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Just saw this come in.  I have been using a MacBook Pro 15″ at work and have been enjoying the stability and speed of the OS.  This announcement is exciting and shows the leadership Apple bring especially with this low price.

Snow Leopard is starting pre-orders and it only cost $29. That is a great price for the OS that is half the footprint of previous versions and adds great new features.  It’s the world’s best operating system.

Product Features
* Mac OS X Snow Leopard is built on a rock-solid, time-tested UNIX foundation that provides unparalleled stability as well as industry-leading support for Internet standards.
* Improvements include a more responsive Finder, new look and features for Exposé and Stacks, quicker Time Machine backup, faster common tasks and installation, a smaller install footprint, and plenty more.
* New core technologies unleash the power of today’s advanced hardware technology and prepare Mac OS X for future innovation: 64-bit computing, multicore-optimization, OpenCL, QuickTime X, and more.
* With virtually no effort on your part, Mac OS X protects itself–and you–from viruses, malicious applications, and other threats.
* Mac OS X Snow Leopard includes built-in support for the latest version of Microsoft Exchange Server, so you can use Mail, iCal, and Address Book at home and at work.

Releasing in September 2009, pre-order Snow Leopard only at Amazon.com.

Got an email advertisement about the Dragon NaturallySpeaking product the other day. Was wondering if it really worked as good as the ad claims.

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Simply speak and Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred automatically transcribes what you say up to 160 words a minute. It’s the fastest, most accurate way to work. Just look what you can accomplish at home, the office and even on the go:

* Create and edit documents and spreadsheets by voice
* Quickly send email and instant messages
* Quickly search the Web and your desktop by voice
* Format and correct text by voice
* Use a single voice command to insert blocks of text or graphics, like your name, title, logo and signature
* Easily proof your documents with dictation playback
* Dictate into a handheld recorder for automatic transcription later
* Enjoy 99+% accuracy – more accurate than the most skilled typists
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Does it really work? Maybe I will give it a try ….

Amazing how the price of memory and especially SD cards has dropped. 8GB stores a ton of stuff. I think I’ll pick up one or two for my PDA so I can store more video and music.