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Apple iMac SuperDrive Update (dmg)

New firmware on the SuperDrive which addresses an incompatibility with 4x DVD-R and 2x DVD-RW media, and the 2x SuperDrive in iMac. You must perform this update if you intend to use 4x DVD-R or 2x DVD-RW media in your iMac. This update also enables you to eject audio CDs...

Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Apple Mac Superdrive, Desktops, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-03-05

Apple MacBook (Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, SuperDrive, black)

Editors' Note: This review primarily covers the recent updates to the Apple MacBook line. For a detailed look at the design and features, read our earlier review of the Apple MacBook (Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz).While the 2006 debut of Apple's MacBook line was flat-out revolutionary--introducing Intel's Core 2 Duo CPUs...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Apple Mac Superdrive, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo

Product reviews 2007-06-14

Apple updates MacBook Pro line

The Apple Store was closed this morning and when it reopened an updated MacBook Pro line was unveiled.Here's the scoop:MacBook Pro 15 inch LED 2.2Ghz 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB memory 1440 x 900 resolution 120GB hard drive 8x double-layer SuperDrive NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPU with 128MB SDRAMPrice - $1999MacBook Pro 15 inch LED 2.4Ghz 2.4GHz...

Tags: Hardware, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-05

The DVD-R media that destroyed my SuperDrive (photos)

The DVD-R media that destroyed my SuperDrive photosAgreedI agree that 300$ for the drive is quite outrageous. But they don't seem to be the only manufacturers who charge this kind of price. Last time I checked the price for my Lenovo T42 internal optical drive, the CD-RW/DVD-RW costs 259$! Better...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, photograph, AppleCare, media, Apple Inc., DVD-R, Apple Mac Superdrive

Discussion threads 2007-02-20

The DVD-R media that destroyed my SuperDrive (photos)

Yesterday I inserted a blank DVD-R disc into my MacBook Pro (2.33GHz Core 2 Duo) like Ive done dozens of times before. But this time was different. This time it destroyed my SuperDrive.After I inserted the blank DVD-R media I didnt immediately notice that it didnt mount in the...

Tags: Hardware, MacBook Pro, Media, Optical Drive

Blog posts 2007-02-20

Bigger = cheaper

I can deal with the fact that the 17-inch MacBook Pro has some features that the 15-inch model doesn't have (FireWire 800, 8x double-layer burner) but I am baffled by Apple's pricing model for the MBP17 nicknamed "riot shield."Let's compare Apples and Apples for a second (pardon the pun.) If...

Tags: Apple Mac Superdrive, FireWire

Blog posts 2006-04-26

Apple announces 17-inch MacBook Pro

Without the fanfare of a keynote address or even a media event, Apple yesterday announced the MacBook Pro 17-inch. The new large screen Intel Core Duo-based Apple portable replaces the PowerBook G4 17-inch leaving the 12-inch as the last remaining PowerBook G4 available at the Apple online store.Specs on the...

Tags: MBP15, MBP17

Blog posts 2006-04-25

SuperDrive Firmware Update (dmg)

Delivers updated SuperDrive firmware to improve reliability when accessing DVD and CD media. For systems: Power Mac G5 (June 2004), Power Mac G5 (Late 2004), and eMac (USB 2.0).

Tags: Firmware Update, Apple Power Mac G5, Apple Mac Superdrive, Apple Power Mac, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2005-05-06

Apple adds Superdrive to eMac line

Apple adds Superdrive to eMac lineJust wait.....I can hear it now. The eMac is too expensive still. You can get a Dell, Gateway, eMachines etc for 499.00, 399.00, or 299.00 w/rebates of coarse. As for me I'd much rather be in Apples place than being just another...

Tags: Desktop publishing, Desktops, DVD, business department, Apple Inc., EMac, EMACS, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Mac Superdrive

Discussion threads 2004-04-13

Additional Resources

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

Students: the broadband troubleshooter

Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...

Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker

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

News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24