[MJCP]

Here at AMW we've had an ongoing debate about the merits or otherwise of Apple's ultralight wunderkind, the MacBook Air, and we decided the way to settle it would be to get a reader's honest opinion. All you have to do is prove your mettle as a product reviewer.

So here's the deal: here in this forum (just hit Reply below and add your review to this thread), write a review of between 250 and 500 words of the Mac you're currently using -- whatever vintage. We're looking for originality, quality and style. Multiple entries are allowed, but "rewrites" of existing entries are not. The competition opens at midnight on 27 January 2008 and concludes at midnight on 31 March 2008. Entries will be judged by AMW editorial staff and contributors and the winner contacted via the "personal message" system to obtain their address details. The winner's name will be announced on Friday the 4th of April 2008 in MJCP's blog and in the Competitions area of www.macworld.com.au. It will also be printed in Australian Macworld's 05.2008 issue on sale at the end of April.

The prize is a MacBook Air portable computer valued at $2499. Two weeks after receiving the prize, the winner will be invited to take part in recording the Australian Macworld Weekend Edition podcast, to give their "on-air" review of the computer. Entry is open to residents of Australia, New Zealand and a few countries in the South Pacific where we sell the mag -- for details contact MJCP. To enter you must be registered as a member on macworld.com.au. Employees of Niche Media, its agencies and associated companies, including contractors (sorry Alex) are ineligible to enter.

Entries are judged on merit -- chance plays no part in this contest. Competition promoter is Niche Media, 170 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne Victoria 3182, ABN 13 064 613 529.

Note that you should only post reviews on this thread, not commentary on other people's entries please.

[sammyo91]

Review: MacBook 2.0Ghz Core2Duo (1GB RAM)

When you’re looking for portability in notebooks these days, the MacBook Air is easily the best choice, weighing in at just 3 pounds, it has been touted the thinnest notebook ever. But back in the day (early 2007), the MacBook was without a doubt the only choice for the best balance of power and portability in personal computers.
In fact, when compared with some of Apple’s newer product announcements, you couldn’t really call the MacBook 2.0Ghz Core2Duo old, as it has most of the features that it’s successors possess, albeit without the newer wifi standard (802.11n), and larger hard drive. This does not detract from the MacBooks usefulness however, as it is still a very powerful machine, and is perfect for almost everyone, from casual internet surfers, to light video producers.
If you’re into more serious video/audio editing however, or if you’re looking to run windows (xp or vista) within a virtual machine, the 2GB ram upgrade is well recommended, as it makes performing these tasks a breeze. Operating with a minimal 1GB of RAM (the standard in this generation of MacBook), these tasks are painful at best, with constant delays and slow load times.
The size of the MacBook’s display (13.3 inch) is perfect for its form factor, as it’s adequate for most common tasks (reading email, wordprocessing), and doesn’t add unnecessary weight or bulk.
Overall, the MacBook Core2Duo is a great value product, and is well recommended for those that want a powerful machine, but don’t want to compromise the portability that the Apple notebook line is famous for.

[JPL]

Review: G5 2.5Ghz Quad Core


Times may be changing but my Quad Core Power Mac G5 has not. Still as sure and solid as when it was born from the mist of an idea come true. The original optioned 2.5Ghz QCore with 500Gb HD, 2Gb RAM and GeForce 7800 GT (256 Mb) has not missed a thing. The poise and grunt to render most imaging, audio or video job in it's stride. Watched imaging effect and layering became a breeze to do. I had a great deal of pleasure from hearing my converted LP's on CD with minimal time and energy wasted on the job. Also watched the wedding videos roll out in style without undue processing delays for friends. While a lesser machine would have been enough for my amateur jobs the quad was the shinning light for me. So I waited and waited, saving until the dream became real and attainable. The reality was as I had hoped superb on all counts. While the new crop of desktops and laptops are showing the way with power and grace. Special note goes to the MacBook Air as it should be noted as the first of a kind. Making portability the true term when taking about laptop and notebooks alike. As solid state technology coupled with wireless technology takes hold remember the MacBook Air in the future. If not the originator one of the first to shine the light on the future as the Quad did. Portable or not the Quad is still and will be the one of a kind it was designed to be. As it should be the King long live the King.

