Chadstone VIP event - UPDATE

Yes, the specials for Chadstone VIP/shopping event is up. It's nothing interesting but might be useful if you're waiting for that particular item that is never on sale.

No offers in the flyer on Apple Store. As you might know, a new and the first Apple Store in Melbourne was just opened in Chadstone last Saturday. However, CompNow (the other store that sells Apple stuff) is on the list offering $100 off any Mac purchase on the day (except for Mac Mini) and $30 off Guitar Hero for Mac, so that's $129.95.

One interesting offer is from Coles. I don't think that Coles has participated before but tomorrow, there will be a 5% discount on merchandise. Not sure whether there is any restrictions on the items.

Anyway, the offers are available here on a pdf format.

Enjoy.

Chadstone's Spring Event

Yes, Spring is here and it's time for another round of sales. It seems compulsory to have a sale on every season of the year. Thankfully, Australia (and some other parts of the world) only have 4 seasons. If we have 12 seasons, we'll have a sale every month.

Anyway, getting back to the 'event'. Chadstone will be having its usual VIP shopping event. This will happen next week on Wednesday, 17th of September. It will start from morning until night time (9 am to 10 pm) so plenty of time to shop. There will be the usual discounts (up to 50% off) and drinks to give away (after 5 pm), and some other things, such as

• runway shows, hosted by Alex Perry at 4 pm and 7 pm
• free workshop on "How To Look Good Dressed" at 11 am
• Christopher Chronis parade at 4pm

If you're heading from the city, there's a free bus that goes straight to Chadstone (stopping along the way of course). You will need to book it so that you will get a seat. You will need to call 1300 558 686 to book.

Up until today, there is no detail on the specials yet. Probably in a couple of days.

picture from chadstoneshopping.com.au

Kylie's Concert

Kylie's back. Yes, Australia's most beloved singer is back. She just announced her tour for Sydney and Melbourne in December. She initially only had one concert in each city but like we all know that's just tactics by the promoter.

Her first concert sold out in 2 minutes according to reports. Soon after the second show was announced and that too sold out within minutes. Apparently it set a new record in ticket selling history in Australia.

Now, the third show has just been announced and tickets start selling this morning (9 am) and last time I checked, there were still tickets available. So, if you haven't gotten your tickets yet, now might be the time. Go and check out Ticketek here.

Other than Kylie, there are also a lot more artist coming this way (Australia). To name a few:

• Alicia Keys
• Jordin Sparks
• Colbie Caillat
  
• MGMT
• Billy Joel
• Lady Gaga
• Simple Plan
  

More information check out Frontier Touring website.

Big Bang ?

Well, this is definitely one news that wasn't covered until it's way too late. Do you know that yesterday, a bunch of scientists turned on a machine that might cause Armageddon ? This caused a lot of stress to at least one Indian girl who committed suicide fearing the world would end yesterday.

I must say, her fear was not really baseless. The scientists are going to fire up a few particles and then smash them together. Hence, simulating the big bang theory of how the universe began. They are also trying to find out whether there exist a jesus particle, the particle that started them all. It's only a hypothesis now.

Some other scientists are thinking that this might create a black hole which in turn going to swallow all of earth's contents. So far, everything looks alright though (I mean, I'm still typing). However, report says that the scientists have yet to collide the particle. They are just firing up particles now.

The first time I heard about this was on last Sunday. I was reading the papers and there was this story. It is not front page material and it is considered less important than the pregnancy of the Vice President daughter (from McCain camp). So, maybe it is not that important after all.

The facility is located on Geneva, Switzerland

If you want an explanation of how everything works, go to BBC here.

photos from bbc.co.uk

Ferrari Smash

Imagine getting a call from your son in the middle of the night with this message, "Dad, I've crashed your limited-edition Ferrari. You know, the one that is valued for about $400,000". OK, maybe not exactly like that but 'Ferrari' and 'smash' are two words that shouldn't be in the same sentence.

Well this happened to a very very very unlucky dad. His precious Ferrari was smashed (to a tree), just have a look at the picture above (right). On the left is the boy who crashed it and probably reporting the incident to his dad.

The Ferrari is a limited edition F360 Challenge Stradale, was imported 4 years ago. Only 16 cars are believed to be imported to Australia and New Zealand.

