-Blue Velvet Soundtrack
Dear iMac,
I guess I’d better just come out and say it: I love you. I’ve always
loved you. But watching you change and grow has only made my love
deeper…this new 24 inch screen is no different. The way it makes you
look, the clearer images, the 1920x1200 pixel display—it takes my breath
away, like your NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card and iSight camera do.
I feel like I can talk to you through that camera, and my only regret is
that I can’t talk to you more; your iCal and iLife suites may make me a
little too busy to fully appreciate you sometimes, but I promise, when
your 2.66GHz processer whirs to life, all my attention is yours.
You’re really special, and I mean that. No other computer I’ve known has
made such an effort to make my life easier. Whether you’re letting me
start up in Windows with Boot Camp, helping me back up my files with Time
Machine, or just blowing my mind with the speed and sensitivity of Safari
4, it feels like everything you do from the moment I power you on is just
for me.
Actually, you make me happy even when you’re in the off position: just looking at you makes me want to sweep you up and take you out, for a stroll maybe, so everyone I know can look at your sleek aluminum and glass casing, your slim keyboard…but you know how jealous I can get. I’ll just use the VESA system I picked up to mount you on my wall, where I can admire you and all my photos and video from anywhere in the room. Even with the closeness we share, you manage to give me all the space I need …your 802.11n wireless network means I can access you from anywhere in the house if I feel like missing you for a moment.
All the updated features you’ve rolled out with your new screen are really impressive, but I have to tell you, I’m really taken with your focus on issues bigger than just you and me. Meeting the Energy Star 5.0 rating, earning the EPAT Gold, using arsenic free glass and removing BFR’s and PVC’s show me you’re not just about looks: you really care about how you can impact the world, and that makes you even more attractive to me. I know that making a commitment to you is not just about style, form and beauty. It’s about preserving the earth for everyone who comes after us. Don’t get me wrong though—you are, and will always be, ridiculously good looking in my eyes.
Love always,
Ilissa
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iPad Costs
iSuppli Corp., which generally waits until it can actually get the new Apple product to estimate its production cost, has decided to forgo hands on examination in the case of the iPad. They have--from just looking at it, it's amazing--decided the base model only costs $219.35 for Apple to produce. According to AppleInsider the base model won't make Apple anywhere near as much profit as the 32 GB model with 3G wireless priced at $729...that one reportedly costs only $287.15 to produce.
That's some profit! No wonder Apple execs have said they'd stay nimble on pricing! With demand for the iPad under scrutiny and this week's news that the "Take Picture" hint was removed from the Address Book app in the iPad simulator even we are starting to wonder if it's not worth waiting for the 2nd generation.
Trust us, it's painful to say.
Google Challenges the Internet
"Think Big" indeed. This time, Google is setting its sights on the very way we transmit information and asking people from around the country to nominate their city or state to be included in an ultra-high speed open internet network of Google's building. Set to include anywhere from 50,000 to 500,000 people, this network will boast 1GB per second fiber optic connections that Google reps are hoping will bolster developer creativity, test new ways to build the infrastructure and challenge internet service providers to band together to create a better internet instead of shunning change to maintain their bottom lines.
This is huge news, and we hope our city is on the receiving end of the new interwebs...here's the official Google Blog if you want to read it all in detail or submit your community.
