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Apple Hardware & Software reviews

mac-nz has one of the largest selections of Apple Mac reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac hardware, Apple Mac software and Apple Mac accessories on the local market.

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Friday, 03 February 2012
Corel AfterShot Pro 1.0.0.9
Corel has entered the professional and prosumer photo wrangling market with some new software... read more
Thursday, 17 November 2011
iPhone 4S
Armistice Day brought the iPhone 4S to New Zealand. I've had a week with it, and here's what I found. ... read more
Tuesday, 08 November 2011
Philips O'Neill Stretch headphones
Philips has collaborated with O’Neill, the surfboard maker, to create some headphones (three models, Stretch, Specked earbuds and Snug) that suit the active outdoors life more. That, married to an impressive set of sound reproduction specifications, means the Stretch headphones are worth a good look.... read more
Thursday, 03 November 2011
Philips Fidelio DS8550
Industrial design is oh so important, and Apple gets criticised for dumbing down devices for the sake of slick products. But I love that. I’m so used to Apple devices, it’s a shock when I have to struggle with a product from another brand – why does a DVD player need to be hard to use? But Philips has made something good here, that works well with an iDevice... read more
Monday, 10 October 2011
Iomega Mac Companion 2TB hard drive
Back in the day, Iomega was a solid supporter of the Apple world – their Bernoulli drives and then Zip disks must have graced every Mac toting agency in the world, and although they also made products for PCs, they were regarded as the Mac friendly go-to guys for hard drives and portable storage.... read more
Monday, 26 September 2011
NetSpot
I don't normally review Beta software, but this one's free while in Beta and it shows a handy map of your WiFi signal strength so you can see exactly what's what with your wireless network.... read more
Monday, 08 August 2011
Final Cut Pro X
This is probably my longest review yet, at over 5000 words, but there's a lot to cover! At end, though: I love this version, despite its failings. There's far, far more good than bad. ... read more
Friday, 08 July 2011
ArcticSound P281 headphones
A budget set of headphones from Arctic sound surprisingly good ... read more
Monday, 04 July 2011
Arctic Sound E361-BM earbuds with microphone
Based in Switzerland, Arctic Cooling's new E361-BM earbuds are stylish and reproduce detailed sound with great accuracy... read more
Monday, 04 July 2011
Arctic E352 earbuds
Wooden earbuds from Arctic Cooling promise more bass... read more