The cause of the crash is (obviously) speed. Probably the kid wanted to try "getting 80 in first gear" like the radio commercial of Melbourne Airport. But for whatever reason, it was a reckless thing to do.

Let's just hope that the dad pays his insurance.

picture from theage.com.au

Iron Man Review

Well, I watched Iron Man yesterday (thanks to Qantas) and it was alright (not great, just OK), typical action hero movie. I guess the first movie is always the most interesting part cause it tells you the beginning, what happened and how that 'hero' was created. This particular hero does not have super power (like Superman, Spiderman), he just have a super-brain that can develop a super-suit that has a lot of power.

The story line is pretty simple. Guy owns everything by selling weapons, get captured, given a taste of his own products, ran away from the captives (by building himself a man-suit), realise that there is other things to do in life besides selling guns and missiles, decided to stop the weapons production. Fiuh...and that's only the first part. The second part is about him creating the perfect body-suit to help people (by destroying missiles that he produced) then he was back-stabbed by his 'business partner' who creates a bigger suit for himself. They fought and at the end of the day, he won (and get the girl). Pretty simple right ?

Iron Man is played by Robert Downey Jr and his assistant is played by Gwyneth Paltrow. The villain is played by Jeff Bridges and Iron Man sidekick (in the Defence Force) is played by Terrence Howard.

One thing that was fascinating from this movie was the detail of the suit that was shown. Unlike Transformers, the transformation from a car to robot was instantaneous so you can not really look at it with great detail. But this movie was pretty detailed. All I can say is, this year, a lot of kids would want to be an engineer when they grow up.

If you like action hero type of movies (or Iron Man in particular) then go and watch this movie. The movies is packed with action and it's not boring (filled with drama like Spiderman), even managed to slip in a few jokes. I'd say it's alright (just because the story is so predictable) overall but my wife loved it and wants the DVD (or Blu Ray) when it comes out.

Standing Egg

Can an egg stand ? I just got a very interesting email that says eggs CAN stand, not everyday though. Apparently this phenomenon can only happen once a year, on a certain date. In 2006, it was the 31st May, the following year it happened on 19th of June. This year it's going to happen on the 8th of June. It's something to do with a Chinese festival or something like that.

Sounds impossible ? Have a look at the pictures below.

And again,

So, what do you think now ? Photoshop ? Maybe. I don't know the real answer as well. But come 8th of June 2008, I'm definitely going to try it and if it is a hoax, I'll let you know. If you want to try it, prepare the egg beforehand and don't put it in the fridge.

Grand Theft Auto 4 Out Today

If you're waiting for it, you would probably know that it's coming out today. Several retailers are even opening up at midnight (this morning) to cater for the fans that have pre-ordered or who wants to grab an early copy.

In Australia, the game is "censored" because the highest rating available is MA15+ for games. The detail of which part of the game is 'toned down' is still not clear. Because of this, several gamers are trying to import the game from US or UK so they get the 'uncensored' version, as the PS3 version is not region locked. Play-Asia has them for about US$70 delivered, details here.

Burnt copies of the game have appeared at torrent sites all over the world several days before the official launch date. It was the Xbox360 version and both Pal and NTSC version were seen around.

The retail price in Australia is $119.95 for standard edition and $149.95 for the special edition. The special edition comes with several 'goodies' like a bag, soundtrack for the game, deposit box, and so on. However, some retailers have already sold out of the special edition several weeks back.

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As for the best deals, BigW has the cheapest price at $78 and followed by JB Hifi which sells it at $84.87. This price are for both version of PS3 and Xbox360. Note that trade in is also available with JB Hifi.

Life Could Be a Dream

Tomorrow, your dream may come true. Well that's true if you're the winner of Super 7's OzLotto. It will jackpot to 40 million dollars. This is a result of nobody winning the first prize for the past 4 weeks. So, if nobody wins tomorrow then maybe it will be $50 million next week. This is probably the biggest draw ever (well, at least it's the biggest I've ever seen).

To get the cash, it's pretty simple, just pick 7 numbers between 1 and 45. Simple, right ? Well not really. If it's that simple, Australia would have a lot of millionaires.

So, if you feel lucky don't forget to get your ticket to dream. I'm definitely getting mine (to dream of course).

picture from Tattslotto

Harvey Norman Specials

Harvey Norman will have a one day sale tomorrow only. I think the sale starts at 6am until 6pm, it's a bit hard to confirm this. A few bargains can be seen here.

