New Macbook 13″
Apple has revised the entry-level notebook – Macbook 13″ today.
Following the upgrade of the Macbook Pro 15″ and 17″ recently, Apple has updated the entry level laptop – Macbook 13″ .
This new Macbook 13″ gets the improvement in performance from 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and new high performance Nvidia Geforce 320M video card.
The price remains the same at A$1,249.00 including GST.
Here are the new features in the new Macbook 13′.
• New and high performance NVDIA graphics bring more speed and efficiency just about everything you do on Macboo.
• Long-lasting 10 hour built-in battery.
• The spacious Glass Multi-Touch trackpad gives you plenty of room to navigate.
• Durable unibody enclosure which is just 2.74 cm thin and weighting only 2.13 kgs.
Other standard features such as Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11N wireless, built=in camera and microphone are also included. But if you want a Firewire port, then, you will need to get the more expensive Macbook Pro. The standard RAM configuration is 2GB and it’s optional to upgrade to 4GB.
I’m sure this entry level Macbook 13″ will be very popular with the students and home user .
iPad Ship Date is Now 7th June for Australia ?
The recent check on the iPad ship date for Australian market seems to be 7th June rather than 28th May as announced by Apple a week ago.
Here is the screen shot of Apple Store in Australia.
At the time of writing, Apple is yet to announce which retail chain is going to directly sell the iPads. Right now you can only pre-order the iPads on Online Apple Store in Australia.
In the mean time, the two major telephone companies Telstra and Optus has both released the data plan for iPad last week.
Image credit: Delimiter screenshot of Apple online store
Samsung ML-2580N Laser Printer with Snow Leopard 10.6.3
I have installed a Samsung ML 2580N laser printer with the new iMac 20.5″ last week. It was in a shared professional office environment and only one network port in the office. The iMac is running with Mac OS X 10.6.3 and the printer is connected via USB connection.
The problem with the printer is that the it’s gone “offline” when you try to do a second print after the printer is switched on. If I do the hard reset by unplugging the power cord and reconnect and switch it on, it will split out the previous print that caused the printer “offline”.
I have installed the printer driver from the CD that came with the printer, and also downloaded from Samsung website. I have also reset the printer settings inside Printer and Fax in System preferences.
Took the printer back to our office connected to another iMac that is running Mac OS X 10.6.3, and same problem,
Then, we connect the printer to the network via Ethernet cable, and it didn’t work with “Bonjour” setup , but works with IP printing.
Rang Samsung support and asked me to re-install the driver .
Anyone have any suggestions ?
David wong,
0411 183 567
Apple Announces iPad will Launch In Australia 28th May
The iPad will be available in Australia and other 8 countries on Friday 28th May,2010.
Here are the countries - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and UK.
The pricing are as follow in Australian Dollars.
Wi-Fi-only iPad:
- 16GB – €479 Europe, £429 U.K., $549 Canadian, $629 Australian
- 32GB – €579 Europe, £499 U.K., $649 Canadian, $759 Australian
- 64GB – €679 Europe, £599 U.K., $749 Canadian, $879 Australian
Wi-Fi + 3G iPad
- 16GB – €579 Europe, £529 U.K., $679 Canadian, $799 Australian
- 32GB – €679 Europe, £599 U.K., $779 Canadian, $928 Australian
- 64GB – €779 Europe, £699 U.K., $879 Canadian, $1,049 Australian
I have not seen the data plan from the Telephone companies for the 3G models yet. Hopefully, they are significantly lower than the iPhone 3G plans.
One of my customers was end up with phone bill of $1,700 for the month with his iPhone last month. So be careful and make sure you include the running cost before your purchase.
International Launch Of iPad Delayed
The original launch date for iPad was late April 2010. But due to high demand of iPad in US market and also the release of 3G iPad models, Apple has decided to delay the launch date of iPad for International market. The launch date and pricing for the iPad models are yet to be announced in Australia. It’s not really a bad thing as there are some reports of Wi-Fi connection issues and it will give Apple extra time to address those issues.