At MacWorld this week, Elgato announced the release of EyeTV 2.0. As a mostly happy user of an EyeTV 410 device (which I should really get around to reviewing one of these days) I was keen to grab a copy.
Bullet points for now – a more in-depth review may follow this weekend… Read the rest of this entry »
So that was one of the most nerve wracking (IT-related) moments of my life, but after 30 minutes of stressful, body shaking nerves, curses, and general questioning of what I was doing, I was eventually able to part the Mac mini from it’s attractive upper shell and leave it naked under the waning daylight. What followed was simple by comparison, and one false start aside the mini was dressed once again an booting up to show it’s brand new 1GB of memory.
Yes, it’s true. The all pervading air of Mac Mini hype has finally brought me to my knees – no longer can I hope to stand up to such a barrage of “but it’s so small” or “but its so cheap!” and most importantly “but it’s so cute – you can buy one if you want, but I get to use it!”. The current plan is to twin it with Elgato’s EyeTV 410, and a 20” Apple Cinema display. Sure, after I add that, a DVD burner, more memory, and an Apple Care package it isn’t looking quite so cheap, but what the hey, it is damn cute – those comparing it with similar priced options from Dell are completely missing the point if you ask me. Read the rest of this entry »