The deal that caught my eyes is 40% of all Xbox360 games. That's just superb. It's not selected items but ALL games. However, there is a limit of 3 games per person. Not sure whether the new GTAIV is included in the deal cause it's nor officially released yet but you can pre-order it.

Another good deal is the Mio C220 GPS system for only $188. If you're in need of a GPS navigation unit then this is probably the cheapest I've seen so far. There is also a Phillips iron for $25, which Harvey Norman claims that they're selling below cost.

Anyway, it's sure worth it to check out your local Harvey Norman store tomorrow. For your nearest store check out their website http://www.harveynorman.com.au/.

New Face of David Jones

Guess who is replacing Megan Gale as the face of David Jones. It's Miranda Kerr. Sounds familiar ? Alright, how about you have a look at her picture below and have a bit of a think,

Remember now ? She used to appear on Portmans' commercial, TV and massive posters which says "She Lights Up The Room". This year, she was one of the Australian model that joins other international models such as Heidi Klum in the Victoria's Secret annual Fashion Show.

Now, she will be replacing Megan Gale as the face of David Jones. The picture above is from her in-store appearance in Sydney just a couple of days ago.

Anyway, just thought I'll let you know cause you'll definitely be seeing more of her.

picture from heraldsun.com.au

Mario Kart is Out Today

The long awaited (at least for me it is) Mario Kart for Wii is out today in Australia (apparently it's delayed in New Zealand). The game comes with the 'steering wheel' accessory for the Wiimote so you can make the racing experience a tiny bit more real.

Anyway, if you want to grab one, Toys R Us has the cheapest deal at the moment for $74.99 and the rest varies

• Toys 'R' Us - $74.99
• Big W - $76.84
• Kmart - $77
• JB Hi-F - $79
• Target - $79.95

This prices are for this week only, I believe, and after that it will go back to $99. The 'steering wheel' is also sold separately for $19.95, very expensive for a bit of plastic but hey, that's Nintendo for you.

Another exciting thing is the introduction of a Nintendo club in Australia (I think it's like a frequent flyer thing, buy things get points, etc). It's rumoured that in every Mario Kart Wii game, there is an invitation to join the club.

Anyway, I can't wait to play the game. I will post the review soon.

Earth Hour This Saturday

Hey everybody, Earth Hour is happening this Saturday 29th of March. Be involve by turning OFF your lights at 8pm for an hour. Save electricity, help reduce emission and ultimately, help save the earth.

The movement was started last year in Sydney but this year it is extending to the world. Everybody all around the world is taking part, even the businesses/corporate.

More information about the Earth Hour here.

UPDATE: Melbourne city will also be dark during Earth Hour with most of the businesses committing to participate in the event. Restaurants that are 'switching off' will have candle lighting up the tables. This might be a rare chance to see what Melbourne looks like with no lights. Of course there are other cities that will participate in Earth Hour, full details go to the website.

No Spice Girls for Australia

There will be no reunion concert for the Spice Girls in Australia. This is sad news. The group decided to call it quit after 3 months of touring. Their last concert will be at Toronto and it's happening on the end of this month (February 26th). The official statement said that the tour needs to come to an end due to family and personal commitments for Emma, Geri, Mel B, Melanie C and Victoria.

The Spice Girls planned shows around the world (Australia, China, and so on) but sadly only Europe and US were covered in the 3 months. For Australia, one show was originally scheduled for Sydney. Further talks from promoter suggest that they might be playing other cities as well but it is unlikely after this.

One tabloid speculates that the tour ended early because Victoria Beckham is too exhausted. She wanted to focus more on her family and her fashion business.

Well, it's a really disappointing news for me. I was really looking forward to their concert if it were to reach Down Under but that's not going to happen now. So, I guess I have to be happy with their CDs.

Parting message (and official news/statement) from the group can be viewed at their website, thespicegirls.com.

picture from thespicegirls.com

Interest Rate Rise Again

Yesterday, Australia got another interest rate rise. It is now at 7%, the highest level since 1996. The Reserve Bank Australia (RBA) wants to control inflation which is still high at the moment.

If you have a mortgage, the advice is to lock your interest rate right away because banks have yet to pass the latest rate rise to customer. This latest rise will increase your monthly repayments by about $40 (based on a $300,000 mortgage). News.com.au has a handy calculator to let you calculate repayments. It can be found here.

