HardwareComputerWorld: Review of the 12-in. PowerBookfiled under Hardware
Mingis notes that the latest PowerBook runs fairly cool, is quiet, and runs Tiger with satisfactory speed. Although battery life is quoted as "up to five hours", under normal circumstances around 3.5 hours seems more realistic. The one drawback noted, compared to its larger 15-in. and 17-in. cousins, is a lower quality display, with the 1024x768-pixel 12-in. screen being noticably dimmer than in the larger models. ComputerWorld: Review of the 12-in. PowerBook [ComputerWorld]miniStack FireWire / USB2 Storage for the Mac minifiled under Hardware
US$299 Widescreen 17"LCD from Westinghousefiled under Hardware
Intel Mac Developer Machines Arrivefiled under Hardware AppleInsider and ThinkSecret report on recently arrived Intel Mac developer boxes. ADP2.1 (Apple Developer Platform) are 3.6Ghz P4's with 2Mb L2 cache, 800MHz front-side bus, and 4 DIMM slots (2x 512Mb 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM installed). OS-wise, WinXP installs normally on the ADP2.1, while the shipped Mac OS X disk fails to install on other PCs. Intel Mac Developer Machines Arrive [AppleInsider]Dual RAID Firewire Drives from OWCfiled under Hardware
Jack Kilby, IC Inventor, Diesfiled under Hardware
During a stoppage at the Texas Instruments plant in 1958, Mr. Kilby did not have the seniority to take some vacation time. Left behind in the office, instead of playing office chair hockey or foosball, on September 12th 1958 he demonstrated the first successful integrated circuit. So how's your Nobel-prize winning work coming along? Jack Kilby, IC Inventor, Dies [eWeek]Just One More 'Switch to Intel' Storyfiled under Hardware John Markoff's (New York Times) analysis of the PowerPC to Intel switch. Just One More 'Switch to Intel' Story [MacNewsWorld]Apple rejects suicidal 'Mac OS X on a Dell' optionfiled under Hardware While Dell, unsurprisingly, would love to add 5% to its volume by stamping out mid-quality grey boxes that run Mac OS X, Apple has decided not to participate in its own pointless death. Non-emulated Windows on a Mac? Sure, why not. Mac OS X on an off the shelf Dell box? Unlikely, for the moment. However, the Macworld article makes the point that Apple may be sued to force its software to run on generic Intel boxes. I'm sure we all recall the suit against Data General, splitting its Nova software from proprietary hardware? No? The Soul of a New Machine... what do you mean, you weren't born then, damn you? Apple rejects suicidal 'Mac OS X on a Dell' option [Macworld]Yet Another 'Switch to Intel' Storyfiled under Hardware Rob Pegoraro at the Washington Post brings the mundanes up to speed on the PowerPC to Intel move. Nothing new here, about two weeks late, but 10/10 for good grammar. Yet Another 'Switch to Intel' Story [Washington Post]Did Trusted Networking Force Switch?filed under Hardware Larry Loeb at eWeek opins that Apple's recent news of a switch from PowerPC to Intel chips is due, at least in part, to upcoming TNC (Trusted Network Connect) specifications. Did Trusted Networking Force Switch? [eWeek]WWDC: Macs with Intel Inside | BooksMake Magazine vol.2
Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks
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2x 6-pin FireWire ports, 3x USB2 ports, and an optional 80Gb to 400Gb hard drive, styled to sit beneath and match your Mac mini. Prices start at US$100 for the port expander only, ranging from US$140 to US$390 for the hard drive versions.
The Westinghouse LCM-17w7 sports native resolution of 1280 x 768, 17" diagonal size, 15 x 9 widescreen aspect ratio, 600:1 contrast ratio, and the usual DVI and VGA inputs. Also has built-in 2W stereo speakers with 3.5mm audio-in jack. The product image seems to target Mac users, with an Aqua Blue style background image shown against the white monitor cabinet.
The OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro are aluminum-boxed dual RAID FireWire drives ranging in capacity from 160Gb (US$250) to 800Gb (US$750).
Jack Kilby, engineer and inventor of the integrated circuit, the electronic calculator, and the thermal printer, passed away on June 20th following a brief battle with cancer.
Targeted at those familiar with other versions of Unix, applies your knowledge to Mac OS X Tiger. Covers Spotlight and HFS+ Metadata, CUPS, X11, compiling and linking code, package management and creation, and Mac OS X Server.
