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VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs

I love the title of this articleand how it implies that it is Windows 7 that has the bugs and leaves out the fact that the Virtual Box update bug fix also applies to Snow Leopard. Maybe the title should have read like "Virtual Box update fixes bugs so...

Tags: desktop virtualization, innotek VirtualBox, Microsoft Windows 7, PXE Boot, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Windows 7 killer deals commence; 7 days of PC specials, $30 OS upgrade

That Best Buy deal ain't bad at all......stop Geek Squad at the door take the merchandise pop in the Ubuntu CD's and I'm ready to go. Thanks Win 7 for the cheap hardware.Apple should be offering deals now, tooJust to steal some thunder from the Win 7 (vista 2.0) over-hype.Fanboi...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating systems, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard, Media Center PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for download

It use to be called ...... a Service Pack. I guess it's to soon for that, it would not have looked good before the launch, so they renamed it.^o^RE: Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for downloadlooks like to me that it was not tested thoroughly. Although I...

Tags: Patches, Operating systems, service pack, released to manufacturing, operating system, patch management, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Snow Leopard bug deletes all user data (Updated)

Proves Apple is not perfectI know many ABMers that bashed Microsoft when a bug that only affected a very small user base came on in Windows 7 Release Candidate and said that Microsoft should pay and how can they release software with bugs. All software has bugs I don't...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, S**t, Snow Leopard, user data

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Are Mac OS X and Apple servers making inroads with the Feds?

Silly Question comes with silly answer"Are Mac OS X and Apple servers making inroads with the Feds?"No, "the Snow Leopard bug hosed [our] data".No, it didn't."No, "the Snow Leopard bug hosed [our] data"."Snow Leopard just failed to recognise the data. A trip to Terminal can fix that and recover...

Tags: Operating systems, Snow Leopard, Apple Server, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, server, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Psystar Open(Q)

If nothing else, Psystar's OpenQ should serve as a message to Apple that it's long overdue in bringing quad-core CPUs to its mainstream desktops. Because as much as the OpenQ lacks Apple's design polish, this $799, illicitly OS X-based midtower runs circles around Apple's $1,499 24-inch iMac on our benchmarks....

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Processors, Psystar, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-10-09

Judge rebukes Apple in Psystar case

Just one small battle in the war.As much as I'd like for Pystar to bash Apple's teeth in, I don't really expect to see it happen.Apple can easilly counter ths motionOne look at the issues associated with Snow Leopard will prove beyond a doubt that Apple actually [i]rushed[/i] Snow Leopard,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Snow Leopard, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Can a Windows geek learn to love Snow Leopard?

David Alison's BlogEd, have you seen David Alison's blog? He was a long time Windows developer that switched to Mac. His blog has a wealth of information about the trials and tribulations of switching. If you've not already, I suggest you have a look.http://www.davidalison.com/NoWhile I can't comment on Snow...

Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., WMA, Apple Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

The Snow Leopard appreciation society

...but there are also the things that it broke...Like being able to log in after joining the computer to an Active Directory domain. If it's a clean install, no domain user can log on because Snow Leopard will not create the mobile account. This was not an issue...

Tags: Desktops, Snow Leopard, WindowShade, appreciation society

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

4 reasons NOT to upgrade to Snow Leopard today

AV software is not compatible.For companies and universities that use NAC, there are little to no AV products that are compatible. Prior to SnowLeopard, there were McAfee and Symantec/Norton. Right now about nothing works, screwing the NAC policies for folks.Oh wait, Mac's dont get viruses. LOL ...

Tags: Scanners, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, AV Software, Disk Utility, operating system, Robin, Snow Leopard, hardware, scanner, Time Machine, Apple Macintosh, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1 (Mac)

Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. To create Snow Leopard, Apple engineers refined 90 percent of the more than 1,000 projects that make up Mac OS X. Users...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Refinement, Snow Leopard, Grand Central Dispatch, 64-Bit, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Networking

Software downloads 2009-09-10

Today Only! HP to provide real-time support to Snow Leopard upgraders

I gotta say...I gotta say that my HP all-in-one works great with Snow Leopard.The HP software wouldn't work after the upgrade... and before it would only work on a USB connection, not over the network.With Snow Leopard, I went to HPs website to download new software, and all they had...

Tags: Printers, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Snow Leopard, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Six days in and first Snow Leopard update seeded to devs

LIAR!!!!Macs don't have issues/bugs/flaws/etc! This update is a performance/feature update! /sarcasmBad ApplesWith a limited number of hardware and software permutations, it is dissapointing how poorly Apples quality control performs. Did they just find out these bugs except for the Flash fiasco that is unlikely given that they already have fixes...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Kudo, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Snow Leopard Compatibility: Some sound I/O utilities broken

Snow Leopard: we'll kill you with a thousand papercutsWhy you guys put up with all of this is simply beyond me. Must be the Stockholm Syndrome.because it's a computer.sometimes upgrading the OS on any system breaks stuff. then it gets fixed and we all move on.The only way...We're coping with...

Tags: Snow Leopard, I/O, Finale

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Snow Leopard install fails? Find a flashlight!

How would I react if this affected Windows?Come on all you Mac guys who can be found posting endless jabs on every Windows related story. Ask yourself how you would post if you needed a flashlight to install Windows and post that here!RE: Snow Leopard install fails? Find a flashlight!I...

Tags: Operating systems, Snow Leopard, flashlight, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Vulnerable Adobe Flash shipped with Snow Leopard

That's all fine and goodbut Apple OSX is based on tried and tested UNIX and is immune to such vulnerabilities. Magic dust is able to discover exploits before they get a chance to spring into action.Unix was designed with security in mind and every object is securable with extremely high...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

CIOs hit the snooze button on Snow Leopard

Wow, how wrong can you be?Quote from the first paragraph of the article...[i]The [b]assumption[/b] was that this one feature could have the same kind of impact in opening the Mac market to corporate users as Exchange integration had on bringing the iPhone to business professionals.[/i]Seems that TechRepublic is way out...

Tags: Marketing research, Snow Leopard, snooze button

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player

LOL!!! Snow Leopard makes you LESS secure?!?![i]Even worse, Intego reports that the vulnerable version of Flash is included even if the Mac user was fully patched before upgrading the operating system.[/i]Wow! Apple, you blew this one BIG TIME!Cue the apologists...This is unpossible!!! Stop Lying!! Snow Leopard is Teh Secure!Of course...

Tags: Web site development, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., Macromedia Flash Player

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Snow Leopard launch seems to have been a smooth one

PICNICAfter many years supporting various systems, I am positive that theroot of the majority of issues can be described with the acronym PICNIC...Been running Snow Leopard since last Friday with absolutely no problems - even my HP PhotoSmart printer works really well!Then maybe we should...Then maybe we should ship your...

Tags: Web browsers, Printers, E-mail, E-mail servers, Snow Leopard, CS2, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.5.2

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Snow Leopard: FileMaker Product Compatibility

That's reassuringAlways good to know that your enterprise database is "mostly" compatible with your new OS.

Tags: Operating systems, Filemaker Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-01