[perception]

Powerbook G4 1.33ghz

I will skip technical specs as we can all look them up with google. I want to talk more about the feel "it's kind of like the vibe". (The Castle, 1997)

Its tiny, shiny and hot, seriously, in temperature, but this has gotten worse with recent OSX derivatives. It looks brilliant and jaws drop when i take it out and wake it from its slumber. You would think that for a machine now 4 years old that it would nearly need to be retired but its sheer portability is a winner with me. I have taken this machine all around Australia and it sits quite comfortably on the small table behind aircraft seats. Best of all, because it is so portable you take it everywhere with you. Which means I no longer have days wishing i had access to a computer.

The reason i purchased my 12" powerbook in Oct 2007 from ebay was because i was looking for a portable computing solution as I would be travelling 90km's to uni every day (no I'm not walking the whole way) and every gram counts. Especially when having to take huge text books to Uni and this means that getting allocated a space in my stm backpack is very competitive.

Bring on the Macbook Air!! (My perfect solution)

[Huy]

iMac 24-inch (Mid 2007) 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo Review
I purchased an iMac 24-inch two weeks ago, upgrading from a Core Duo MacBook purchased in 2006. It was a refurbished model however the experience of using an iMac is no different to that of a new boxed model.

After ordering online and waiting a day, the iMac had arrived! Rushing to get it indoors, I quickly had it up and running within 30 minutes. This would have been done in under 10 minutes, had I not taken the obligatory "unboxing" photos for the world to see - only the devoted Apple fanatics will understand where I'm coming from!

What do I think of this iMac? Best. Mac. Ever. It is simply stunning! Thin design, all-in-one enclosure, bright glossy screen. It's everything I've wanted in a Mac - I would even pass on a Mac Pro and Cinema Display, to own this iMac 24-inch! I love it.

The iMac comes with the new Aluminium keyboards which, if you've used a MacBook keyboard before, you'll appreciate the ease at which you'll feel at home on this puppy.

From a performance perspective, it is smooth as butter! I have loaded this machine up with 4GB (maximum) of memory and it doesn't miss a beat! VMware Fusion, multiple applications, you name it. All at the same time.

To sum up, this machine can handle anything you throw at it! I would recommend it to most casual users who want a fast, lean, reliable machine for the next decade. It will certainly stand the test of time with Mac OS X Leopard and future OS upgrades to come. The 24-inch iMac is a beautifully designed machine, inside and out, featuring a brilliant glossy screen for viewing crisp text and photos or movies. The only drawback, if I had to come up with one, is the fact that Apple have removed the built-in sleep indicator light, removed for design and practicality reasons (the light cannot pass through aluminium).

10/10 system. Best Mac I have ever owned and used.

[uncyherb]

17" MacBook Pro Core2Duo 2.33 Ghz

It’s still not quick enough… and it makes my shoulder ache.

I should say I love my 17” MacBook Pro. It goes almost everywhere with me. If it were actually a woman my girlfriend would have stormed out of my life the week after it arrived. But luckily I’ve got them both convinced that they are the one I really love. It’s got style and speed. It drops jaws when I drag it out at meetings and elicits something more than just envy from mac fanboys. Those 17 inches mean I’ve got enough screen real estate to see what it is I’m doing, even when it’s four or five things at once.

This isn’t a machine designed for just answering emails and rotating photos. This is the top model, the Megan Gale of laptops. This is the beast created to allow people like me, professional geeks, to work at full speed when then aren’t tied to a cubicle like Dilbert. But full speed is a myth. When the day comes that I can have a hundred meg photoshop file open and be rendering a couple of downloadable versions of that video I shot in HD this morning, and making those “I know we signed off, but I need you to make one or two alterations for us” changes to a website, and I can do it all without my laptop slowing down, then I’ll be happy. Right now the MacBook doesn’t handle those moments of full load badly, but it doesn’t do it quickly either! I shouldn’t complain, not even the fastest Mac Pro desktop would make my average day happen at ‘full speed’. Someday a laptop will come around that s quick enough… someday.

Of course there is one other thing I have a problem with my MacBook Pro. It’s a contender for the current season of ‘the biggest loser’. I’m not talking about it losing my files, or it eating my lunch. Just that when you’re talking about a 17” laptop there is a weight concern that comes with the extra size. Megan Gale wouldn’t be as light on the scales as Kylie Minogue, even though Megan is more svelte than a newspaper on Christmas day. The same is true of the big MacBook Pro. Comparing it to every other 17” laptop out there shows just how much of a glamazon the apple offering is. It makes everyone else in the room look like they’ve got a glandular problem. But when it comes to carting around a model on public transport each morning and night, there are a lot of times I wish that I could swap Megan for Kylie.

