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Some snaps of what happens when 10.5.2 goes bad. (Gallery: Apple Vista (a.k.a. 10.5.2)): Some snaps of what happens when 10.5.2 goes bad. (Gallery: Apple Vista (a.k.a. 10.5.2))Not everything is perfect, but pretty closeIts obvious the macbook pro has some defective hardware. I been running 10.5.2 since its release and not once have I seen any of these error messages and I work my...; Tags: Apple Vista, macBook Pro, A.K.A., Apple Inc., Gallery, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Dear Apple: Where is the MagSafe auto adapter?: Dear Apple,When you announced the new MacBook Pro on 10 January 2006 you touted the new MagSafe adapter as an important new feature. While I like the concept I really need a power adapter for my vehicle.With the onset of the summer solstice tomorrow more people find themselves outdoors and...; Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Accessory; Blog posts 2007-06-20
MacBook Pro 17-inch HD starting to arrive: Lost in the excitement of the new MacBook Pro announcement on 5 June was a unique new feature never available in an Apple notebook before. No, I'm not talking about the new LED-backlit displays, I'm talking about the new 1920 x 1200 displays that are available as an option in...; Tags: Announcement, Displays, Hardware, MacBook Pro; Blog posts 2007-06-18
Apple announces new MacBook Pros: As expected, Apple today announced new MacBook Pros – less than a week before the start of their Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC which kicks off in San Francisco next week. The new MacBook Pros feature faster 2.2 and 2.4GHz processors presumably based on Intel's new Santa Rosa chip architecture. The...; Tags: MacBook Pro, Hardware, Announcement; Blog posts 2007-06-05
WWDC 2007 predictions and historical announcements: Apple Gazette has posted their predictions for WWDC 2007. With less than 17 days before the big event it's time to start placing your bets.Here's Apple Gazette's list:1. Multi-Touch in Leopard2. New GUI for OS X3. New iLife w/iTunes HD4. Blu-Ray Support5. Leopard/iPhone integration6. New Mac Minis and MacBook Pros,and...; Tags: Conference, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, Prediction, WWDC; Blog posts 2007-05-25

Apple notebook retail sales up 94 percent: According to market research firm NPD U.S. PC unit growth for April grew 14 percent overall, including a 19 percent increase in retail sales and a 30 percent increase in notebook computer sales.AppleInsider reports that Apple's retail Mac sales grew 62 percent year-over-year for the month of April, including a...; Tags: MacBook, MacBook Pro, Retail, Store; Blog posts 2007-05-24
Analyst: New MacBook Pro a "near certainty" at WWDC?: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said that new MacBook Pros are a "near certainty" to be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC next month.He notes that the last MacBook Pro was launched 209 days ago and that, on average, Apple updates its professional notebooks every 182 days. In other...; Tags: MacBook Pro, Rumor, WWDC; Blog posts 2007-05-24
Apple not the only PC vendor making bogus display claims: A class action lawsuit filed recently against Apple Inc. claims that, among other things, the company advertised MacBooks and MBPs as capable of displaying "millions of colors" when in fact they can only do that by "dithering."Wired's Gadget Lab blog mentions that Apple is not the only one making this...; Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Legal, Displays; Blog posts 2007-05-22
MacBook displays: good or bad?: Apple has long touted their MacBook and Pro displays as tops in their fields but apparently everyone doesn't agree.A class action lawsuit filed in San Diego Fred Greaves and Dave Gatley and unearthed by Engadget states that Apple's portable displays don't live up to the hype. The suit accuses Cupertino...; Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Legal, Displays; Blog posts 2007-05-21
Apple store is 'busy updating': The Apple online store is currently offline, rumors abound that Apple is releasing new Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pros with LED backlights today.; Tags: MacBook Pro, Retail, Rumor, Store; Blog posts 2007-05-15
Stealthy Battery Update addresses swelling: Whenever Apple releases a software update you sometimes have read between the lines to get the whole story. Late Friday Apple quietly released the mysterious Battery Update 1.2 with the the brief explanation that it "updates battery firmware and improves battery functionality." Um, sure. According to the BBC there is...; Tags: Software Update, Software, MacBook Pro, MacBook, Battery; Blog posts 2007-04-30

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We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!: If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then Apple must be feeling pretty flattered now that both Canonical the company behind Ubuntu and Microsoft have expressed a desire to be more like Apple. Start your photocopiers! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Ubuntu, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photocopier, Apple Mac OS, Copiers, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space: Microsoft has long prided itself on its open partner ecosystem and cited it as a key differentiator from Apple, which provides all of the hardware and software for its products. But that equation may be set to change, based on a somewhat cryptic comment from CEO Steve Ballmer. by...; Tags: Phone, PC, Steve Ballmer, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker: Apple is in the market for someone capable of hacking into the iPhone. According to this job listing, the company is looking for an iPhone Security Engineer capable of, among other things, developing "proof of concept" attacks on the device's current security mechanisms. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hacker, Security Mechanism, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Cash for the merchandise, cash for the breakthrough: How can open source achieve the breakthroughs it needs and beat Apple at its own game?What about cash and fabulous prizes? by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Apple iPhone, LiMo Foundation, Symbian Inc., Linux, Open Source, Team Management, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Apple's coming notebook transition: Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...; Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable: In a scathing indictment of Apple's MobileMe service, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls the service "far too flawed to be reliable." The US$99 per year service – which is supposed to push contacts, calendars and email from iPhone to computer – has been hobbling along...; Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...; Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper: Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...; Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24