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What is i5 or i7 mean yo you ?

They’re the product codes for Intel Quad Core  2.66 GHz and 2.8 GHz computer processors.

It just happens to be used by Apple in their current models of iMac 27-inch. It’s a worldwide shortage of these models and some of the back orders are dated as far back as October and November, 2009 for the resellers. But the shortage is only applies to the Apple Resellers, it doesn’t apply to Apple’s own Apple Store. You can walk in any of the Apple Stores and come out with the worldwide shortage product without any problems.

iMac 27-inch i5 and i7

What it mean for the resellers ? Does it mean Apple is no longer needing the resellers to sell their products ? Does it mean the  end of the road for all these  Apple resellers who has supported the Mac users in the past, especially during later part of 90s when Apple was in trouble ?

We don’t know yet at his stage, what is Apple’s policies about their channel partners – Apple resellers.

But we do know that there is a shortage of i5/i7 iMac 27-inch worldwide. You can’t buy them from any of the resellers without extended delay, at least in Australia. But you can walk in any of the Apple Stores and pick one up (i5) straight away.

We all know now, it’s not iSlate, not iTablet, but it’s an iPAD !!!

For some customers, as soon as they hear about “iPad”, the first thing that comes into their mind is nothing to do with electronic device but something that regularly use by the female customers. But it will go away when the name becomes more familiar in the market place.

So, would you buy an iPad ?  i don’t know about you, but I have received orders for 2 already and it’s still 2 to 3 months away for the delivery. We don’t even know the pricing in Australia yet.

There are people commenting that iPad has not really introduced any new grounds or new technologies. Also there are a few desirable features which are not included in the new iPad. for example,built-in camera, OLED display, USB port, HDMI port etc. You will need to purchase the optional accessories (docking device) to get some of these features.

Like the applications for iPhone, when more and more developers introduce the new applications/games for the iPad, then, it will become a main stream product for the business and home users. Apple wasn’t promoting this area when they announced the new iPad last week.

it’s not a down graded Macbook/Macbook Pro, but a bigger iphone/iPod Touch. It’s running with iPhone operating system rather than the downgraded version of Mac OS X. also, Like the iPhones, it doesn’t support the Web sites that are running with Adobe Flash.

Here is the extract from macrumors.com

Steve Jobs held a town hall meeting with Apple employees late last week following the iPad launch. Wired reports on what was said at the meeting by Steve Jobs. Two of the biggest topics included Google and Adobe.

On Google, Jobs confirms the much-reported competition between the two companies.

On Google: We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them, he says.

As for Adobe, Jobs said they are lazy and Jobs blames Adobe for a buggy implementation of Flash on the Mac as one of the reasons they won’t support it.

Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy, he says. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash, he says. The world is moving to HTML5.

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And here is a step by step guide will provide two solutions to fix the problem; Option 1: If you have an iPod, you can sync your iTunes library to the iPod, and then copy them from iPod to the new computer; Option 2: You can sync iTunes to external hard drive and import them back to the new computer;

Now, let’s start the guide. Part 1. User iPod to transfer iTunes library to another computer Step1. Sync the iTunes library from computer to your iPod, I’m sure you can handle this step, so I’m not explain it here. Because iTunes prevents copying music and video from iPod to computer, you need special software to bypass the iTunes limitation. I have tried many iPod transfers, and I strongly recommend this iPod to Computer transfer. It’s really easy to use. I have tested it with all series of iPod including iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Shuffule, iPod photo, even iPhone, they all works pretty well. Moreover, you can use it as an iTunes alternative, it’s really useful when your iTunes can’t recognize your iPod but you want to upload music and video to iPod. Step2. Download and install the iPod to PC transfer. For more information about it, you can visiting this iPod transfer review. Run the iPod to PC transfer, plug in your iPod to the new computer, it will detect your iPod and scan your iPod, then it will return a list of the files on your iPod. Choose the list and files you want to transfer, Click the Start Transfer button.

 Step3. After you clicking the Start Transfer button, the following window will pop up; you can choose transferring to computer hard drive or iTunes directly. You can set the output fold at settings option before transferring.

Done, If you are Mac user, you may try this Mac iPod to computer transfer, the operation steps are similar to the windows version, so I’m not repeating here. Part2. Use external hard drive to transfer iTunes library to another computer Since iPods get their music by syncing with iTunes, you’ll need to either 1) tell iTunes to store music files on your portable external hard drive instead of your regular drive, or 2) import music files from your external drive into iTunes. Step1: Tell iTunes where to store music files Open iTunes and select Edit — Preferences. Then click the Advanced tab where you’ll find the iTunes Music folder location.

