NIMUG http://www.nimug.org The Northern Ireland Mac User Group Thu, 08 May 2008 07:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Got an iPod, learn a language http://www.nimug.org/2008/05/08/got-an-ipod-learn-a-language/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/05/08/got-an-ipod-learn-a-language/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 07:15:17 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/05/08/got-an-ipod-learn-a-language/ LifeClever notes that there are nearly a thousand podcasts on iTunes for free which help you learn more than 35 languages.

]]> http://www.nimug.org/2008/05/08/got-an-ipod-learn-a-language/feed/ Meeting: Monday 19th May at 7 pm http://www.nimug.org/2008/05/06/meeting-monday-19th-may-at-7-pm/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/05/06/meeting-monday-19th-may-at-7-pm/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 10:55:30 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/05/06/meeting-monday-19th-may-at-7-pm/ We’re having our May meeting on Monday the 19th.

The venue is Windsor Lawn Tennis Club which is located on Windsor Avenue in Belfast. There’s plenty of parking and you enter in through the main doors and come to the downstairs meeting room. It’s quite exposed and not large but we need to get an idea of the numbers before we book the bigger room upstairs. We’ll definitely have tables, WiFi and seats. Mac-Sys did buy a Projector we can borrow as well. The meeting will starts at 7 pm and we’ll aim to finish up at 9 pm. The format is still very fast and loose. We still want volunteers to give demos. The turnout will be the best gauge of success!

Agenda

  • A General Hello
  • Demo of Roxio Toast 9 plus a competition
  • Macs for Photography - a demo of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom from Ian Moran of Konnexion.
  • Xcake - a meeting held on 2nd April about being a Mac programmer
  • Apple Stores in Belfast update. End of the summer?
  • Questions? Ideas? Wrap-up

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]]> http://www.nimug.org/2008/05/06/meeting-monday-19th-may-at-7-pm/feed/ Apple End of March quarterly results http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/24/apple-end-of-march-quarterly-results/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/24/apple-end-of-march-quarterly-results/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:35:38 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/24/apple-end-of-march-quarterly-results/
  • $1.05 billion in profit, up from $770 million.
  • Just under 2.3 million Macs sold — representing 51 percent unit growth and 54 percent revenue growth. This is incredible. I remember being pleased when over 750 000 Macs were sold in a quarter. Now it’s three times that. If Apple were selling 750K Macs and had 5% of the market….and the PC market has actually shrunk….but Apple’s shipments have grown…what percentage do they have now?
  • 10.6 million iPods sold, up 1 percent (but 6 percent revenue-wise). How many of these are shuffles? How many are iPod touch? That’s the important breakdown!
  • 1.7 million iPhones sold. That’s not bad for this quarter and they have three more quarters before the end of the year. Apple reckons they will hit 10 million iPhones by year end.

    • It’s all very interesting. Still no official news on the Apple Store for Belfast, however!

    ]]>     http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/24/apple-end-of-march-quarterly-results/feed/     IBM migrating staff to Macs… http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/16/ibm-migrating-staff-to-macs/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/16/ibm-migrating-staff-to-macs/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:09:45 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/16/ibm-migrating-staff-to-macs/

    “As further evidence of the growing interest in Macs among enterprise customers, IBM’s Research Information Services launched an internal pilot program designed to study the possibility of moving significant numbers of employees to the Mac platform. The study has already found an enthusiastic response from participants and is helping to drive Mac support for IBM’s business applications.”

    Here’s the link on RoughlyDrafted?

    ]]>     http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/16/ibm-migrating-staff-to-macs/feed/     Meeting: Monday 21st April at 7 pm http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/03/meeting-monday-21st-april-at-7-pm/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/03/meeting-monday-21st-april-at-7-pm/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:28:52 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/03/meeting-monday-21st-april-at-7-pm/ We’re having our April meeting on Monday the 21st.

    The venue is Windsor Lawn Tennis Club which is located on Windsor Avenue in Belfast. There’s plenty of parking and you enter in through the main doors and come to the downstairs meeting room. It’s quite exposed and not large but we need to get an idea of the numbers before we book the bigger room upstairs. We’ll definitely have tables, WiFi and seats. Mac-Sys did buy a Projector we can borrow as well. The meeting will starts at 7 pm and we’ll aim to finish up at 9 pm. The format is still very fast and loose. We still want volunteers to give demos. The turnout will be the best gauge of success!

    Agenda

    • A General Hello
    • Macs for Photography - a demo of Apple’s Aperture and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom from Ian Moran of Konnexion.
    • Xcake - a meeting held on 2nd April about being a Mac programmer
    • Apple Stores in Belfast update. End of the summer?
    • Questions? Ideas? Wrap-up

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    ]]>     http://www.nimug.org/2008/04/03/meeting-monday-21st-april-at-7-pm/feed/     NiMUG event calendar up! http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/26/nimug-event-calendar-up/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/26/nimug-event-calendar-up/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:37:39 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/26/nimug-event-calendar-up/ For use in iCal or Google Calendar so comment if you’re not sure how!

    ]]>     http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/26/nimug-event-calendar-up/feed/     Looking for some demo volunteers http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/26/looking-for-some-demo-volunteers/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/26/looking-for-some-demo-volunteers/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:37:13 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/26/looking-for-some-demo-volunteers/ Our next meeting is on the 21st April and I’m very keen to get some demo volunteers together.

    Anyone want to demo Aperture? iMovie 8? iDVD? Final Cut Pro? Logic? Garageband? Anything at all accepted and we’d like to see what people can do.

    ]]>     http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/26/looking-for-some-demo-volunteers/feed/     Reminder: Meeting on Monday 24th March! http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/21/reminder-meeting-on-monday-24th-march/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/21/reminder-meeting-on-monday-24th-march/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:24:05 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/21/reminder-meeting-on-monday-24th-march/ See the full details here

    ]]>     http://www.nimug.org/2008/03/21/reminder-meeting-on-monday-24th-march/feed/     Apple’s Portable Lineup updates http://www.nimug.org/2008/02/27/apples-portable-lineup-updates/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/02/27/apples-portable-lineup-updates/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:58:56 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/02/27/apples-portable-lineup-updates/ Yesterday, for Apple’s portable lineup, there were massive changes.

    The Macbook Pro and MacBooks were all updated with new Penryn processors. I don’t really care what that means except that they run faster and using less heat and power so there’s apparently a modest increase in battery life.
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    ]]>     http://www.nimug.org/2008/02/27/apples-portable-lineup-updates/feed/     Meeting: Monday 24th March at 7 pm http://www.nimug.org/2008/02/21/meeting-monday-24th-march-at-7-pm/ http://www.nimug.org/2008/02/21/meeting-monday-24th-march-at-7-pm/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:57:51 +0000 MattJ http://www.nimug.org/2008/02/21/meeting-monday-24th-march-at-7-pm/ We’re having our March meeting on Monday the 24th.
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