It’s a lot of complaining considering I started by telling you that my girlfriend worries that I love my MacBook Pro more than her. She doesn’t need to worry every time Steve Jobs makes a keynote… unlike my MacBook Pro.

[gramsey]

I guess I could be called a "switcher", having only been 100% Mac since March 2007. Prior to my current Macbook, I began my life with notebooks way back in 1989, with a Toshiba T1200, followed by two more Toshiba's (one with a plasma screen) before moving to a Compaq (back when they were a real computer), and then had a real screamer, a 486/66 Thinkpad that cost nine grand in 1993! That was followed by a Toshiba Portege and a Libretto that I bought in Japan, which was a fantastic little notebook with (from memory) a 7" screen, the most portable notebook ever, but in reality, a bit too small. Then there was another Thinkpad, followed three years ago by my last windows machine, a Sony Vaio. Having (prior to the Vaio) paid $1,000 for a second generation 20gig ipod, I started to be drawn into the Apple realm and when the first flat panel imac was released with OSX, I purchased my first Apple computer. From that moment on, I was hooked.

Running my own business, I began trying to figure out how I could migrate totally to Apple, such was the spell I was under, but there were a couple of windows programs I relied heavily on, Act! contact manager and Frontpage, in which I had built my business website, plus we ran our business on MYOB and while AccountEdge had been released, it was not in a network version, so as you can see, there were stumbling blocks! But problems like these are just opportunities in disguise, right? And then the switch to intel was announced.

I knew this would solve my problems of "must have" windows programs, via either boot camp or Parallels (which I have opted for) and in March 2007, I became the father of a beautiful baby white Macbook 2.16ghz with 2 meg of ram and a 120 hard disk. Having used it every day since then, both for business and pleasure, I have not once reflected on the decision to buy this notebook. My original imac is still alive and I use it as an "insurance" backup by syncing via .mac, my address book, mail and ical (yes, Act is gone!).

By this stage, almost a year on, if I was still using a windows notebook I would be starting to get itchy for "the latest" but I have not passed a sideways glance since partnering the Macbook, which speaks volumes for the quality of the product, and in no small way, to the constant software updates of OSX through to Leopard, which for me, has made the Macbook feel like a new notebook anyway.

I have tried to think what I can't do with this notebook that would necessitate a return to windows, and not only do I come up empty, it is actually the reverse! There are so many things I do on this little machine, such as iphoto where I have over five thousand shots and 27.22 gb of music in itunes (you read that number correctly, 4,790 songs), and having the ability to watch and/or burn DVD's while traveling (business takes me into China a few times each year), that to think of not traveling with it is simply out of the question. I can do everything I need to do for business in Office for Mac (am currently flirting with iwork but having used excel for so long it is difficult to adjust) and MYOB and Frontpage via Parallels, and then have all my "comforts" such as photos and music on the same machine, which for anyone who has travelled in China and got sick of CNN (the only english language TV) will vouch for, is a godsend. And the seamless manner in which I can download images while on the road... I could go on and on and on about the benefits but space forbids.

But to finish, the kicker for me is video ichat. My wife uses computers as a work tool only, never having shared my passion for technology, but when she was able to see and chat with one of our daughters who lives in Melbourne via video ichat, she was also hooked! I didn't mention that such has been my love of the Macbook, two of our daughters now also are Macbook owners and to have a three way video chat makes my wife a happy mummy indeed! Not to mention when I am overseas and we can video chat via internet where once it cost a fortune on hotel phones, there is no question that my life has been appreciably enhanced by my Macbook. Next..... a 24" imac for the home study! But I will never, ever be without an apple notebook ever again in my life.

[HarryD]

iMac 17" Intel Core Duo 1.Ghz, 1.5GB RAM

I could say i am a 'switcher'. I have been meddling with computers for the pass 12 years. All my previous computers have been PCs, untill April 07, when I decided that I would get myself a new Mac. I have had enough of the problems you encounter with PCs - the constant threat of viruses, trojans, hacks. So I made the plunge and bought my first Mac, and I have never looked back.

