Links

Sites to visit

Mac2Sell - 2nd hand mac prices for getting a realistic price of what your old Mac products are worth or the value of second hand kit that you’re looking at buying: www.mac2sell.net

Macupdate - For all your application updates all in one place: macupdate.com or www.versiontracker.com

Broadband speedtest – Does as the name suggests!: www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk

Gibson Research Centre - For checking your hardware or software firewall, click on 'Shields Up' (quite windows orientated but the firewall check still works great on a Mac): www.grc.com

Handy programs to download

Mactracker - An excellent program which lists detailed information about all Apple products though their lifetime: www.mactracker.ca

iStat Pro - Handy Widget for the Dashboard in Tiger or Leopard which gives you ‘at a glance’ information about your computer: www.islayer.com

Graphic Converter – Excellent, very capable graphics program, which Apple used to bundle with the operating system until recently: www.lemkesoft.com