Sometimes, Apple’s Mac vs. PC ads go a little bit over the top. This is not the case with the recent release of two christmas ads. These are hilarious. I urge you to watch them both.

Only about two years ago, I got my first mac. At that time, I never dreamed of buying a $3000 computer, nor dreamed of having the money. Now, the only thing I can think of that would be worth spending my money on is a new MacBook Pro.

With the money I have made from selling my iPhone apps, the little money from blog advertising and a few past holiday gifts from relatives, I am able to get my dream computer. Oh, and that little thing called student discount helped a bit also.

Now when I say “dream computer,” I am not thinking of some magical computer that I “dream” of. I am thinking of the computer that I have always wanted since I got my MacBook, but has never been able to get. Finally, now that I can make my own source of income, I am able to purchase this amazingly powerful machine.

This is sort of an investment. Hopefully, this MacBook Pro will allow me to do things that I could not do with my MacBook and therefore, will in the end, make me more money. So, instead of spending the money I had on a tempurpedic mattress (was actually thinking about it, believe it or not) I can invest in something that may actually bring the money back to me.

Anyway, I am extremely happy I was able to buy this wonderful device and I cannot wait until it reaches my doorstep and I can watch that awesome welcome movie.

Here are the specs:

Even though the post doesn’t give any details and is just a teaser, it is obvious that NewsFire is coming to the app store. To me, this is awesome news (no pun intended).

NewsFire has always been the one and only mac RSS reader and I am really excited to see it come to the app store. Right now, I do not feel there is any real good RSS application in the app store worth buying, but I really think NewsFire will be the one I get.

Can’t wait.

In the latest iPhone ad, “Dilemmas,” you can see that in the first few seconds of the ad there is some text at the bottom that reads, “Sequence shortened.”

Just goes to show you that Apple actually reads feedback about them online. I am glad they fixed their mistake.

Due to the rumors, I believe the new MacBook Pro will end up looking like a fat MacBook Air. All aluminum, black keyboard, rounded edges, circular iSight and best of all… some thickness. Think about it. The MacBook Air looks absolutely beautiful, but it really does not have the power to be worth the money. Also, don’t you just wish sometimes it was just a little bit chunkier? Maybe that is just my opinion, but I cannot use a computer that light and skinny. I need something firm and sturdy, just like the new MacBook Pro is going to be.

While this photo, rumored photo of the new MacBook Pro has been taunted as fake, it is exactly how I wish the new MacBook Pro will look. To me, this looks like the perfect size and the perfect shape. Except for the black outline over the screen, you have to say it does look just like a fat MacBook Air.

These two photos are rumored to be REAL photos of the base of the new MacBook Pro. If you compare these photos too the first photo up top, they somewhat match. They all show slightly more rounded edges, a flat keyboard like on the MacBooks and a cut out on top for the attached screen.

Even if the photo up top is fake, that doesn’t mean it is the wrong way to go. THIS IS HOW APPLE SHOULD MAKE IT. This is the new MacBook Pro should be and I will be slightly disappointed in Apple if it is not.

As you can see, it is as simple as you can get. Set the phone number, touch, call.

With the 2.1 iPhone firmware update, one of the most exciting bug fix for me was the faster backup speeds. I am in need of this because I am always restoring for numerous reasons and I never wait for my backup to complete. I decided to test this out today and I got some amazing results (see video).

I put about 800 sons + 12 apps on my iPhone. That includes large applications such as Super Monkey Ball and Texas Holdem. This took up about 5GB of space. As you can see my backup is extremely fast. If I were to do this with 2.0.2 it would have been a totally different result.

The only thing I cannot test is what the results would be like with a brand new iPhone. If someone did not update to 2.1, but instead restore, I would be interested in their backup speeds. Please comment if you could do that.

Steve said firmware 2.1 would be released on Friday, but for some reason it is already on sale for iPod touch users. Is this for real? My guess is that you buy this and then can download it when it is released, but it is unusual of Apple to sell something that has not been released yet. Can any iPod Touch user confirm if it is really available for download or not? I know it is not yet available for iPhones…

I am very excited to try out Apple’s new iTunes 8.0, which was announced today at the “Lets Rock” special event. It hasn’t yet appeared on software update, so I thought I would just share the direct link, so you all can download it easily. Note: you will need to download the new QuickTime from software update in order to run iTunes.

Here it is, enjoy. I’ll be testing out the new “Genius” feature and will report back shortly