Design Applications ShootoutOn Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:00am, at the Retiree & Others, a Special Interest Group of AUSOM Incorporated, Nicholas Pyers will participate in a “shoot out” showing how three different Design Applications can be used to produce a promotional flyer.

Nicholas will be using Apple’s Pages, a part of iWork ’06, while Barbara Gibson will use Adobe Photoshop. A third person will also use a yet-to-be-determined application as a comparison. Continue Reading

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Fun ‘n’ Games

On Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 1:00pm, Nicholas Pyers will present “Fun ‘n’ Games on the Mac” when he’ll cover some of the more entertaining games that are available for Mac OS X.

He’ll focus on card and strategy games that will provide hours on entertainment, not blood and guts, shoot-em ups. Continue Reading

Essential, Useful & Interesting Free Software for Mac OS XOn Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 7:30m, Nicholas Pyers will present “Essential, Useful & Interesting Free Software for Mac OS X” to the Bellarine Mac User Group.

Nicholas will highlight a number of freely downloadable applications including;

  • Anti-Virus
  • Audio Tools
  • Communications Packages
  • Games
  • Graphic Tools
  • Office Suites
  • Text Editors
  • Utilities
  • Video Players
  • Voice over IP (VoiP) software
  • Web Browsers

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Essential, Useful & Interesting Free Software for Mac OS XOn Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 7:30m, Nicholas Pyers will present “Essential, Useful & Interesting Free Software for Mac OS X” to the Central Victorian Macintosh Users’ (CVMU).

Nicholas will highlight a number of freely downloadable applications including;

  • Anti-Virus
  • Audio Tools
  • Communications Packages
  • Games
  • Graphic Tools
  • Office Suites
  • Text Editors
  • Utilities
  • Video Players
  • Voice over IP (VoiP) software
  • Web Browsers

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Intel Core DuoOn Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 10:00am, Nicholas Pyers will present to the Retiree & Others, a Special Interest Group of AUSOM Incorporated, “Intel – Wait or Upgrade Now” where he’ll discuss why Apple Computer are moving from the PowerPC to Intel processors and which applications and hardware currently work with the new machines.

Nicholas help attendees determine if they should stay with their current Macintosh or if should upgrade to an Intel-based Mac now. Continue Reading