Type of Article: MacTech Reviews

Epson (http://www.epson.com) says its US$299.99 Artisan 835 All-In-One printing and scanning solution provides the world’s fastest 4 x 6-inch photo print speeds. I won’t argue with that as the printer is, indeed, darn fast. And the Artisan 835 offered the most seamless wireless set-up I’ve ever attempted for an all-in-one.

By Jason Scrivner

Color correction in film and video in any ideal situation should be left to those who have spent years training their eyes to finesse each scene to the perfect combination. Yet, in all reality these days, that’s not going to happen for most of us.

This MacNews Category Review looks at part two of recipe software for the Mac.

So many choices, so little time. At least that’s what you may think when using your iPad with the Powisicase (http://www.powisicase.com/). It comes in a variety of styles — from black handcrafted leather to a brightly patterned case (which is a bit too froufrou for me) and offers nine viewing positions.

First, let’s look at the practicality of the Powiscase. It has a snap-in frame to hold your iPad securely in place. You push down on the top edges to pop out your iPad, though I had apply more pressure to both insert and remove the iPad than I thought would be required.

As I’ve mentioned before, my goal of using my iMac as my main computer and an iPad with a keyboard as a secondary system for writing articles, checking email, etc., just never panned out. I simply missed having an Apple laptop.

So now I own an 11-inch MacBook Air (standard except that I sprung for the 128GB solid state driver rather than the 64GB model). I use my iPad for media consumption (surfing the web, watching videos, reading ebooks, etc.) and my MacBook Air for creating (writing articles, doing research, responding to email, etc.).