MacFest

Sat, 18 Mar 2006
Skilz Digital Arts Experience Centre, Bangsar Shopping Centre
8:00 - 10:00pm

Report : Azul Adnan
Photos : Azul Adnan

Shah kicked off the 'Fest by showing how we can run Classic applications on Intel Macs using a software called Basilisk. He demonstrated by playing a Classic Mac game.

Mus talked about OmniGraffle, an application that used to be bundled with the PowerBook. He went through the features of the software and then showed how he created his family tree with it. And a big family he has too!

I was next and I showed a video clip of highlights from the last Apple Special Event. Then I showed how to put together a photo book using iPhoto and how we can finally have these books printed locally via a company called Pixart.

Shah came back on for a brief talk on how we can rip DVDs straight into the iPod format using Handbrake Lite.

Coming up to the lucky draws I showed another video, this time of Sonnet's installation guide on how to change the battery of a 4G iPod. Pretty tricky...hair dryer required!

As usual there were a few books that were given away as prizes. The top prize was an iPod universal dock and charger which was kindly sponsored by Gold Stream Technology. It was won by Redza.

After the event, some of us hung out at Austin Chase for coffee and nasi lemak!

Thanks to the prize sponsors and to MacAsia for providing the venue. And special thanks to Choy Leng for supplying the drinks.