Micorsoft Arc mouse is a must have

A few months ago I decided to walk away from my PC computers and jump into the world of Apple. I have to say I have been very satisfied, but the one thing that always bothered me was the mighty mouse that came with my Apple MacBook, but that is no longer the case now that I have picked up a wireless Microsoft Arc mouse.

The mighty mouse that came with my Apple laptop always seem to lock up, and took a lot of cleaning to get the tack ball working. I wanted to replace it with the new generation wireless Apple mouse, but was never able to get to my local Apple store in time to pick one up before they sold out.

So a friend suggested I run over to Best Buy and pick up a wireless Micorsoft Arc mouse, and I have to say it is just an amazing mouse.

Apple users in particular should look at this mouse. It has typical left and right main buttons, plus a button on the left side, and a button under the roller. Clicking the roller brings up your dashboard, which will definitely have you using your dashboard more than ever. The extra buttons can be configured to do all sorts of things, and really opens up a lot of options.

I have never been too happy with wireless mouse devices in the past, but I have to say, this one is absolutely perfect, and you will be more than happy with the upgrade.

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iTunes announces 6 billion songs sold

As we learned last month, this is the last year that Apple will take part in the annual MacWorld Expo, and this year the company’s keynot adress was given by Phil Schiller, as Steve Jobs is sitting this one out for health reasons. But don’t fear, Jobs is not suffering from cancer, or any of the other rumored illness’s that have been floating around, he announced that he has been suffering from a hormone imbalance that has been robbing him of needed proteins, but is well on his way to a full recovery.

While this years address was less than overwhelming, we did get a couple of pieces of information on what the company has been up to:

• Schiller announced that iTunes has passed the 6 billion mark in total songs downloaded by its iTunes users. (this took the company about 5 and a half months, the same time it took it to move from 4 billion to 5 billion, so downloads are not accelerating as they once were)
• Schiller showed off Apple’s new 17 inch MacBook Pro. The new laptop is 6.6 pounds and a very thin  .98 inches. It has a LED display that supports 1920×1200 pixel resolution.
• There is a new service called iTunes Plus that offers high-quality music free of digital-rights management
• iTunes now has over 10 million different tracks available for download
• 2008 saw the company sell 9.7 Macs, as Mac sales grew at twice the rate as the overall PC market

Not too much earth shattering announcements as Apple brings its relationship with MacWorld to a close this year.

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Hewlett-Packard 2133 Mini-Note PC

Hewlett-Packard announced the release of its smallest ever laptop computer, the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC.

This is the first time that the company has tried to make a move into the low priced market of ultra small computer laptops. If you are interested in this new ultra small laptop, you can expect to pay anywhere between $500 and $900, depending on your configuration.

The laptop has an 8.9″ screen, and weighs in at slightly higher than 2.5 pounds. According to the company website, it is geared towards the educational market. One of the biggest concerns consumers have with mini notebook computers is the keyboard size. This computer has an almost full size keyboard, at 92% the size of a typical keyboard layout.

Here are a few of the features:

• Anodized aluminum shell that is sleek, sturdy, and lightweight;
• An 8.9-inch diagonal WXGA display with a resolution of 1,280 pixels by 768 pixels
• Two battery options: Either the three-cell for lightest-weight configurations, or the choice of the six-cell for longer battery life;
• Wireless technologies. These include integrated Wi-Fi Certified WLAN and optional Bluetooth™

The computers move away from using an Intel chip, and instead have a C7-M microprocessor from Taiwan’s Via Technologies.

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