Over the course of the past week, MacDesktops has posted 14 new desktop pictures, including: Bettie Page and Liv Tyler (Portraits), Mac Peace (Apple – PowerBook G4), and BMW (Cars). Mandolux has issued a new Vector-based desktop entitled Brazil (Christy/Abstract/Giant), while MacMonkies have added six new desktops and four new icon sets to their collection.
Read MoreIn his latest column for the Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg gives the new third generation iPods an overall positive review, but says that they do have one big drawback — battery life: “To reduce the size of the unit, Apple had to cut the size of the battery. So, the battery life of the new iPods, while still respectable, is significantly lower than it was on the original version. The old models claimed 10 hours of battery life, but mine got 12 hours.
Read MoreIn response to the Apple Store’s “Live on Stage” event tomorrow, Maryland’s Mac Business Solutions will be having an audio event this Friday and Saturday. The event will feature Apple’s new iPods, iTunes 4, MadPlayer, Reason, Ableton Live, and more. They will also have presentations on getting your favorite music into iTunes and onto your iPod, digitizing your old analog cassettes and vinyl, and some basics on getting started in Mac OS X.
Read MoreApple has added new “Switch” stories from real people who have upgraded from PC to Mac, with submissions from an executive at a Fortune 200 company, a TV crime show writer, a mother who’s bicycling across the country, a law student/entrepreneur, and more.
Read MoreApple and the Dallas Final Cut Pro User Group are hosting a demonstration of Final Cut Pro 4 (set to ship in June) at Apple’s Willow Bend store on Thursday, May 8 starting at 6:30 PM CT.
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