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Thursday, November 30th 2006
300,000 MacBooks in November
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple could end up shipping 300,000 MacBooks in November. Recent months had featured lower numbers due to the switchover to Core 2 Duo processors, but with the increased shipments, Apple is back on pace to ship over one million notebooks this quarter.
MacBook Wins Laptop Shootout
The CIO of Harvard Medical School and CareGroup, John Halamka, participated in an interesting review shootout, testing a MacBook running OS X, a ThinkPad X41 running two flavors of Linux, and a Dell D420 with Windows XP. Each machine received one month of use in a variety of situations for comparison. We won't spoil the rather comprehensive article, except to say the MacBook wins. We'll let the rest of it be a surprise.
Wednesday, November 29th 2006
MacBook Pro Nominated for Gadget of the Year
TIME is holding online voting for its annual gadget of the year competition. Among the nominated gadgets is Apple's own MacBook Pro, as well as the Nike + iPod Sport Kit, which might divide voters with an Apple slant. The Palm Treo, Nintendo DS, and Garmin StreetPilot are some of the other nominees. As of this writing, the MacBook Pro is leading the voting with 44 percent, while the Nintendo DS is in second place with 37 percent, but voting is still open, so cast your vote!
Apple Releases Security Update
Apple has released a security update for users of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.8 in Intel, PPC, Client, and Server flavors. Here is a summary of the fixes from the update:
Security Update 2006-007 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:AirPort
ATS
CFNetwork
Finder
Font Book
Font Importer
Installer
OpenSSL
PHP
PPP
Samba
Security Framework
VPN
WebKit
gnuzip
perl
To download the update, simply use Software Update. For more information on the fixes, Apple has a detailed article.
Tuesday, November 28th 2006
Tom Bihn's Brain Cell Reviewed
Check out what has PBZone's designated reviewer so excited in his review of the Tom Bihn Brain Cell, half-bag, half-sleeve, all awesome.
An Apple Tablet: Demand and Will?
The ever-cromulent Jason D. O'Grady has a new column up at ZDNet on the potential for a new tablet Mac from Apple. Companies in Taiwan are rumored to be jockeying for the contract from Apple to mass-produce their tablet prototype. If nothing else this Spymac writer would buy one. He's looking for something to make right what most PC tablet makers have gotten wrong, or at least a 10-inch portable with Mac mini-like specs.
Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros Receive High Marks
Computerworld has a fairly in-depth review of the recently-released Core 2 Duo 17-inch MacBook Pro. While not drastically improved, the reviewer notes better performance without sacrificing battery life, as well as a future-proof (well, as future-proof as these things can be) machine with its power and networking features.
For a less-technical review, SF Gate has this review which suggests a new name for the MacBook Pro: Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Super Orgasm Deluxe Ultrahard Modern Computing Device Designed by God Herself Somewhere in the Deep Moist Vulva of Cupertino Yes Yes Don't Stop Oh My God Yes.
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