It took me about 1 hour to change my thought process to the "Mac" style from PC. Once i learnt that, everything else came easy. The original configuration of my iMac was 512MB, which is sufficient to run Mac Os Tiger. Day to day use is fine. Startup was quick, applications launched at a reasonable speed - that of course until you try and have too many applications running at once. I decided to upgrade the RAM in Aug07 - great investment. Then when Leopard came out, I waited till end of Dec07 to upgrade, and have had no problems since.

I am really happy and pleased that i decided to buy this iMac. Things just work... and I have never looked back.

[skyhawkmatthew]

MacBook Core 2 Duo, 2GB, 200GB, Black

I got this computer as a Christmas present in 2006 to replace my venerable Pismo PowerBook (400MHz G3, 384MB RAM, 40GB HD), which was getting a bit on the slow side and its battery was dying, making it less useful for school. It had also developed some display problems and was having kernel panics most times it was woken from sleep.
I unboxed the MacBook and almost immediately started the migration assistant, which finished about an hour and a half later. To my horror, the MacBook started exhibiting the same kernel panic behaviours as the PowerBook had! After some frantic phone calls to AppleCare, the problem couldn't be diagnosed. I then listed all the things I did on my computer before it happened again (it seemed intermittent), and realised that loading Dashboard was the culprit. I traced the problem to a certain widget I won't name, and confirmed the glitch by installing it on a PowerBook G4.
Once that was fixed, I could begin to enjoy the new computer. Overall, of course, the new computer felt much faster than the Pismo and is still great to work with. A problem that the computer had for the first 6 months or so was a very squeaky display hinge. It annoyed me no end, the slightest jolt making a loud sound. This was alleviated slightly by applying lubricant and adjusting the screws on the back of the computer. The sound has now ceased altogether after about a year of use.
There is a small patch where the laminate on the display lid has come away: it was there when I got the computer and has only grown minimally over the year.
The MacBook has had no further hardware problems since, although the cooling fan comes on more often than I'd like and a backlit keyboard like the MacBook Air would be quite welcome!
The MacBook runs Leopard very well with no problems except for broken Photoshop Elements 2, and iLife and iWork '08 both run perfectly.
I have used the MacBook for several school productions and events and it has performed without a hitch for all of them. A live production involving about 10 presentations from Keynote and PowerPoint 2004, as well as a website demo and DV video presentation ran perfectly with the extended display option on the MacBook (a big downside of the iBook, in my opinion).

In all, the MacBook has been a great computer for my needs, although in hindsight I probably would have taken a smaller, faster drive instead of the 4200rpm 200GB.

[meinrosebud]

The frustration of using two lousy beta versions & an errant release candidate of Microsoft Vista was just to much to bear and it had severely wrecked my head. I was driven to think that this was to be the future, more struggling to keep up with poor security, constant driver updating and hard drive maintenance I continue to be a computer maintainer rather than a computer user.

So clenching the 'copper-jacketed' bullet firmly between my teeth I typed the Apple shop address into Firefox and waited and waited. After a few minutes, I cursed the kids who were chewing the bandwidth up watching on-line video, but at last the Apple website popped into view, quickly navigating through to the Apple shop I came upon object of my desire the Apple's intel Mac mini! As a switcher, the Mac mini was the ideal solution. With selecting some of the deals and a credit card number I started my anti-PC direction off by clicking the Order Confirmation button!

After waiting a week and a half, the package arrived via TNT transport. Upon opening the stylish Apple packaging, I placed the lovely little form-factor case onto my desk. It was hard to imagine that there was a 1.83Ghz CoreDuo Central Processing Unit(CPU), one gigabyte of Random Access Memory(RAM) and 120 gigabyte Hard Drive lurking inside a case barely five CD cases tall!

Once everything was connected (including the KVM switch as I still had some minor dependancy to my PC for work) I pressed the button situated on the rear right hand side of of the case and low & behold the Apple chimes were heard for the first time in my Microsoft Windows dominated household. Without understanding how, the Mac mini detected my Netgear DG834G router and established my internet connection, it detected my networked connected Brother HL-2070N laser printer and printed with a single issue!

I had been surfing the internet using Linux because of security reasons and grown used to the incompatibilities that occurs with Firefox. Safari was a blessing, and though I have a couple of issues with it I have found that Safari version 3 is the best release so far. The Mac mini meets all my requirements as a general home computer, it surfs, it does everything I wish without fuss and anti-virus software. I can still run Microsoft Windows as a task in VMWare Fusion (third party software) and write my Access databases for work... why I have the best of both worlds.

