| 'Go Green' With Your Wireless Phone
November 15th is the America Recycles Day and Verizon Wireless encourages all wireless customers to make a difference by recycling their no longer used wireless equipment. Verizon Wireless was the first wireless carrier in the nation to collect and recycle old cell phones and has done so since January 1999 -- first in New York and New Jersey and then across the U.S. The company offers the following tips on how to 'go green' while saving money, the environment and, quite possibly, someone's life. RECYCLE: Consumers and businesses can recycle their no-longer-used wireless phones through the Verizon Wireless HopeLine® program. HopeLine accepts wireless phones and accessories in any condition from any manufacturer or service provider. Simply drop-off your phone, battery and accessories at any Verizon Wireless Communications Store and the company will dispose of them in an environmentally sound way.
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This is the second installment of "A Compleat Buyer's And User's Guide To Macintosh Laptops 2007 Edition." Last week we looked at the current crop of high-end Apple notebooks.This time we're covering low-end ($1,000 and less) Mac PowerBooks and iBooks. The announcement of the 13" MacBook starting at $1,100 last year accelerated downward pressure on used and refurbished Apple laptop prices, and for the 2006 Compleat Guides I adjusted the threshold between "low-end" and "high end" back up to $1,000 from $900, which puts refurbished Revision A Core Duo MacBooks, (and even Apple Certified Refurbished 1.83 GHz Core 2 Duo models) in the low end category, which illustrates how much prices have compressed in the sub-$1,000 range. Four years ago I shifted all pre-WallStreet PowerBooks to the "Antique And Collectible Macintosh Laptops" category.
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Bathed in golden light from the setting sun, Atlantis and its seven-man crew lifted off at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT) from a newly refurbished launch pad at Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre. The pad had not been used since the ill-fated Columbia launch 4-1/2 years ago. Riding atop a pillar of smoke and flame, the shuttle soared through clear skies, arcing out over the Atlantic Ocean and heading for an initial perch 137 miles above the planet. Docking with the space station is planned for shortly after 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT) Sunday 220 miles above the southern Indian Ocean. The shuttle is carrying the heaviest payload ever flown to the space station -- a 45-foot-(14-metre) long, 35,678-pound (16,183 kg) aluminium structure that will become part of the station’s structural backbone.
Think dual-core and USBs
You're buying this for: College students, mobile business professionals, or anyone wanting to take their home computer along to the office or the beach. Price range: $600 to $1,500 Primary features to look for: Dual-core processors (Intel Core Two Duo, AMD Turion 64 X2) are becoming mainstream; don't settle for less. Most models come with the Windows Vista operating system, but don't buy the Home Basic version; it's too basic. Look for at least 1 gigabyte of memory; 2 gigabytes is much better. Look for a big hard drive capacity. 120 gigabytes should be your minimum, but go for 200 gigabytes or better if you can. Look for at least four USB ports. If the model you're considering doesn't come with a high-capacity battery, spring for the upgrade. Additional features: Most laptops are built with a 533 MHz front-side bus speed.
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