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The pursuit of Mac Awesomeness

I’ve been thinking of doing quick-and-dirty videos to accompany the stories here at MacMerc for quite a while but the first video is always the toughest. I finally got my inspiration as I was sitting in the local @Starbucks trying to post a story using their free wifi. It was taking me far too long to upload a simple story. Far, far, far too long. This was not going to work.

I looked across the street and noticed my local Mac dealer, Mac Station, and thought, “I bet they have better wifi… I wonder if they’d let me blog from their store.” I assumed they’d want to get something out of the deal—not just let some guy leach wifi and not buy anything. That’s when I came up with the idea to offer to do those nearly-daily videos I wanted to do, but do them from their store. I help get the word out about the awesome store and their fun, knowledgeable staff and in return I get a base to blog from and a gentle nudge to get something compelling done every day.

So here it is, the first video1 . The first video is always the toughest.

No Flash? No problem—click here!»

Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed and follow @RickMacMerc and @MacMerc on Twitter. Me and the staff here at Mac Station have a lot of great ideas we’re going to share with you, but if you know of any Mac/iPod/iPhone/iPad awesomeness you want us to feature, post a comment or send me a Submission of Awesomeness and I’ll give it a look.

Thanks for reading this far, as a reward, you get to watch a video of me rescuing a kitten from my car engine»
  1. and, no, this doesn’t take the place of MacMercTV []

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Marks on your coffee table? There are coasters for that—iPhone App Coasters

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I want to give a shout out to @Daynah for tipping me to these awesome iPhone Apps Coasters. I’d seen them on the periphery… I’d even seen some on Flickr… but now, for £19.99, I can see them on my coffee table. They are available in three different sets — The Core» , Home» , and Media» — each set featuring 6 of Apple’s default iPhone apps.

Do you love iPhone Apps and their icons enough to make them a part of your home decor? Leave me a note in the comments.

Apple announces new Mac awesomeness and Multi-Touch Magic Trackpad

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Early this morning, the Apple Oompa-loompas were busy pealing the gossamer veils from few new products of Mac awesomeness while singing their happy tunes. The all-in-one iMac line has been updated with the latest Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors and powerful new graphics. Starting at $1,199 (US), the new iMac line now boasts dual-core processor speeds up to 3.6 GHz, quad-core speeds up to 2.93 GHz and discrete graphics including the ATI Radeon HD 5750.

Particularly interesting is the announcement of the new Magic Trackpad, with a smooth glass and aluminum design, gives iMac users the same Multi-Touch gestures (click this…it's cool)»  that MacBook and MacBook Pro users have already mastered. It will be sold optionally for $69 (US).

Stepping over to the Mac Pro table, Apple unveiled a new line with up to 12 processing cores.1 The line sports the latest quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors, all-new ATI graphics and the option for up to four 512GB solid state drives.2

Lastly, we arrive at the new 27-inch LED Cinema Display with 2560 x 1440 resolution and 60 percent more screen real estate than the 24-inch LED Cinema Display. The built-in iSight video camera, microphone and speakers, powered USB 2.0 hub, and universal MagSafe connector means the display is pure awesomeness at $999 (US). Yum.

Now, as a topic of discussion… The Magic Trackpad: is it a hit or a miss? I know a lot of people, myself included, developed a big hate for the Magic Mouse. I think the Magic Trackpad will be easier to use since it is basically an input device we’re already accustomed to, but what do you think? Drop me a note in the comments.

  1. TWELVE!?!! []
  2. drool []

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