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  • It's been SOP for a long time for Apple's pro laptop line to have simlar specs to the consumer desktop line. The first gen of PPC (601) never made it into a laptop - the PowerBooks shared 68040s with the most of the Performa and LC lines. With the s…
    in Line between pro and consumer no more? Comment by towel January 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by JavaCowboy I imagine most of these apps WILL run on Rosetta, but I'm guessing the vast majority of them will not have binaries compiled on Intel. Some of them may have processor-independent instructions, and others no…
    in Mactels: Third Party Apps Comment by towel January 2006
  • Where's the MacBook (non-pro)? I think it's an awful name, and it abandons the enormous brand recognition of "Powerbook". OTOH, it might just presage the end of the "i" era. Like so... iBook -> MacBook Powerbook -> MacBook Pro iMac -> Ma…
    in What do you think of the name MacBook Pro? Comment by towel January 2006
  • From MacInTouch:Quote: Darren Dittrich followed up on the discovery that Sony was playing a dirty trick on its customers, secretly installing a malware-style "root kit" on their computers via audio CDs: I recently purchased Imogen Heap's new CD …
    in Sony's dodgy copy-protected CDs? Affect Macs? Comment by towel December 2005
  • It doesn't affect Macs. There are reports that the same company that produced the Windows rootkit for Sony also wrote a Mac version, and that this version is even included on the CD - but it is not installed on your Mac when you insert the CD. I thi…
    in Sony's dodgy copy-protected CDs? Affect Macs? Comment by towel December 2005
  • Wierd.
    in Words You Can Never Spell Correctly? Comment by towel December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Telomar I doubt you'll see them port all their iApps. This would be aimed at helping developers. Steve Balmer was right when he jumped up on stage and started chanting developers. That's what it's all about. Having…
    in Dharma Project: Return of Cocoa for Windows? Comment by towel December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Big Mac Rothenberg and Ciarelli's "Apple Keeps x86 Torch Lit With Marklar" Awesome find. Sad reminder of where we've been: the article laments that Apple's newest 1.25 GHz G4 PowerMacs (in late 2002) were a small …
    in Freescale CEO: Jobs wanted to move to Intel 5 years ago Comment by towel December 2005
  • Interesting thing about all this is that whatever process was going on between IBM and Jobs, and whatever the motivation of the parties, in the final analysis it was IBM that played Jobs like a fiddle. In retrospect, it seems like IBM was interested…
    in Freescale CEO: Jobs wanted to move to Intel 5 years ago Comment by towel December 2005
  • He confirms that Freescale is no longer interested in the laptop/desktop arena:Quote: Mayer: Desktop is a very small piece of our business, and it's going away. Our only customer is Apple (for laptops), and they are switching to Intel sometime next…
    in PowerPC's second wind?? Comment by towel December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by ajmas I wouldn't be surprised if we had to wait four months for the x86 PowerMacs. Four months? I think there's a consensus that the PowerMac isn't likely to switch for a year or more. Like you said, the G5 is sti…
    in Analyst sees better iPod mix and early Intel Macs Comment by towel December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by melgross The only thing that bothers me, and it could be part of the deception, if indeed products will be coming out in January, that we are not seeing the normal drying up of supplies in the dealer channels being rep…
    in Analyst sees better iPod mix and early Intel Macs Comment by towel December 2005
  • Doesn't that ad straddle the line (pardon) of false advertising? They're comparing the free 30-second previews on iTMS to the full-length tracks on Napster that you need to pay at least $10/month to listen to. If you do not choose a monthly subscrip…
    in Napster available for OSX Comment by towel December 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by schmidm77 So Apple lowers their iPod sales estimates to around 8 and these guys increase it to 11.4? What do they know that nobody else does? Apple's revised estimate was for Nanos only. These guys expect 3 milli…
    in Analyst sees better iPod mix and early Intel Macs Comment by towel December 2005
  • You could do an AutoFilter for Contains "something". That would isolate and display all the ocurrances of that word in a given column. Not exactly what you wanted, but it might help. Not knowing what sort of data you're crunching, I wonder if yo…
    in Excel 2004 and Find All. Comment by towel December 2005
  • Jeez, don't scare the guy. Go here. The usual disclaimers, but it's really quite straightforward.
    in Extended desktop on ibook? Comment by towel November 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy Yes, it all depends on what they mean by "support Altivec". - Does it mean that the Rosetta interpreter/JIT compiler can translate Altivec machine code to SSE machine code? If so, how does it translate the Per…
    in Rosetta now with altivec support! Comment by towel November 2005
  • Is the light on the power adaptor turning color? The connections between wall cord, brick, and computer cord can be tempermental on my iBook. If any are on the fritz, the charge light (orange/green) won't come on at all. Fiddling with the various co…
    in iBook not charging the battery Comment by towel November 2005