The Wacom Intuos3 combines digital pen, mouse and tablet to provide a complete user interface to your computer. The Intuos3 is currently a mid to high end model in the Wacom Tablet range.

Designed primarily for artists and graphics designers who need a greater degree of control than that provided by a normal mouse, the Intuos3 is also more ergonomically than a standard mouse, very important for people who suffer or could potentially suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI).

The Intuos3 connects to your Mac or PC via a USB cable (250 cm long). The digital pen and mouse in turn connect to the tablet via wireless (RF).

The other week I borrowed (long term) a friends Apple TV and after updating it to the new 1.1 Firmware (with YouTube support) have been playing with it every since.

 Initial Thoughts
The Apple TV certainly has the usual Apple design flair, looking like an Apple MacBook that someone sat on (its flatter and wider). On the back of the Apple TV are the connections for digital & analogue audio, HDMI, network. Full specifications may be found here.

I always find it a bit tricky to recommend an ISP, as even the best can have a bad day and a bad day for an ISP can result in a terrible user experience. A lot of this is the due to how tight the margins are for an ISP, with them making maybe £20-40 profit per user per year. With a single support call costing them an average of £15 you can see how any profit can be quickly lost.

The first reviews of the Apple iPhone from the Wall Street Journal and from the New York Times Journal are now available.

Their reporters have had the Apple iPhone for 2 weeks now and while initial impressions are pretty good, especially for a first generation product

However while it is not yet clear that the huge amount of hype over the iPhone has been completely justified it is looking like the iPhone will enjoy at the very least a limited success, and after a few software updates could possible become THE phone to own!

Carrying on from my my previous article about PC or Mac, I have decided to compare the MacBook versus a PC laptop. For this comparison I decided to choose another iconic design company, Sony. Like Apple, Sony are repeatedly chosen as one of top 3 most reliable laptops and again like Apple tend to innovate.

The closest Sony Laptop to the MacBook is the Sony C Series, which is supplied in a range of colours, as follows:

Green (VGN-C2S/G)
Grey (VGN-C2S/H)
Blue (VGN-C2S/L)
Pink (VGN-C2S/P)
Silver (VGN-C2S/W)
Black (VGN-C2Z/B) (NVIDIA® GeForce® rather than Intel® 950)

Should I buy a MacBook or MacBook Pro seems to be a question I get asked a lot and to be honest it usually has the simple answer; “how much do you want to spend”.

In my opinion both laptops are great, with the main difference obviously been the screen size (13.3″ vs 15″/17″) The latest MacBook Pro now also coming with a LED display, which is more eco friendly, more efficient on battery and also slightly brighter).

After talking forever to a friend the other week about what laptop to buy and recommending a MacBook, I am going to save myself some time and write a quick review of one (my mates MacBook in fact, which I am currently setting up for him!) and will in the future only need to email a link to this article!

This article is a mixture of a long term usage review of the older Macbook Pro updated to incorporate the newer models (my sister just bought one which I helped her setup).

I bought my first Intel based Mac back in March 2006, and apart from some initial problems with the hardware running a bit hot and noisy (its true what they say about never buying the first revision!) which Apple dealt with well albeit a bit slowly.