Type of Article: MacTech Reviews

By Steve Baczewski

On the heels of the E-P1, Olympus (http://www.olympusamerica.com) has released its latest Micro Four-Thirds camera, the Olympus PEN E-P2 (US$1,099.99). Like the E-P1, the E-P2 is an homage to their 1959 35mm film rangefinder Pen camera series.

The E-P2 uses the same 12.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor and 3-inch, 230,000-dot LCD as the E-P1. And, like the E-P1, it has no prism or mirror assembly, so light travels directly to the sensor. The result is a relatively light, compact camera that supports interchangeable lenses.

Let me say upfront that the US$99.99 iD9 (http://www.ihomeaudio.com/iD9SVC/) from iHome has the best sound of any speaker system its size that I’ve tested. Volume is substantial, bass is deep and music tones are vibrant.

The Stellar Drive Toolbox from Stellar Information Systems (http://www.drivetoolbox.com/) is an “everything but the kitchen sink” approach to optimizing the performance of your Mac’s hard drive. It’s an all-in-one, pre-crash, hardware maintenance utility that optimizes, protects, manages, repairs, and sanitizes your Mac hard drive volumes.
 

By Bruce Bicknell

It feels like déjà vu. As you may know, I’ve been fortunate enough to review Poser products from Smith Micro (http://www.smithmicro.com) for many versions now, and with each one I can honestly say that the bar gets raised higher and higher. This one, my friends, is no different, and without a doubt Smith Micro has hit it out of the park with this version.

The McTiVia (http://www.awindinc.com/mctivia/), unveiled at January’s Macworld Expo, sounds like a certain health food promoted on TV by Jamie Lee Curtis. But it’s not.


The McTiVia is an US$199 device that lets you show all the content of your Mac — as well as Windows computers, if you care — on your TV wirelessly. You can purportedly control up to eight computers with your mouse and/or keyboard (I’ve only test driven it with one). You can share any content from your computers with your friends and family in your living room.