Eye Candy 6For many years, Alien Skin's Eye Candy has been one of the most used plugins for creating eye-catching effects for image design enhancement. This current version continues to build on previous versions to provide even more effects and greater variety to make your designs "work." The catch is that working with Eye Candy is at its best if you have Photoshop CS4. If you have Photoshop CS3, it's good. If you have Fireworks CS4 or Photoshop Elements, it's okay. This is partly due to the fact that the amount of features has fully passed the inharent user-interface design limitations.

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imageApple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Beginning a week from today, on March 12, US customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple's online store ( http://www.apple.com ) or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store
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UNIEA Haptique Hard Shell Case For Unibody MacBook (And MacBook Pro) Review - New On MacOpinion1958

image In this week's The Road Warrior on macOpinion, Charles Moore reviews the UNIEA Haptique Hard Shell Case - a molded plastic snap-on carapace designed to cover and protect your unibody MacBook and ensure that its elegantly handsome looks and jewelry-quality finish are preserved unmarred for when you want to show it off


The Road Warrior Mailbag - June 8, 2009 - New On MacOpinion1182


• MCS and Macbooks
• Laptops And MCS
• PowerBook 2400c Video Slideshow


Why Pre? - New On MacOpinion1479

In a new Less Tangible on MacOpinion, Marc Zeedar says: "What's up with the interest in Palm's Pre? The Pre sounds great: it's got all the hardware of the iPhone plus a physical keyboard and removable battery the iPhone lacks. The design is stylish, and the operating system sounds like it's actually got a handful of innovative features. But I still can't figure out the appeal."


New The Road Warrior Review - MacCase Premium Leather Flight Jacket For Apple Notebooks1919

image New on MacOpinion - MacCase's a new Premium Leather Flight Jacket has a retro flare, reaching back to the era between the twentieth century World Wars when aviators wore leather flight jackets to buffer the wind-battering they got in open-cockpit aircraft and chilly temperatures at high altitudes in non-pressurized cabins. The Flight Jacket Case looks like a piece of kit in which Indiana Jones - a young Indiana Jones - might have packed his gear around



The Real Revolution of iPhone OS 3.0 - New On MacOpinion2273

Hidden in the new features Apple announced is an overlooked gem that will revolutionize e-commerce


iFixIt Revamps Apple Laptop Teardown Guides; Disassembles 17” MacBook Pro2543

image New on MacOpinion - iFixit's lab has completed its disassembly of the new 17" MacBook Pro, with photography of the process to be used in a new iFixIt teardown guide for that machine. If you are inclined to tinker with your Mac laptop and have never availed yourself of iFixIt's superb Fixit Guide series, you're missing out on one of the most helpful and useful free resources for Mac laptop and Mac mini owners on the Web


Lenovo S10 Beats Out Used PowerBook G4 For Value And HP Launches Stylish Designer “Clutch” Netbook2222

New The Road Warrior on MacOpinion: Reader finds value of Lenovo netbook running Linux irresistible, and HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Special Edition Mini Laptop a "netbook" with designer flair; how will Apple respond to the "netbook" tsunami?


$999 2.0 GHz White MacBook With Nvidia Graphics: Most Notebook For The Money From Apple Ever?1968

New on MacOpinion: Instead of releasing a stripped-down, feature-challenged MacBook to address the market share challenge posed by the small, cheap PC laptop (AKA *netbook*) phenomenon, Apple has evidently chosen, as a first response at least, to hold their entry-level price point, but add value by upgrading the price leader $999 white polycarbonate MacBook with some solid enhancements



New On MacOpinion - The Road Warrior MailBag December 15, 20081285

• Mac Fan Finds PC Netbook Life Satisfactory
• Cleaning Soiled White MacBooks, iBooks and iPods


Is The End Of Matte Notebook Displays A Problem For You?  - New on MacOpinion1419

Some users love glossy displays. Others can't abide them, and some are ambivalent. How big a deal is Apple's dropping matte displays?


The Road Warrior Mailbag and From The Archive - New on MacOpinion1716

• Leopard on a G4
• From The Archive Learning To Love Leopard


Which PowerBook? - From The Road Warrior Archive - New on MacOpinion1620

Nearly a decade ago, on December 10, 1998, I posted the Road Warrior column republished below, which provides an interesting sanpshot of the state of Apple laptops ten years back. Aside from the particularities of the hardware, much of my commentary still holds up I think, especially on the matter of timing one's system upgrades




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