Saturday 8 January 2011

The Mac Book Air



The MacBook Air is the next generation for Macs, A lot thinner in size yet still it is much
better and updated. The beauty and advanced technology from the iPad was carried
and it now, finally, has reached the Mac.
Now let's talk about storage. On the MacBook Air Apple has created a new type of
storage, Flash Storage. This is a miniature microchip with 32GB in each chip which
gives 90% more space for other vital bits like a bigger battery.
Talking about batteries, the MacBook Air has an incredible life-span. If you looked
inside a MacBook Air, you would see something remarkable. Thanks to flash storage
which gives it a bigger battery, an 11-inch MacBook has a 5 hour life-span and up to 7
hours on the 13-inch model!
Also from the iPad, the MacBook has met multiple-touch which allows you to tap, pinch,
swipe, drag, rotate, and scroll for multiple reasons.
Two new features have been bought to the MacBook. NVIDIA GeForce Graphics
and Intel Core 2 duo processors. MacBook features NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
processor-the same used in the 13-inch MacBook Pro. With a performance boost
of over 2x that of the previous MacBook, the NVIDIA graphics processor provides
outstanding speed and power for browsing photos, watching movies or playing games.
MacBook weighs less than 3 pounds, but it is heavyweight where it counts. Intel Core
2 Duo processors get the job done fast. So you can be every bit productive-but in more
places.
A proper laptop needs wireless connection anywhere. That's when the MacBook Air
comes in. It has 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. With all this equipment, it
allows you to browse the web, send e-mail and print documents. It also let's you to
download music, videos and-coming soon with the Mac App Store, applications.
Now let's talk about what's on the MacBook. Well there is a FaceTime camera so you
can communicate with your friends, just like a mobile (Except you can see their faces).
And finally, the price. Everything that I've just told you for $999 only!
So what are you waiting for? Get your own MacBook today!


11- and 13-inch MacBook Air right side

Thursday 6 January 2011

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Review (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Genre: 3rd Person Action Adventure, Open World, Free-Roaming
Rating: PEGI - 18+

The Assassin’s Creed franchise is back and this time your back with Ezio in the animus, but this time, nearly all of the game is set in Rome.  Also, there is a brand new multi-player game mode which is very unique.  The main worry about the game are that it is not too different from Assassin’s Creed 2 and that what it does change is only small tweaks.

Firstly, the single-player,  this is a direct follow on to Assassin’s Creed 2 and this time Ezio, is a bit older and a bit wiser now, is trying to remove the Templar influence from Rome.  Along side this runs Desmond in the present and there are a few bits of gameplay with Desmond (although I did want more) and a big twist at the end.  I did find the plot less engaging than AC 2’s but the improved aspects of gameplay make up for this. The secret locations, additional memories and the views of Renaissance Italy are up to scratch with Assassin’s Creed 2, giving you hours of extra gameplay.  Although the game is almost entirely set in Rome, the amount of space is just right because Rome is about three times the size of Florence is AC 2.  The new additions in the game such as the Assassin’s guild (which can be used to train your own assassin’s to fight with you) and the fact you can ride horses inside Rome fit in well, but they are only tweaks because the guild does what the thieves,  mercenaries and courtesans did back in AC 2.  Finally, the single-player gameplay in AC Brotherhood is a development on AC 2 with a slightly new, more aggressive fighting style and more of the same, loved free-running from AC 2.

Secondly we come on to the brand new multi-player experience in which you play as an Abstergo Agent in an animus, playing as a Templar back in the early 1500s.  This is fun for a bit but the novelty does wear off, showing the repetitive nature of the game and how it is in need of some development.

To finish off, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is a great development on the previous titles in the series and although it lacks anything new, it makes and excellent “AC 2.5”.  I would recommend this to anyone who has played and enjoyed the previous two in the series and anyone who wants a game they can take at their own pace whether they want to roam the streets (or rooftops) of Rome or get immersed in the unique multi-player.  I give Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood a solid rating of 8.5/10