Would I recommend a Mac mini to a new user? Yes, I would in an instant. I can proudly say that I have rescued many a Windows user from a continued life of subservience to their large black/beige boxes. My Mac mini is better that sliced bread!

[JamieZ]

I think it was 1989 when I was in year 9 at high school playing Lemonade Stand on a very old Apple II, when I was meant to be paying attention in computer studies that I decided the all-in-one Mac was more fun then the lousy colour PC's running windows in the upstairs computer room and the stubborn PC my Dad bought years later. I believed everyone when they said computers are only for people who have office jobs. When I finally bought my first computer I decided on the eMac SuperDrive.... Fast Forward to today where I own 3 Macs, 3 iPods, iPod Hi-Fi, AirPort Express and a whole bunch of of other Apple accessories and software. My current iMac is 24 inches of aluminum and glossy glass that fills me with delight every time I sit in front of it. There's only one word for Mac's and it's "AWESOME". You don't need a 2 page review on these things, just looking at one makes you want to start using it, and when you do, you find your self on the edge of you seat just waiting to see what "Uncle Steve" will announce next, now my sites a set firmly on the world's thinnest laptop.

[mac rant]

iMac, A Beautiful Mind
If Apple ever made the mythical midrange Macintosh – a mini-tower case with a couple of drive spaces and card slots, here's what the complainers would say, “it's too big, too noisy and not enough faster than an iMac to justify the expense.” In the meantime, the rest of us can quietly work away on the afore mentioned, best computer ever made.

Whoever said beauty is only skin deep, never used the new Aluminium iMac. Yes, Apple's managed stop-you-in-your-tracks looks –again– but as always, true beauty emanates from beneath the surface. It's not the inch thick aluminium slab, the gorgeous 20” glossy widescreen or the sleek, light touch aluminium keyboard that take your breath away.

It's the workman-like way that every application snaps open in OS X Leopard, and the way that you can set all your tasks running in their own workspaces, to see at a glance everything you are doing, that simply makes work easy.

At the flick of my mouse, I can see what's happening in Skype and Mail, iCal and Address Book, check my iTunes downloads, web surfing and video conversions for my iPod, then with another flick, pop back to my 'real' work in it's own uncluttered Space.
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Even more than that, what makes an iMac truly great is the smooth engineering that does all this faultlessly, with no delays and no one application hogging the CPUs to the detriment of others. Try doing this on a friend's Vista machine and it will quickly turn to unresponsive sludge.

On top of all that, there's the iLife software that comes with every new Mac – iPhoto to manage photos, iMovie and iDVD to edit home movies and make DVDs and iWeb to make your own blog, including the podcasts you made in Garageband.

The only disappointment I've had is that the screen colour isn't consistent enough for a colour professional. If colour is crucial to your work, check this out in the shop before you buy. Put up a solid desktop colour and see if the variation will be a problem for you. Personally, I wouldn't trade it for a “professional” matte Apple Cinema Display, they look a little dated to me.

Apple's aluminium iMacs are not just a beautiful body, but a beautiful mind as well.

Review machine is a 2.4GHz iMac with 4GB RAM. Get the RAM, it's so cheap these days. Your local PC store can order it for you and you can install it with a Philips screwdriver.

[keiller125]

Macbook 2.2ghz Black
The Macbook is a state of the art computer for all game, movies and picture. leading the industries of computer in design and innervation and there macbook range is at no disadvantage to the other macs and pc desktops like with windows.

Although i Havent had My macbook long it has been easy to ajust to and works like a dream with leopard 10.5.1. The 13.3" glossy screen is great for watching movies and playing games in all lighting conditions. The full keyboard is easy to use and confortable. The isight cam is clear and has a great frame rate compared to other laptops on the market that are jumpy and blurry

I have used windows my whole life and have had no troubles swapping over to mac its was easy and quick and painless i would recomemed this computer to all mac and pc users for a great portable laptop

I would give it...
10/10 for Graphics And Screen - Great all round
8/10 For Sound - It can be a bit quiet a time but with headphone you get great sound
10/10 For speed - Its Fast and quick for all applications
And all put 10/10

[Older and Wiser]

My current Mac the original g4 iMac, a 20" classic the ongoing design efforts of the Apple brand. Having been attached to a Mac since its inception, I have some knowledge of the changes over the years. And while I am still lusting after the newer 24" model of the same thing, I am awaiting funds for the switch.

