$25,000 of free creative software and stuff

I won’t make any jokes about a $ being worth tuppence because, even so, $25k of tuppences is worth a whole heap.

X-Ray magazine is running a free-to-enter giveaway for oodles of creative goodies. Well, free apart from surrendering your precious email address and the usual marketing grab for personal information but that’s because there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Not least, you can win a copy of our software LinkUP Pricing. This is our company blog! Impressively also up for grabs; a copy of QuarkXPress 7, the Canadian edition of QXP 7 (eh?!), the Latin American edition, QXP Passport and some upstart called Adobe Creative Suite.

With all this, you could start your own Design Company. If you happen to be a trained Designer.

I’m not a Mac-addict but…

That Macbook Air is pretty isn’t it? Almost makes me want a Mac. Almost, until the price tag made me make the usual ‘I could buy a car for that’ argument.

What I don’t understand is why any of the PC manufacturers can’t employ some young, cool, idea-full designer to create something that can compete. It’s not like other brands don’t make thin, expensive laptops. They just don’t go all the way and do it properly. It’s not like us uncool, suit-wearing PC guys don’t like a bit of sexy gadgetry.

Come on Dell, HP, whoever, give us some Windows based laptop to blog about. And make it cheaper. Or greener. Greener is good too.

I’d feel as smug as Mac Guy if I could sit in Starbucks with a beautiful but green-credentialed laptop knowing I wasn’t rolling with the ‘in crowd’.

Nice joke 21 Jan: PC Weenies