http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress Retro Mac Computing and Upgrading Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:32:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=130 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=130#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:22:53 +0000 admin http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=130 By Ryan Vetter It seems like just yesterday that all one had was an Atari, a phone book, and a TV. That was pretty much it before the dawn of Personal Computers. Sure, we had libraries, but nothing like what computers, and the internet, have brought to our homes. During this pre-information age [...]]]> http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=130 0 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=134 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=134#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:35:56 +0000 admin http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=134 By Ryan Vetter Let’s face it, the iPad, Apple’s latest device, is nothing like the Apple Newton. While the Newton was a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) meant for vertical markets, the iPad is a media tablet with full computer functionality. Forget everything you knew about a stylus. I won’t bore you with dogmatic [...]]]> http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=134 0 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=133 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=133#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:16:58 +0000 admin http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=133 By Holden Scott So, everyone is talking about Sony’s just released Daily Edition eReader. This is the big brother of the Sony Touch Edition Readers (PRS-600). The PRS-600 offers users a full touchscreen, with a stylus that can be used to scribble notes directly on the screen. So far, Sony has had trouble [...]]]> http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=133 5 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=132 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=132#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:33:11 +0000 admin http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=132 By Holden Scott I was in the market for a smaller companion to my larger MacBook Pro. So I focused in on a few Netbooks. However, after some thought and research, I ended up with the MacBook Air. I initially dismissed the Air because I was convinced I wanted an ultra-portable to complement my larger [...]]]> http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=132 4 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=128 http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=128#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 15:59:27 +0000 admin http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?p=128 By Holden Scott Bare with us as we tweak out the new theme. Hope it is favorable. ]]> http://www.thisoldmac.ca/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=128 0