UPDATE: Commonwealth Bank is the first major bank to increase its rate by 0.30%.

Pink for Nano

The iPod Nano just got another colour added to the 8GB collection. It's PINK, just in time for Valentine's Day. Anyway, it's the same price and it's shipping now. Go to Apple Store to get it.

Heath Ledger Gone

Australia has lost one its great actor. Heath Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment. The cause of death is still unknown at this stage but it is suspected that he overdosed.

This is a sad news for Australia and the world. Heath is to star as the Joker in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Brokeback Mountain.

Heath also had a daughter, Matilda with Michelle Williams his fiancee at the time. She was a co-star in Brokeback Mountain. The couple then split up in 2007.

Well Heath, good bye and may you rest in peace. We will all miss you.

picture from theage.com.au

Global Recession

Today is a bad day in the share market all around the world. Australian market lost 7% whilst other markets suffer about the same. US market is not open yet due to a holiday so it will be interesting to see what will happen there.

Anyway, Herald Sun has a good article about this crisis, somewhat a guide if you haven't been following the developments. Here is the article:

Market meltdown - what you need to know
By Kate Perry, NEWS.com.au money editor

BILLIONS of dollars have been wiped off global share markets since the beginning of the year as investors panic in the face of an economic slowdown.

The hectic selling has been prompted by fears of a US recession – with gurus from global finance powerhouse Goldman Sachs now increasingly confident in forecasting a US recession this year.

If the US does go into recession it will hurt global markets. The cliche about the whole world catching a cold when the US sneezes is grounded in history.

Goldman Sachs has downgraded its economic growth outlook for Australia on the back of its US recession fears. The bank now expects Australia’s economic growth to slow to 3 per cent this year, from earlier forecasts of 3.5 percent, before slowing further to 2.75 per cent next year.

A range of forces have combined to produce the new-year panic on the world markets, but it is chiefly driven by the problems in the US sub-prime market.

What is the sub-prime market?

The first step on the road to recession was the crisis to hit the US mortgage market –or the sub-prime crisis.

During a long property boom US banks and other lenders gave money to may people who had low income or no deposit for a home. They got their loans despite failing to meet ordinary credit criteria.

The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates four times starting in 2006. Over-stretched borrowers fell into arrears, forcing several major US banks to write-off billions of dollars in bad debt.

One American economist estimated that the total cost of the sub-prime crisis, including the write-down in bad debts, falling property prices, and money wiped off the share market could be as much as $US400 billion ($465 billion).

How does the sub-prime crisis affect Australia?

Australian banks and home loan providers borrow money from overseas, including the US. The cost of borrowing that money has gone up following the sub-prime crisis. Australia’s big banks have taken the unusual step of raising home loan rates independently of a move by the Reserve Bank.

The “R” words

Rates and recession are two words that strike fear into the hearts of property and equity investors.

Unemployment is rising, property prices are falling, and Wall Street is plunging. In an effort to stimulate spending George W. Bush is considering pumping up to $US150 billion into the economy.

The US Federal Reserve has also said it would consider dropping interest rates if necessary.

In contrast to the US Federal Reserve, the Australia central bank continues to talk up interest rates. The Reserve Bank last raised rates in November to 6.75 per cent. It next meets on February 5 and while it was recently thought another rate rise was likely, the board will have some serious reflection to do before deciding to inflict another hike on Australians.

One of the RBA’s key tasks is to keep inflation, or the rate of price rises, within a range of 2-3 per cent. Fresh inflation data is due out tomorrow and if the figure is high, a rate hike is more likely because of the handbrake effect that rate rises have on spending.

Yesterday the Rudd government announced a package aimed at getting inflation under control.

Global turmoil

Markets have plunged around the world, with European markets reporting their biggest falls since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The German DAX index fell 7.2pc overnight, while London’s FTSE was down 5.5 pc.

Wall St was closed yesterday due to the Martin Luther King holiday, but the futures market is pointing to another huge drop when trading resumes today. The Dow Jones futures market is down 4.5 per cent, and the S&P 500 futures market is down 4.7 per cent.: In-depth latest

Original article here.

