Tips From Tony Blog

They look and act the same, but there’s plenty more under the hood, for the exact same price as before.  What a deal!

I’m actually very, very happy with the MacBook line of laptops.  They’re ridiculously powerful for the price, and they work great with external monitors, so you’re not stuck forever with only one monitor.  Now that Intel has debugged the motherboard design, they’re rock-solid dependable.  I would have NO problem using one as my primary computer, and I’m a very high-end computer-user.

My first-generation MacBook Pro is blazing away 24 hours a day, usually running at least eleven programs at once at all times… Converting high-definition movies so that they work great with my AppleTV is an enormous amount of work, and my Mac never gets a chance to catch its breath!

The new MacBooks that came out today run exactly as fast as my top-of-the-line laptop from late September 2006, for less than half the price that I paid.

Go buy a few of them!

I’m dismayed, but not entirely surprised.  Google’s new study has found that one in ten websites contain malicious code designed to infect Windows PC’s.

I’m not surprised, because I have witnessed brand-new PC’s becoming loaded up with viruses, pop-ups, menubars, spyware and trojan horses almost instantly, as soon as they connect to the Internet.

Now, after reading the article, I finally understand the process.  It’s time to be extra glad that we use Macintosh computers, because we remain immune to those nasty websites…

I’m quite excited about the possibilities of some new software that will benefit businesses (and families) that need to coordinate calendar events.

In the past, sharing iCal events has been a stinky mess… SHARING them is not a problem, but MODIFYING them is not possible by anyone other than the original author, once they are shared. Folks beg me for a solution, but I haven’t felt comfortable making recommendations, because there weren’t any good choices. Now, I think that the pieces have finally come together.

So, here’s the solution… It isn’t free, but it’s still pretty cost-effective, particularly for multiple people in a group.

- Create a Google Calendar account. That way, you have a constant, online calendar that is accessible any time that you are on the Internet, and can be accessed from any web-browser.

Then, purchase Spanning Sync software. I recommend spending the full $65 for a lifetime account. That amount pays for everybody in your group. You don’t have to buy multiple copies.

Once you install it, then everybody in your group can use their personal iCal calendars as normal, but then everybody can also share the same, special calendar set aside for group activities. Everybody gets to make changes, and they’ll stay current.

Here’s a nice Quicktime movie to show you how it works.