What separates the iMac in my humble opinion is its simplicity... The very thing that made Apple what it is, the computer for the rest of us, as they used to say. No grey box, just a handsome monitor and sufficient specs to grunt your way through just about anything. Clean, smart and simple. Now if the software folks would just catch on to the simplicity idea.

From the looks of the new notebook, the less is more school is taking over at Mac home base, lose anything that is not essential (such as a cd burner) and make it smaller, less expensive, faster and better looking as well. What a concept!
It seemed to have caught on right about the time that iPods did. Make em simple, small and cool. I'd like to think my iMac was part of that revolution, evolving from a screen balanced on a space ship looking pod to just the screen. Great thinking.

I am still proud to be a Mac person, my friends with PC's come by and go "wow", and this is with a three year old setup. The trade off between the somewhat high price tag is a better machine overall. Apple still rocks my aging world, and I cannot wait to see what they will come up with next...

Bill Cooke
bill@olderandwiser.com.au

[mitch]

I would love a mac

Hi Macwolrd,

I would just like to start by saying that I really enjoy reading your magazine, its full of really interesting infomation and I always learn something new each month.

But I'am afraid that there is only one minor draw back, to put it simply I dont currently have a Mac, but please dont stop reading. In the past six months I have become very interestd in Macs I think they are just wonderful machines (way better than a PC). Every day I visit that Apple and Mac wolrd websites to check for the latest updates in the Mac comunity or just to find infomation and learn about the mac. I dont have any access to a Mac at home or at school, so I vist the Myer store as they have caught on and have just stared to sell Macs ( good on them I say.) and have a bit of a play on them, and its hard to sum up in one word what I think of these machines , they are juat amazing. The iMac is a breakthrough in the fact that its all built into the screen. I'm especially impresed by the feature in ichat theater. I watched the key note adress of the expo and I was very impressed by the Macbook air its incredibly thin and exudes an elegance just like every other Mac in the family. Leopard seems like a dream to use as well. sound pretty desperate hay considering I dont even own a mac yet!

Even though I dont have one I do now my stuff, I have read books, visited websites and get your magazine every month which I read over and over again.

I'm a budding film maker and especially excited about what Apple has to offer as far as video editing software goes. I find my current system operating windows a pain when it comes to movie making ( what else can you expect from a PC) And I know that a mac would fix these problems. As I am only foourteen years old I cant afford to buy one of these wonderous compuers and this may be my only chance. Although I know I cant write a review But I have done the best that I can. I would love a Mac !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much for reading.

Warm regards

Mitchell Clarkson W.A

[Clyde Williams]

The Mac's, they are a-changin.

The Mac’s, they are a-changin

Come gather round people, wherever you roam,
And admit that the computers, around you have grown,
And expect that soon, you’ll have something old,
As the battle of technology keeps raging.
So get away from those cables, and unplug from home,
Cause the Macs, they are a-changin.

My Powerbook though, really helps ease the pain,
As it just keeps on working, again and again,
Cause a looked after Mac, just keeps it in spin
And there’s no telling what next is coming.
For the best model then, turns into a classic now,
For the Macs, they are a-changin.

Come writers and critics, who prophesize with your blog,
that my battery’s slow, and Final Cut’s rendering’s a slog,
well, this Powerbooks it’s, just done so much work,
from films and web stuff and tutoring.
Cause my computer now, is as good as back then,
But the Mac’s, they are a-changin.

Come PC users, throughout the land,
And don’t criticize, what you can’t understand,
That as soon as you switch, you’ll know the demand,
For a computer that just keeps on working.
It’ll soon shake your Windows, and there’s no longer flaws,
For the Macs, they are a-changin.

With extended warranty, I’ve only replaced the screen,
And I didn’t pay a cent, it was working again,
And I’ve burnt dvd’s, and amazed half of Cairns,
With the incredible things I am doing.
To create instant movies, and effects in Garageband,
For the Macs, they are a-changin.

Now the Macbook air, is the latest new thing,
With it’s solid state drive, and it’s amazingly thin,
But as I sit here, working 3D in Motion,
I know that my laptop is able.
To take my ideas, and give me a win,
But the Mac’s, they keep a chang-in.

The line now is drawn, the direction is cast,
No optical drives, and the processor’s fast,
My Powerbook now, has truly been passed,
That shows us a new age is dawning.
So bring on remote disc, and an iphone at last,
For the Mac’s, they are a-changin.

Yes the macs always are a-changin.