November Meeting Notes – Joel and Chuck’s Hardware and Software Top 10’s

November 18th 2008

Joel and Chuck presented their Top 10 hardware and software picks at our November meeting. Didn’t make it? Didn’t take notes? Here are their lists:

Joel
Chuck
Hardware Picks
Apple iPod touch

DLO TransPod All-in-One Car Solution for iPod

Apple TV

Apple iPhone

Newer Technologies USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter

USB Flash Drive – Best prices as they occur can be found at dealmac.com.

Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Mouse

Apple Mac mini

Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera

Elgato EyeTV Hybrid

Elgato Turbo.264 – Video H.264 Encoder Hardware

2 External Hard Drives – one for local backup, one for remote backup. Best prices as they occur can be found at dealmac.com.

A MacBook or MacBook Pro

Amazon Prime for buying hardware at good prices, getting it by second-day shipping, and having easy return policies.

Thermaltake SATA HDD USB Docking Station

Spire backpacks

Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station or Apple Airport Express

Kensington Orbit Optical Trackball Mouse

Aiptek A-HD 720P High Definition Camcorder

Etymotic Research HF2 Earphones / Headset

Software Picks
Apple Mail

Microsoft Office 2008

GraphicConverter

Safar

iTunes

Flip4Mac Quicktime Components

1Password

SpamSieve

Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac

Carbon Copy Cloner

Take Control Books

Default Folder

NetNewsWire

Digital Storytelling Software - iMovie, Keynote and Pages (part of the Apple iWork ‘08 suite), Fotomagico.

SuperDuper

MenuMeters

VLC Media Player

Skype

Drive Genius 2

Twhirl