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Board of Directors
First Monday
Every other month
F,A,J,A,O,D
7pm usually at
Merriam Park Library

iWork/AppleWorks SIG
First Wed
6:30 usually at Penn Lake Library

MacOSX
 Second Tuesday
7pm usually at The Foundation

MS Word SIG
Second Wed
7pm usually at Eagles Lodge
Haitus May-Aug 08

Vector Works SIG
Second Wed
7pm usually at
Charles Radloff Office

TC Photoshop User Group
See TCPUG
7pm MCAD auditorium 150

Mac Consultants SIG
Third Thursday
7am usually at
Perkins Restaurant,
Golden Valley

FileMaker Pro SIG
Forth Thursday
7pm usually at Partners

Mac Q&A SIG
Forth Monday
7pm usually at
Merriam Park Library

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Apple Hall of Fame

Original iMac
1998-1999
Sparked Mac's Resurgence
after the Dark Years

MacOS 10.5 Leopard is Cutting Edge
Legions of Mac users swear by the Mac Operating System Version 10. "Beautiful, elegant, and a solid performer.

  • Miniapples May Notes-
    • MS Word Sig Announcement Due to low attendance the a search for a permanent location the Word SIG will not meet from May-Aug 2008. Any SIG updates will be posted here.
    • Flash! The Miniapples First Class BBS has been retired as of April 5 (although it may continue to linger for a while).
      • Where do I go? What do I do? Visit the Changes page for instructions on getting signed up for the new Miniapples forum hosted by forumer.com.
      • New Sub Forum- Based on member request, we have added a new category to the Miniapples forum, The Apple Related Jobs Forum where Miniapple Members and Registered Guests can post messages looking for help or offering help, either volunteer or for hire. See it here.



  • Info World.com: The Mac in business: it's easier than you think (4/21/08)
    More users are demanding Macs in the enterprise. Thanks to key computing shifts, supporting their appetite for Apple is now a straightforward option for IT. Once confined to marketing departments and media companies, the Mac is spilling over into a wider array of business environments, thanks to the confluence of a number of computing trends, not the least among them a rising tide of end-user affinity for the Apple experience. Read more at InfoWorld.com.



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  • Apple Hot News:
    • Apple introduces MacBook Air—the world’s thinnest notebook
      Apple today introduced the world’s thinnest notebook: MacBook Air. It measures an unprecedented 0.16 inches at its thinnest point while its maximum height of 0.76 inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. In addition to a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, MacBook Air offers a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing, and a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support, letting users pinch, rotate and swipe. The new notebook is powered by a 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and it includes as standard features 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1. Starting at just $1,799, MacBook Air begins shipping in two weeks. [Jan 15, 2008
Recent Announcements

Windows Gaming on Mac Report
The new Mac Book Pros run Windows games acceptably under both Windows XP and Vista with frame rates from the teens up to 50fps depending on the game. Names such as Team Fortress 2, Half Life 2, Elder Scrolls 4:Oblivion, Unreal Tournament 3, Crysis, and Tabula Rasa. For more game performance info along with other Windows gaming issues see the Windows Gaming on a Mac FAQ at Inside Mac Games.

Free Recycling of Electronic Equipment!
It is not unusual for recyclers to want $25 to recycle a monitor. JR's Advanced Recyclers is advertising free recycling of electronic gear. Check it out! Appliance Depot, 8980 Highway149 (Dodd Road), Inver Grove Heights, Mn; M-F 8-4:30; Sat 10-3 is offering free recycling of electronic equipment. Ph: 651-454-9215. This link has been added to our Links Page under Twin Cities Libraries and Other Resources.

 

  

Vista Woes Makes the MacOS Shine Shine Shine... Driver and hardware incompatibilities have Windows users pulling their hair out.

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