I have setup 2 Slingboxes for our business clients, and it definitely delivers on the promise of watching your TV remotely. I can't believe how easy they are to set up and how well they work! If you are thinking about buying one, don't hesitate; the setup is simple and it works great!

Recent price drops for hardware have caused the price for a very good server running SBS 2003 to plummet. For less than $2000 you can get a Quad Core Server with 250Gb Hard Drive and 2Gb RAM; this is a pretty nice server for the price!

At this price I feel there is no excuse for companies with 10 or more users or with complex IT needs not to have one. Think about it, less than $2000! Call us for a consulting visit to find out what SBS 2003 can do for you.

I cannot count the amount of times my clients have received bum advice from big box technology stores. Most of these people are salespersons only and have no understanding of computers. It would be fine if they would admit this to customers, but they bluff and sell customers the wrong thing or give the wrong advice at every turn!

For example, I sent a client to a certain Futuristic Shop to get a wireless USB network card. The salesperson gave him an internal wired network card and assured him this was the product he needed. He could not have been more wrong! People, you have to ask yourself "if this guy is really a good IT consultant, would he be working here??"

And whatever you do, don't get one of these people to assist you with your business IT needs, unless you like bad advice.

I have just finished the tutorial on Mac OS X Leopard, and have come away from it very impressed! There are so many amazing features that I wish would exist in Windows Vista, such as:

• Time Machine: This new app lets you rollback a document, or your whole Mac to an earlier date. While Vista does have System Restore, it will not allow you to rollback a document or a folder to an earlier time. Plus Time Machine looks incredibly cool; it has a space theme that look reminiscent of the beginning of Star Wars.
• Spaces: This app allows you to have up to 4 separate desktops, each with its own set of apps running! WOW!
• Quicklook: This app is a previewer that allows you to fully preview documents or presentations without having to open them. Looks beautiful and works great!
• New Email features: The Email program now can detect dates withing emails and make them into an iCalendar appointment. You can also create to-do items straight from an email and easily send yourself notes.
• New iChat features: Now you can use iChat to directly connect to other Macs and either fix problems or collaborate on documents. Also, you can change your iChat background to a picture or to a video so you can appear underwater, in the clouds or wherever you like!

I am very impressed with Mac OS X Leopard and at this point, like it better than Windows Vista (sorry Microsoft!)

A problem I have run into a fair bit lately is how to transfer songs from an iPod back to a computer. At long last I have found the solution; Senuti is a FREE Mac OS X application that will transfer your iPod songs back to iTunes! I am thrilled to have found this as this has been a real problem for us and our clients.

We have had quite a few clients lately purchase equipment without consulting us, and what we have been finding is invariably the wrong hardware gets purchased for their situation. Please let us assist you in finding the right solution to ensure your solution does what you want it to do. This is what we do; in these cases we know best!