It’s been a great year for tech and I’ve boiled it all down to my top10 wishes for the new year.
My Top10 Tech Wish-list:
1. Iphone 3g 16GB
Price: $299.99
2. DELL ULTRASHARP 3008WFP 30-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
Price: $1999.00
3. i-rocks USB Hub
Price: $10.99
4. EOS Rebel XS 18-55IS Kit
Price: $599.99
5. VIXIA HF11
Price: $1199.00
6. Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100
Price: $1999.99
7. Bose QuietComfort® 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones
Price: $299.00
8. Bose Acoustimass® 16 speaker system
Price: $1299.00
9. Vodoo Omen
Price: estimated to be up to $20000.00
10. Macmini 2GHz, 120GB HDD
Price: $799.00
Total cost of my fantasies?
Approx. $30505.95
Maybe I’ll wait until …
After reading the countless posts on Macrumors and other sites regarding the statement Jobs made about not working on a touchscreen Mac, I was inspired to write. No, I’m not writing a plea to Steve, begging him to begin development on a touchscreen Mac. I’m not going to be one of those guys. What I’m here to say is that I wonder why there is so much hype and so much Apple bashing because of touchscreens. This innovation shouldn’t be tearing Apple apart! We should embrace it, cherish it, …
Voodoo’s Omen is one HELL of a rig with one hell of a price tag: $20,000 (!!) Anyway, if I was a wealthy son of a bitch I would be tempted to buy this. The internal specs are insane and that 7″ USB display is just damn sexy. Check it out for yourself, but try not to drool on your keyboard.
Full Specs/Overview
Apple stated that there will be no updates/upgrades to their product line this year, despite rumors that the iMac and Mac Mini were to be receiving speed bumps before the new year. I guess I got my hopes up for nothing. The next Macworld event is scheduled in January 2009, so we will all have to wait until then. Read all about it here
As home-theaters and other alternatives rise in the market, is it only a matter of time before movie enthusiasts stop going to theaters all together? Movies at a theater in general are becoming less and less appealing; not because of the quality of the production or the physicality of a theater but rather the experience all together. On the site The Big Picture , they listed a few reasons why theater attendance is declining. These reasons included high prices, cellphone use/talking in theaters, availability of movies on Netflix …