The Main Meeting Tuesday 28 April 2015

Alex Zaharov-Reutt, who will be the presenter at this Main Meeting, has given the following description of what he will do and discuss on Tuesday night:

We will examine the world’s slimmest computer, – the MacBook – which I am currently reviewing in its resplendent gold colour, and which runs the Mac OS as nicely as it does Windows. We will take a look at the specs and the prices, and as the MacBook will be passed around the audience, everyone will get a chance to feel how incredibly light the computer is, and see how stunningly sharp the detail on the ‘Retina’-class 12-inch screen is.

We will have a look at the Apple Watch. Sadly I do not have one as yet (and hopefully will by next month’s meeting) but there are some excellent short videos that explain how the watch works in various scenarios, and so we’ll take a look at those, as well as a selection of the 3000 apps that are available for it – which even includes banking apps from Westpac, St George, Commonwealth Bank and others!

Both Boost and Amaysim, Australia’s top two prepaid mobile network operators have released brand new plans that give even more value and more gigabytes of data for the same money, so we will take a quick look at what’s newly on offer.

We will take a look at the latest build of Windows 10, which is rumoured to be arriving for free download and free upgrade to Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 computers in June or July. We will see the new Start Menu and we will see ‘Cortana’ at work – the new voice activated personal digital assistant that can answer your questions, open programs, show you files and more.

Are you still interested in buying an Armourcard? I have a code I can share with you that works until the end of April to get a 10% discount, but after that, the discount is gone and you will need to get one from one of the retail stores in Australia that carries it (or buy it online at the full price).

The Waytools TextBlade keyboard is the equivalent of a full-size keyboard with full-size travel on the keys but is thinner than an iPhone. I have ordered one and can show it next month but we can see the short promotional video so you can see it for yourself.

Naturally, we will have the usual segments – Q&A, news, consumer reports, general business and the raffle.

I have various gadgets and knick knacks that I will be bringing to the Main Meeting for the raffle, so it will be a grab bag of stuff – a speaker, a charging station and various other things, so we definitely have some prizes on offer.

The Sydney PC User Group’s Main Meeting will be held on the 1^st floor of the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts on 28^th April at 5:45PM.

Visitors are always welcome.

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Sydney PC User Group (SPCUG) Tuesday Main Meeting

Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 5:45pm – 8:30pm

Venue: Meeting Rooms

Event Organiser: Sydney PC User Group (SPCUG)

Visitors welcome.
Please note that there is an attendance fee of $5 at all meetings.
For visitors & non-members, first-time visits are free, but for later visits there is a $10 charge.

SMSA (Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts)

Sydney PC User Group (SPCUG) Tuesday Main Meeting

Event Organiser: Sydney PC User Group (SPCUG)

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