Click the Change button and choose a folder on your external hard drive (you might want to create one first if you want files to be stored in a particular folder on the new drive). If you want all of your music files to be moved over from your main drive to the external drive, then make sure the Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library option is checked. Step2: Import music into iTunes from an external hard drive If you already have music video on a portable hard drive, and just want to get them into iTunes so you can sync up and get those files on your ipod, then you can just drag and drop those files onto your new computer iTunes. You can also use the File — Add Folder to Library menu in iTunes, choose the music and video folder on your portable drive, and iTunes will add those to your library. If you uncheck the Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library option, which is on this same tab shown above, then iTunes will leave the files on your external drive. In the checked state (shown above), iTunes will copy all of the music files from the folder on your external drive over to your main drive. That might not be what you want (particularly if your external drive has more files on it than the size of your main drive).

With the release of Windows 7 on October 22 2009, Microsoft aims to make it the most formidable operating system ever. Windows Vista which released in 2006,was good but was a nightmare in terms of performance. What worked to Windows Vista’s disadvantage was that it needed significant hardware upgrade for Windows XP users who have been used to the same hardware for many years; for instance RAM requirements extended to gigabites. Just as Windows XP released after the unstable Windows ME, Windows 7 has released to correct the issues in Windows Vista. Though Windows Vista required hardware upgrade, Windows 7 will work comfortably in computers that have been around in the past couple of years. In other words, if you had been using Windows Vista, do not fear; Window 7 will work like butter on it, smooth and easy. Even better news is the fact that Window 7 runs much faster than Windows Vista. Try installing Vista on your Asus netbook and it will slow down your system, but if you run it on Windows 7, it will work smoothly. For Windows XP users: If you are using Windows XP, and want to upgrade to Windows 7 Home or Windows 7 Professional, you will have to go for a clean install, which means you have to wipe everything on your computer. But once installed, Windows 7 runs smoothly; in fact, it will be up and running in an hour. It will pick up the printer drivers and graphic cards effortlessly, but it will struggle to find Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers, which implies that you will have to manually search for them. The Look of Windows 7: Windows 7 is very much like Vista in terms of look and appearance. In case of Windows 7, the icons look bigger and polished. The best feature of Windows 7 is the new taskbar at the bottom of the screen. Mac fans may not really be jumping high on this because this is a replication of the dock concept, which the maverick operating system is known for. The unique task bar of Windows 7 will show all applications that are currently open and you will be able to ‘pin’ applications that you will mostly use. If you right-click on an icon in the taskbar, the ‘Jump List’ feature will open that shows the actions most associated with that particular application. So, if you right click on the Internet Explorer, you will see the URLs of recently visited websites and the option to open a new tab. If you right-click on MS Word, you will see recently used files as well as the option to open a new one.

With the release of Windows 7 on October 22 2009, Microsoft aims to make it the most formidable operating system ever. Windows Vista which released in 2006,was good but was a nightmare in terms of performance. What worked to Windows Vista’s disadvantage was that it needed significant hardware upgrade for Windows XP users who have been used to the same hardware for many years; for instance RAM requirements extended to gigabites. Just as Windows XP released after the unstable Windows ME, Windows 7 has released to correct the issues in Windows Vista.

Though Windows Vista required hardware upgrade, Windows 7 will work comfortably in computers that have been around in the past couple of years. In other words, if you had been using Windows Vista, do not fear; Window 7 will work like butter on it, smooth and easy. Even better news is the fact that Window 7 runs much faster than Windows Vista. Try installing Vista on your Asus netbook and it will slow down your system, but if you run it on Windows 7, it will work smoothly.

For Windows XP users: If you are using Windows XP, and want to upgrade to Windows 7 Home or Windows 7 Professional, you will have to go for a clean install, which means you have to wipe everything on your computer. But once installed, Windows 7 runs smoothly; in fact, it will be up and running in an hour. It will pick up the printer drivers and graphic cards effortlessly, but it will struggle to find Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers, which implies that you will have to manually search for them.

The Look of Windows 7: Windows 7 is very much like Vista in terms of look and appearance. In case of Windows 7, the icons look bigger and polished. The best feature of Windows 7 is the new taskbar at the bottom of the screen. Mac fans may not really be jumping high on this because this is a replication of the dock concept, which the maverick operating system is known for. The unique task bar of Windows 7 will show all applications that are currently open and you will be able to ‘pin’ applications that you will mostly use. If you right-click on an icon in the taskbar, the ‘Jump List’ feature will open that shows the actions most associated with that particular application. So, if you right click on the Internet Explorer, you will see the URLs of recently visited websites and the option to open a new tab. If you right-click on MS Word, you will see recently used files as well as the option to open a new one.

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