.]Labels: Apple, Photography |
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 Name: Jin
Occupation:
Graphic Artist/Pirate
Geek Toys:
20" iMac Core Duo, PSP, iPod (3G), EOS350D
Special Attack(s):
La Serpiente Strike
El Gato Fist
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Being the mindless drone of fashion that I am, I decided to jump on the Blogging bandwagon. This site contains all my rants and raves about current events, technology, video gaming, cinema and the occasional snippets of my own geek life. (Yeah, quite original, I know.)
Best viewed at 1024x768 on Firefox or Safari. Internet Explorer 6 sucks donkey dick.
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© 2006. All rights reserved.
Illustrations and Character Designs: Jin.
The Sims. © 2006. Electronic Arts, Inc.
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2 Comments:
kinunan mo yun while you were driving?!? haha, buti na lang no major accidents whatsoever kasi konsiyensya na lang ni paolo kung sakali =)
si jing pa! he can shave and do his laundry while driving!
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