HD DVD Player Price Drop

Toshiba will cut their HD-DVD players in Australia following a press release today. This will replace the current cashback offer and/or redemptions. The new prices for the players are:

• HD-E1: $299 with 4 free movies (box: 1 + redemption: 3)
• HD-EP10: $399 with 6 free movies (box: 1 + redemption: 5)
  
• HD-XE1: $599 with 11 free movies (box: 1 + redemption: 10)

Redemption titles is still unknown at this stage but expect to hear more in the next couple of days.

This is excellent news considering Australia rarely get any price cut. XE1 which is the top of the line player gets more than 50% price cut. It used to retail for $1399. Toshiba has cut the prices in the US as well a couple of weeks ago in the wake of Warner's decision to go Blu-Ray exclusive and a shift in marketing focus.

I was considering to get a dedicated player for HD-DVD but opted to wait cause of the prices in Australia. At one stage, I even wanted to import one from the US. But now, it seems that I can get a local one.

The press release can be read here.

No Caffeine for Mum-To-Be

A new research in the US has found the link between miscarriage and caffeine. Women who drink two or more glasses of coffee (200 mg of caffeine or more) during their pregnancy double their risk of miscarriage. So if you are pregnant that's one more thing to add on the 'no drinking' list.

So you think I'm not just making it up, Herald Sun covers the story here and the researcher is Dr De-Kun Li of Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. This study will be published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Hamish and Andy Back for 2008

Hamish and Andy are back for 2008. They started their first show yesterday and will continue on their normal time slot 4-6pm.

I've got to say these guys are pretty hilarious. In 2007, they did quite some amazing stuff. They lived together as a conjoined twins for a week, they went to a nudist colony, Hamish did a marathon to beat Katie Holmes, Hamish had to wear a helmet for a week (cause he lost in the celebrity GP), Andy hooked up with Megan Gale, they all went in a caravan of courage all over Australia and the list goes on.

In 2008, they promised more to come. Their first show in 2008 was really a cracker. Hamish got to the bottom of Andy's alleged proposal to Megan. They also chatted with a paparazzi. They even had a recap of 2008, what a year it has been. But the best bit that I love was the song that they made for Corey, the infamous party boy.

In my opinion, it's nice listening to them not because of their 'silly stunts' but because they are two best mates that just want to have fun. They sure made me laugh. Anyway, you can podcast their show if you miss anything from their website or straight from iTunes.

Their regular show is 4-6pm weekdays on Fox FM in Melbourne (other state it's on the Austereo radio network so I think it's 2day for Sydney etc). Make sure you don't miss these boys.

picture from fox.com.au

Coincidently, this is also my 200th post. Yay.

No More Boost Discount

From the 1st of February you can throw your Boost VIBE card cause it'll be worthless. There will be no more discount from February.

If you don't already know, VIBE is loyalty card from Boost Juice Bars that can be used to get 10% off their products. To get the VIBE card, you have to collect 10 stamps from buying a juice/smoothie at Boost.

Janine Allis sent an email about this earlier in the week, here is what she has to say.

Dear Very Important Boost Enthusiasts,

Over the last few years we have been fortunate enough to give our VIBE club members a 10% discount on our range of juices and smoothies.

Unfortunately due to the drought in Australia, the cost of making you the freshest juices and smoothies has gone up substantially, especially in the last 12 months; so much so that we have had to make a tough decision... either put our prices up, or keep them at the existing price and remove the 10% discount for VIBE members. We have chosen to remove the 10% VIBE discount, effective 1st February 2008. You can, however, still enjoy the benefits of the Boost loyalty stamp card (buy 10 and get the 11th free)

Our VIBE club remains with great monthly specials and exclusive offers to members, such as the VIBE Challenge and your free Birthday Boost. Should the drought break and the cost of our ingredients come back down, we will review the 10% discount again.

Thanks again for your loyalty to Boost, and for any feedback you would like to make regarding this please feel free to email me at janine@boostjuicebars.com

Janine Allis

Founder

Well Janine, we are devastated. But that's OK, at least you could still buy 10 get 1 free. Back to collecting stamps then.

BMW Hydrogen 7

I guess by now everybody should know that our world is in dire need to be saved. Being 'green' is the talk of the town (world even) because the issue of global warming is here now and if we don't do anything, we will be in danger.

Cars are one of the main contributor to global warming but this might change in the future. Innovations are coming from all the car companies to build a better car and one example of this is BMW.

