The launch of Playstaton 3 in Europe is now also imminent. After the console was offered since November 2006 in Japan and the U.S., you now also gamers in our latitudes, formally the possibility of Sony’s latest wonder weapon in the fight to buy the consoles. It is important to the market in general, and especially to keep an eye on the direct competition, the Xbox 360. Nintendo Wii plays with weaker technology without HD capabilities, despite the new management already in a different league, but when it comes to the technically efficient equipment goes, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are almost head to head on the way to the top. While the main processor (CPU) of the PS3 is significantly more powerful, the Xbox360 on the other hand, scored with a better graphics chip (GPU). As a result, at least, now that the games on Microsoft’s console look better and Sony fans do not work as expected to leave the mouth open. This is surely over the next two to three years, some do, as soon as the developer the architecture of the console under control and PS3 games will be slightly better than the Xbox 360 look like, at the moment but the differences are barely discernible. An Internet is offered for both consoles, Microsoft has with Xbox Live, but the broader online offerings. That, however, has its price, because the access is paid for, while, according to Sony PS3 games playable online are for free. Another advantage of the Sony console is already integrated BluRay player and the HMDI interface. Whether you already have an BluRay player is required to Sony’s fight at the film front against the HD-DVD format, you must decide for itself. For the Xbox 360, on the other hand, there is an optional HD-DVD drive – Film fans can also strike here.

Coming from the PowerBook, I was quite excited to have it traded with the newer MacBook, which is the “regular version” of the MacBook Pro (which for me just has that better graphics experience which I why I chose the more basic version). Here is what I think about this laptop.

It has a great hardware, with Core Duo processors, MegSafe power adapter, DVI VGA output, DVD burner Firewire 400, 2 USB ports and respectable speakers.

The size of this new portable laptop is at 12.8” x 9” x 1”, making it a tad bit more portable that the Sony VAIO SZ and it is even a couple of pounds lighter that the usual PowerBook.

The best thing that I like about this laptop is that it was built for my pudgy hands. Most laptops nowadays, especially the miniature ones, are too hard to use with my huge digits. But the MacBook has its keys further spaced compared to the PowerBook and the MacBook. At the same time, it has this side touchpad that is very easy to use even if you have big and burly hands. To further sweeten the deal, Apple gave the MacBook a double scrolling function.

The MacBook has a glossy coating on its screen. It serves the purpose of giving a better contrast and richer colors but unfortunately, it results in giving the screen more glare. The size of the screen is at 13.3 wide which allows for you to watch movies comfortably but at the same time, it is small enough that you can watch this without distracting your airplane seatmate.