President's File
October 2010

(The President's message will occasionally be writen by editor Patrick Libert)

From the Editor:
Apple Dreams!

By Patrick Libert

Bravo Dave Marra

Let’s dispense with the “You’re prejudiced” comments right now. Yes, I love Macs.

Dave Marra has the uncanny ability to condense a multi hour instructional session into a little more than an hour presentation as he showed us all the abilities of the latest Mac OSX, Snow Leopard.

I have been using this latest version for almost one year but Dave’s presentation highlighted my relative ignorance of its capabilities. It’s back to square one to spend some time with all the Apple tutorials and hints at apple.com.

October Presentation

Bruce Preston’s upcoming presentation on e-Readers will undoubtedly be another of those “don’t miss it” general meetings.

I have tried my friend’s Kindle and played with the iPad at the Danbury Apple store; that is my only current involvement with these new “gadgets.” Personally, I enjoy reading from a traditional book or magazine but I can see why many would prefer an e-Reader.
Having attended several of Bruce’s general meeting presentations, this upcoming one will be the best comparison of the current models and their technology.

Tuesday, October 5, at 7 p.m. in the Conference Center across the hall from the Danbury Hospital Auditorium. Be there!

Get Involved!

Not one Board meeting goes by without the introduction of a new idea or a new activity in which DACS should get involved so that this society can continue to be a stimulating experience to its members.

Often, we formulate the “how” we will get involved but what we lack is member participation.

Like any viable organization, success depends upon having team participation, which in our case, means volunteers. Come on! Be team players and have fun with us planning new programs and activities.

All offers are welcome; just contact any DACS board member.