Well, I’ve now attended my third Apple Store opening in the North Texas area. I haven’t been to NorthPark in a long time - they’ve added quite a bit. This Apple Store was the biggest of the three i’ve seen and had three different “bars”: genius, studio and iPod. Other then that, pretty standard fare for an Apple Store.

If you were not able to attend - check out my photos on Flickr - and yes I got a free t-shirt

A co-worker of mine just got a new MacBookPro, and I wanted to point him to some resources on where to get Macintel software. For those of you not familiar with Apple’s line up of computers, the new Macs run on new Intel chips that need updated software to take full advantage of the new architecture. You can still run your old non-updated software, but you will take a big hit on speed.

Here are some resources to help keep up with the growing collection of Macintel software:

• http://www.versiontracker.com/macintel/
• http://www.maconlysource.com/
• http://osx.hyperjeff.net/
• http://www.osx86project.org/
• http://www.maconintel.com/

Some handy apps that have already made the jump include:

• Transmit
• Adium X
• OSXvnc
• SubEthaEdit
• OmniGraffle
• OmniOutliner
• NewsFire
• CSSEdit
• Adobe Lightroom Beta
• Chicken of the VNC
• Tag
• tickr
• xTime Project
• HandBrake

Some new apps I’ve never used before, but work great (and they are freeware!):

• Transmission (BitTorrent Client)
• SimplyBurns (Toast Replacement)

Last, good old Firefox:

FireFox 2.0 Intel version

Apps that are missing, and may be missing for a long time:

Every Adobe app
Every Macromedia app
Every Microsoft App
Google Earth
Flickr Uploader
Skype (should be coming soon…)
Toast
Suitcase Fusion

Any Macintel gems I’m missing?

Quark gives up and releases a new logo

This looks hilarious! The must see movie of the summer!

I’m liking the new eightface redesign

I will be speaking at the The 14th Annual Richland College Multimedia: Computer Arts Festival, April 4 & 5