Entries Tagged as 'Mac / OS X'

Macworld 2009 Keynote now online at Apple.com

Comments   0   Date Arrow  January 6, 2009 at 6:23pm   User  by thecodepounder

It hasn’t been posted to the Apple Keynotes podcast yet, but it’s available at Apple.com for streaming via QuickTime.
Personally, I’m still bummed that they didn’t announce a 32gb iPhone…  I guess I’ll have to wait until summer to upgrade my 8gb iPhone… oh well!

Tagged   Apple · Entertainment · Insanely Great! · Mac / OS X · Technology

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Damn! Love the new MacBook/Pro design

Comments   2   Date Arrow  October 14, 2008 at 6:18pm   User  by thecodepounder

Love it.  Looks like a flip version of the aluminum iMac.

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Quote of the day

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 14, 2008 at 6:11pm   User  by thecodepounder

From Apple’s “Special Event” earlier today:
“In 16 years of reviews, I’ve never had anything like the amount of email I’m getting from life-long Windows users who are thinking about switching.”
– Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal

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Happy Birthday to “the” iMac and to “my” iMac

Comments   1   Date Arrow  August 15, 2008 at 9:48am   User  by thecodepounder

Yep. Today is the tenth birthday of the iMac, having been originally released on August 15, 1998. And, today is the first birthday of my 24″ iMac, having been delivered to my home on this date last year!
Come on, everybody join in!  “Happy birthday to you…”

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Steve Jobs’ Keynote is over; Wow!

Comments   0   Date Arrow  June 9, 2008 at 2:16pm   User  by thecodepounder

Wow, Jobs is always great. Well, time for some preliminary prediction results. I made four (4) predictions and two (2) can be assessed at this time.
I predict:
* That I’ll be totally ecstatic and awed during the Keynote Address,
Yep. Nailed that one. I was riveted–in fact, I was giggly happy–during the whole [...]

Tagged   Apple · Humor · Insanely Great! · Mac / OS X · iPod / iPhone / iTunes

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WWDC is here; Keynote is today

Comments   1   Date Arrow  June 9, 2008 at 9:18am   User  by thecodepounder

Well, it’s that time of year again. Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference is this week in beautiful San Francisco, California. And, Steve Jobs’ Keynote Address is today at 10am PDT (that’s 12pm for those of us in the Central time zone) (and 12pm is noon, for those of you who are time-challenged).
So, it’s time [...]

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Apple sees 51% increase in Mac sales in March quarter

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 24, 2008 at 8:38am   User  by thecodepounder

Rundown of Apple’s better-than expected earnings report.

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Popular Mechanics performs ‘Ultimate’ Mac vs. PC tests

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 18, 2008 at 7:46am   User  by thecodepounder

Popular Mechanics has put together a rather comprehensive set of tests for laptop and desktop computers: “Mac vs. PC: The Ultimate Lab Test for New Desktops & Laptops“. The tests were conducted using both user-testers judging the computers on subjective points, as well as a slew of objective benchmarking tests.
The results? Well here [...]

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Not all of Ma Gartner’s sons are business geniuses

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 11, 2008 at 2:06pm   User  by thecodepounder

There’s never any shortage of “pundits” willing to tell anyone and everyone how to “fix” their problems–especially in our business (”He’s in the business, and by ‘the business’, of course, I mean ‘the industry’.” — Paul Shaffer).
This week, The Macalope takes one to task.

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The state of Mac OS X security

Comments   0   Date Arrow  April 9, 2008 at 1:58pm   User  by thecodepounder

Security researchers have yet to identify an instance in which a Mac running OS X has been exploited in the wild, according to C|Net on Wednesday:
First of all, let’s examine where things stand. No security researcher I spoke with could think of an instance of a Mac running Mac OS X that had been exploited [...]

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