Linked List: November 4, 2007

Sunday, 4 November 2007

Leopard-Style Text Effects in Photoshop and Illustrator ★

Veerle Pieters:

One thing I’m impressed with about Apple’s new system GUI in Leopard is the “inset effect” on the text in combination with the new window chrome. […] So I’ve decided to investigate this subtle effect further via Photoshop layer effects as well as Illustrator’s effects.

RAM Arbitrage ★

Mike Davidson on Apple’s RAM prices:

Surely I’m missing something, but is there another store in the world that charges over $800 for a product that can be had for under $150?

It must be very profitable for Apple — i.e. that many people go ahead and pay Apple’s prices for RAM upgrades — because this is one of the few actual facts that lends credence to the “Apple kit is insanely expensive” notion.