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Apple Tax Day: Macworld: ONE MORE THING

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Josh Kim
on January 15, 2008
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  • MacBook Air. Gorgeous. I’m going to sit here and figure out how to justify this purchase.
  • “The World’s Thinnest Notebook”? The Sony Vaio had it pretty close the last time I checked. But then again, the last time I checked was when I had a Vaio. The Vaio TZ: “3 lbs, .8-1.2 inches, 11 or 12″ display, miniature keyboard, and slower processor.”
  • “MacBook Air is 0.16″ to 0.76″. The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony. It fits inside a envelope.” How is this even possible?
  • 13.3″ display. LED backlit. iSight.
  • The kicker is the multi-touch display. The programmability of this feature alone warrants a purchase, right? Darn you, desktop applications and your ability to actually do more useful things that web applications.
  • Now, please give me the stats…
  • 1.8″ Hard Drive, as expected. 80 GB… kinda sounds like my old PowerBook. SSD as an option.
  • 1.6 Ghz, 1.8 option. Core 2 Duo. Pretty darn fast.
  • Come on $2K price point. Come on…
  • Not liking the fat border around the screen. But then again, some of the volume of the computer has to go somewhere…
  • 60% size shrinkage of processor. INSANE.
  • Black keys? Whoa.
  • PRICE. GIVE ME THE PRICE.
  • 45 Watts. Hooray for low power consumption.
  • Looks like there’s going to be 4 output holes. Power. USB. Micro-DVI. Audio Out.
  • 802.11n. Hmm.
  • PRICE PRICE PRICE.
  • “Also, software comes with the MacBook Air that allows you to “borrow” a Mac or PCs optical drive.” WOW. That’s. Pretty sweet programming.
  • 5 Hours Battery lfe. That is definitely amazing. No other thin laptops give you more than like 3 hours the last time I checked.
  • 2 GB. Standard. Delicious.
  • $1799.

Uh. Oh…

Apple Tax Day: MacWorld

Published
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Josh Kim
on January 15, 2008
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So it came and went. No big surprises, except for #4. Which is going to be another post. Because I’m dying in anticipation.

  1. Time Capsule/Full Airport Extreme
    • Nice. I’m probably going to be buying a second mac, and so, Time Capsule will be nice to have. One less cord to attach my laptop to.
    • Full Airport Extreme… not so much. Why can’t I just hook an external HD to a regular Airport Extreme…
  2. iPhone/iPod Touch
    • SDK: Time to learn Cocoa in a month and a half. Hooray.
    • Expected: Maps (Extra Sweet), SMS multiple people (Meh), Webclips (Kinda Sweet), Customized Home Screen (Sweet)
    • iPod Touch: $20 to get 5 applications? Meh.
  3. iTunes Rentals/Apple TV
    • Every major studio: Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, Newline, Fox, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Sony. Hooray.
    • I might use it. Freaking, on the iPhone, too? My goodness. I can rent movies on the JesusPhone?
    • Ooh. 30 days to start watching, 24 hours to finish. An interesting take on the broken online movie rental market.
    • YES. $2.99 for older, $3.99 for new. Cheaper than expected. I don’t see anything about HD content, though.
    • Later this year… what a letdown.
    • APPLE TV WOO HOO. Is this my second mac? (With silly hacking intended, of course.)
      • Do people even use .mac? I’m probably going to be getting my Photos from Flickr anyway.
    • AH HA! HD! HD! $4.99 isn’t too bad. For one night’s fun with a bunch of friends: perfect.
    • Oh? Just a software update?
      • Price drop: $229. Woot.
    • Software: 2 weeks.

About:HanMeta

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Josh Kim
on December 31, 2007
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This post is way over due. Got it in just before midnight, w00t.

HanMeta, LLC: What the heck are you talking about?

I guess not everyone’s is on the down low.

It’s been about a year since I’ve had a dream of starting a web application company. While I’m not going to go into detail as to the why right now, I can finally cross that off the list. Well… I guess I won’t really have one until the actual service is out in the open.

Hopefully, I’ll find the time to blog as I manage/develop it. I love reading blogs like The Scariest Fun : notes from a web startup, where companies go into great detail about the pains and joys of starting, not just any company but, a web application company. Heck, they do Rails, too!

Formation of the LLC

Many weeks and months of research came down to picking The Corporation Company to help me make the LLC. Hooray for Delaware, and lax laws towards corporations. I went with the most expensive plan, because the $100 price difference isn’t all that much. Registered Agent service is going to be $219 a year, and just by the additional 6 months makes up for that cost. Plus, all the extra books I received makes it all worthwhile.

Nolo Books 1

Nolo Books 2

It’s a good thing, too, because nolo.com has been a site I frequented for months trying to figure things out. But as with The Corporation Company, I’ll keep you updated with any good or bad reviews.

Membership Certificate

Hmm. I guess I’ll hand these out when HanMeta becomes a multi-member LLC.

Emboss THIS

Embosser? Hah. Time to just start randomly embossing things…

I’m glad all of this has been taken care of. At least, on paper. I sent in the EIN information recently; I think that ends most of the paperwork. For some reason, this business stuff is kinda fun. Maybe I won’t be saying that when taxes are due in 2007.

What Who When?

So a little bit more about the actual company.

Currently, it’s 5 people, all friends of mine. Lot of groundwork has been placed, and really, it’s time to code. I might end up coding less than I would like, but I do like the management aspect of web application development, anyway.

Well. Here’s to an interesting journey in ‘08.