BMW Hydrogen 7, that's the new name for the car that emits water instead of carbon dioxide, monoxide, etc. And if you're in Melbourne, you're in luck. You can see this machine in flesh at Federation Square starting from the 21st of January until the 28th of January. Admission is free and it's open 11am to 3pm daily. It is also open during the Australia Day weekend.

If you want to see the BMW Hydrogen 7 website, click here.

Apple Has Done it Again

Well, 2008 and another Macworld just went underway. As always, Apple uses the event to launch its exciting new products. Well this year there are 4 things.

1. Time Capsule
It's basically a wireless network router which is equipped with a hard disk for back-up purposes. This product complements Time Machine, a feature available on the current Mac OS X, Leopard. It comes in two sizes, 500GB and 1TB, which should plenty (for now).

2. Software Upgrade
More apps (applications) for the iPhone (which sadly is irrelevant to us in Australia) and iPod Touch. Several apps are added to both hardware. iPhone users get free upgrade whereas iPod Touch users must pay US$20 (don't know the Aussie equivalent yet) for the upgrade.

The cool thing is the Maps app. Why ? Because it can pinpoint your location with a new technology. It does not use GPS because none of the hardware has a GPS receiver. On the iPhone, it uses cell-tower triangulation and Wi-Fi triangulation whereas the iPod Touch only uses the latter.

Cell tower triangulation is pretty obvious, it finds several cell towers, triangulate it and find your position (Apple is working with Google on this one). Wi-Fi triangulation uses Wi-Fi hotspots to determine your location. So basically there's this company that has the list of hotspots locations and they have them in the database. To determine your location, the device will see your nearest Wi-Fi spots, triangulate it and cross reference with the database so that you can be found.

This is cool and could see the end of GPS (well maybe not) but I believe, the application will be further implemented to other mobile phones and GPS receiver will no longer be needed to get the "where are you now" functionality. As long as you have a Wi-Fi, you can basically know where you are. Obviously this will not work in rural areas or mountains, etc, GPS still wins here. But it's a really exciting new technology. Thumbs up for Apple.

3. Movies
Movie rentals from iTunes. Hopefully this will come to Australia. Our only exciting content in iTunes is just music.

To support all this, Apple is relaunching Apple TV with new features. It is now possible to use the Apple TV on its own without a computer (you used to need a computer to download content to Apple TV). I think it's great now. If the movies are coming here, I'll definitely get one of this.

4. Macbook Air

This one is the revolutionary one. A super thin Macbook, dubbed the Macbook Air. Just have a look at some shots below.

Just watch the ad if you don't believe me, it can fit into an envelope. If you're wandering what song is played on the ad, it is "New Soul" by Yael Naim. You can get them in iTunes.

It's super thin, lightweight with full keyboard (back lit), full display (back lit) and very very cool trackpad (mouse thingy). It is cool cause the trackpad supports multi gesture (with one finger, two finger, and so on). As an example, if you want to zoom into something, you can pinch the trackpad. Apple has incorporated the technology on iPhone and apply it to the laptop.

It is thin so you cannot change anything, no even the battery. If you want to change the battery, you must go to Apple, just like an iPod. Also, it only has 1 USB 2.0 port, a headphone port, mini DVI connection and a power adapter connection. That's it, no ethernet, no Firewire, no DVD drive nothing. It's suppose to do everything with wireless. That's why it has the Wi-Fi 802.11n.

All the features as you expect come with a hefty price tag. The cheapest configuration starts at $2499 for Australia. If you want to get the solid state disk (SSD), it jumps to a ridiculous $4500. This is because SSD is still very expensive.

It is also Apple's first environmental friendly product. The display is Mercury free, and case is from aluminum that is recyclable too name a few. You can watch the guided tour for the product on Apple's website here.

It is definitely an impressive product but I don't know whether I want to get it. It's very expensive and with a couple of hundred dollars more you can get a Macbook Pro. But if versatility is what you're after, then you cannot go wrong with Macbook Air. It's got everything and so much more. Pre-orders are already open for the product. Just follow the link/picture below.

pictures from apple.com

Happy New Year!!!

I'd just like to say Happy New Year to all who read my blog. 2007 was great but let's hope for a better year in 2008. Anyway, I hope to increase the level of posting in 2008 so wish me luck on that.