Home & Small Office Computer Guide

Last week it was Dell and this week it’s Apple’s turn to issue a recall on laptop batteries.

This recall is directed at users of Mac iBook G4 and Powerbook G4 laptops sold between October 2003 and August 2006. An estimated 1.8 million batteries are involved.

This recall is related to Dell’s and affects laptops that were sold with a Sony battery.

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And full details of the recall can be found on the Apple site here

I live with my computers anything up to 15 hours a day 7 days a week (I know it’s sad and my kids tell me I need to get a life but …) but somehow I just couldn’t get this passionate about computers

Die-hard Apple fans camp out on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue for two days in anticipation of opening of new flagship store.

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Apple have just released their latest desktop computer - the iMac G5. It comes in two versions - 17 inch or 20 inch and what you see is what you get. There’s nothing else to this computer so it’s not going to hog a lot of space on your desk top.

The features of the iMac G5 include:

1.9GHz or 2.1GHz processor

a new PCI-Express ATI Radeon X600 Pro or XY grahics processor

128MB of dedicated video memory

OS X Tiger operating system

pre-installed AirPort Extreme Card for wireless connectivity

It also comes with USB2.0 and Firewall 400 ports, composite and S-video outputs, audio in and out so you can connect almost everything from cameras to extra hard drives to this computer.

You can find more information and have an online demo here