The Mac Experience in Business & Home: Help, Tips, Discussion & Radio Show Notes

Apple has released a firmware update for MacBook Pro users that fixes “battery performance issues…”

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305540 

Use software update to fetch it.  Ran successfully on one system so far.  Requires a restart and that your system be plugged in (to a working power source).

Tech Republic published a quality list of 10 signs you’re not cut out to be a tech consultant. Some of these may inspire self-doubt, some may inspire confidence, most IT consultants will appreciate the list on one level or another. Here’s one excerpt forwarded by an associate back to me:

“All clients want you onsite quickly. Even though many will resist securing your services on retainer, they’ll request you arrive within an hour whenever they encounter the slightest error or interruption. You’ll move several previously scheduled appointments to accommodate them, research and repair the issue (often by having to track down a little-known issue or obscure fix), and then wait months to get paid.”

Published here: http://www.01.com/movies.html

The iPhone is very cool, but it’s not as revolutionary as the iPod Touch. It may lack a cell phone, camera, and even Mail.app, and it’s precisely because it lacks these features, among others, that the Touch represents a leap-forward, not only a glimpse of the future, but also the future manifested, tomorrow today. Because you could buy the iPod Touch and give up your cell phone, if not yet your cell service. And if you’re like me, you may even lose weight in the bargain!

Post at 01.com’s blog:

http://blog.01.com/?p=325 

Many of our customers are graphics design firms, advertising and marketing, with the need to send large attachments regularly.  01.com has a new FAQ on using Zimbra hosting to help manage sending large attachment sizes, up to 50MB.

http://faqs.01.com/#24

The next MacEnterprise webcast, Zimbra Collaboration Solution, will take place on Tuesday, September 18th 2007 at 10:00 am PDT (1:00 pm EDT). This webcast will feature a detailed review of the Zimbra Collaboration Solution (ZCS) architecture, end-user and administrator features and capabilities and system scalability and performance metrics followed by a real world case study by Eastern Illinois University.

Macenterprise.org
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Zimbra (FAQs): http://faqs.01.com
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Zimbra blog: http://blog.01.com

Looking for articles on the Zimbra Collaboration Suite? Check out 01.com’s new Zimbra Blog .

Here’s a product I discussed on the air tonight. Having sold our so-yesterday physical phones and moved entirely to soft-phones from Counterpath (more on this in an upcoming post), we have been experimenting with various headsets.

Most of our team has settled on Logitech headsets, link here (no, I don’t own stock in the company). I am using the (Premium) Notebook Headset, and am very pleased with its sound quality. I’ve had no complaints about being able to hear me from callers, not even when I have background noise such as air conditioning, other people talking, pandemonium… well, most background noise is filtered quite nicely.

You can now take a 20 minute guided tour of the iPhone here on Apple’s website. This device is mind-bogglingly cool. Watching this makes me want one more than ever.