http://www.testmac.net Testing hardware, software and peripherials - TestMac.net Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:59:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll be the first to admit, that I'm not a huge fan of Al Gore. But in a recent address to the Web 2.0 Summit, he brought up an interesting point of how the TV media, and internet/computer media are fusing together. This idea is more readily present in Apple ... http://www.testmac.net/apple-tv/ If you've ever been in a hotel room, conference hall or school classroom and thought to yourself, "this sure is uncomfortable" - then Matias knows your pain. The iRizer portable laptop stand is designed to create an ergonomic workspace for a laptop, no matter where you are. Its slim enough ... http://www.testmac.net/matias-irizer-portable-laptop-stand-review/ If you're looking for a bargain on a screen cover for your iPhone 3G and you have 4 friends who want in, its darn near impossible to beat the deal that DLO is offering on their Surface Shield screen protectors. For a grand total of $14.99, you get a 5 pack ... http://www.testmac.net/dlo-surface-shield-iphone-3g-review/ One thing that is especially nice about Power Support's screen protectors is that you have a choice - "Crystal" or "Anti Glare." The names are pretty self explanitory, one shares the reflective, glossy screen properties of the naked iPhone screen and the other is an anti-glare matte film that blocks ... http://www.testmac.net/power-support-iphone-3g-film-set-review/ When it comes to iPhone 3G skins, there is a veritable sea of choices. Pretty much every company that makes protective skins has thrown its hat into the ring, and it takes something special to differentiate yourself from the crowd. Some, like BestSkinsEver, compete on price. Others, like InvisibleShield, rely ... http://www.testmac.net/nlu-bodyguardz-iphone-3g-skin-review/ With InvisibleShield asking $25 for their full body skin, the $7.99 (was $5.99 when I bought mine) that BestSkinsEver asks seems extremely reasonable. Combined with Zagg's 2 week shipping delay (reportedly no longer in effect), the choice seems almost obvious. The question now is, are you sacrificing quality for cost? The ... http://www.testmac.net/bestskinsever-iphone-3g-skin-review/ Now that we've had a chance to really sit down and experience Apple's newest cat, its time to share our initial reactions to OSX 10.6 - Snow Leopard. Right off the bat, its fast. Very fast. A clean installation took about 13 minutes from start to finish, which is a ... http://www.testmac.net/osx-106-snow-leopard-preview/ The two biggest players in the photo management game for OSX are Apple's Aperture and Adobe's Lightroom products. Both take RAW files in and make it easy to do basic editing and processing to greatly reduce the time required to process your images. Today, we will be testing the speed ... http://www.testmac.net/aperture-2-vs-lightroom-2-beta/ Mac Web Browser Showdown There are a number of free alternatives to Apple’s bundled Safari web browser, and to get a better idea of which of these are worth your time, we have put together a brief comparison. We took 5 popular browsers and tested them for loading speeds, memory usage and ... http://www.testmac.net/the-fastest-browsers-for-mac/