New Apple bag rocks
In my two months of Apple Ibook ownership I have learned one of the key things involved in owning one of these gleaming white beauties. That is, how to keep it from becoming amazingly scratched.The lovely white, somehow clear plastic does attract scratches like Lindsey Lohan attracts paparazzi, so you need to take precautions. My first, which I previously wrote about, was to get a laptop sleeve. This fleese-lined sleeve (mine is from STM) is good for when you have to cram your Ibook into a regular briefcase.
However on the days I don’t have to bring my large briefcase with me, I’ve found a great case designed for the Apple that not only protects the laptop but appears custom-designed.
The Booq bag (I don’t know how to pronounce it, either) simply feels great, like the old Domke camera bag I bought 25 years ago in college...handmade and solid. The stitching is doubled or tripled in some places and it just feels like a rock.
Inside the case is smooth and custom-sized for the size of the laptop.
The one I got was the Mamba XS, a very small case that would hold the 12-inch laptop, the power supply and a couple of magazines and a book. I took it on a recent trip and three people stopped me in airports and asked me about it.
I know cases are highly personal but a plus side of the Booq cases is they don’t scream “COMPUTER INSIDE” so if you do travel or have a college student they are a good choice from a security perspective because they don’t necessarily attract thieves for that reason.
So however you pronounce it, they are a good choice and worth a look. You can see the whole line at www.booqbags.com
----In other news, Microsoft plans to release Service Pack 3 for Windows XP but not until next year and reportedly after the release of Windows Vista, the next release of Windows. A beta of the service release floating around the Internet is not authentic, according to the company. Anyway, if you run Windows Update religiously and turn on automatic updates in Windows you’ll be pretty much up to date anyway.
---Apple is going to release SOMETHING cool this week, rumored to be an Ipod that does video. The company is the best ever at holding its announcements close to the vest (see the Ipod Nano). Can you imagine the fortune that will come the company that comes up with the single device that replaces the cellphone, Ipod, Blackberry, pager and Pocket PC? I am betting on Apple.
---A new trojan horse is making the rounds that if downloaded onto your Playstation Portable, renders it unusable, ever. Called “PSP.brick” it’s the first of its kind for the portable. It’s not something you can casually get but rather comes in the guise of a “hack” for your PSP. So be very careful before you download anything for any system from the Internet especially for unprotected systems.
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James Derk is co-owner of CyberDads, a computer repair firm and is computer columnist for Scripps Howard News Service. His email address is jim@cyberdads.com
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