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How To Run Windows 7 Under Mac OS X 10.6 For Free
Apple's New 27-inch iMac: The Mac to Have
Gizmodo Goes Hands On With The New Apple iMac
Apple's New iMac, MacBook Evolutonary - Not Revolutionary - Mossberg
Engadget's Unibody MacBook (late 2009) review
Appleinsider Checks Out Apple's Redesigned 13-inch Unibody MacBook
Are Mac Users A Bunch Of Snobs?
The Apple Momentum
JibJab: Get New Political Video On Your Mac. Free.
The Contenders: Microsoft Windows 7 vs. Apple Snow Leopard
Apple: 'Windows 7 Is Antiquated Technology'
The Tech Night Owl: Is the Mac Pro on Life Support?
How To Run Windows 7 Under Mac OS X 10.6 For Free
Blogger Anil Dash says:
Pardon the uncharacteristically nerdy post, but I thought I'd write up a handy way I'd found to run Windows 7 in a seamlessly-integrated virtual machine under Mac OS X 10.6. I started with these basic components:
A MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard)
A license for a full install of Windows 7 Ultimate
VirtualBox 3.08 for Mac OS X
For the full tutorial, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/yfs4n89
Apple's New 27-inch iMac: The Mac to Have
Computerworld's Seth Weintraub says that Apple's lineup has been lacking a flagship Macintosh lately, but not anymore.
Weintraub notes that the Mac Pros have always been the fastest, but have a very limited appeal, but the new 27-inch iMac now is the "Mac to have", and that even with money not being an object, up to last Tuesday his dream machine would have been a Mac Pro with a 30-inch Cinema Display (or two), but that's no longer the case. The 27-inch iMac has all of the horsepower he anticipates needing for the foreseeable future, and the high-end Quad Core i7 Intel configuration with 16GB of RAM and ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor on that gorgeous 27-inch screen is as solid a computer as he can imagine. It also has most of the pixel screen area of a 30-inch display (2560x1440 for iMac vs. 2560x1600 for 30-inch SXGA) yet is smaller than a 30-inch display, and the base model 27-inch iMac amazingly sells for $100 less than an Apple 30-inch cinema display.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/174147/apple_27_inch_imac.html?tk=rss_news
Gizmodo Goes Hands On With The New Apple iMac
Gizmodo says:
The new iMac, built with the unibody technique, comes in two sizes, with 21.5- and 27-inch screens. It's got the same edge-to-edge glass of the MacBook Pro and will have Core 2 Duo and new Core i5/i7 quad-core options.
The case is no longer plastic on the back it's the same metal frame as used on the front, meaning it's unibody.....
The other thing is, on top of Core 2 Duo configs with 3.06GHz processors (and 3.33GHz for special orders) in November Apple will ship quad-core Core i5/i7 chips at 2.66 and 2.80GHz respectively....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/174147/apple_27_inch_imac.html?tk=rss_news
Apple's New iMac, MacBook Evolutonary - Not Revolutionary - Mossberg
WSD's Walter S. Mossberg takes a look at Apple's new Mac offerings, noting that while both sport important improvements, they are evolutionary, not revolutionary, and neither follows the industry trend toward bargain-basement prices.
After testing these new computers for a few days, Mossberg says he can recommend both, noting that they round out a full line of refreshed Macs, but will face stiff new competition from a horde of PCs running the new and better version of Windows.
For the full report visit here:
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20091021/apples-new-imac-macbook-grow-better-brighter/
Engadget's Unibody MacBook (late 2009) review
Engadget's Nilay Patel says:
We'll just come out and say it: we're totally underwhelmed by the new plastic MacBook. Hell, we were underwhelmed by the old plastic MacBook back in June, when we reviewed the refreshed unibody MacBook Pros - we said we were "honestly left wondering" why the $999 plastic model continued to exist when the $1,199 13-inch Pro was obviously superior. So when we heard the first whispers that Apple was working on a total overhaul of its low-end MacBook, we naturally assumed that it would either gain in features or drop in price - but neither one of those things happened. The new plastic MacBook remains priced at $999 in its only configuration, and while it's been updated with the same unibody construction as the Pros, it's also lost some features along the way. So... what's going on here? Did Apple just blow a huge opportunity to totally re-think its low-end formula, or is there more to the MacBook than the spec sheets and price tags say? Read on to find out.
For the full review visit here:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/unibody-macbook-late-2009-review/
Appleinsider Checks Out Apple's Redesigned 13-inch Unibody MacBook
Appleinsider's Prince McLean says:
Apple's revamped new MacBook takes everything the company learned from last year's aluminum unibody MacBook Pro redesign and applies it to make a solid, curvy, entry level notebook that carries the same $999 price tag.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/ygun6jp
Are Mac Users A Bunch Of Snobs?
thriftmac.com says:
A couple of years ago I wrote an article titled, FileZilla is one scary monster. Even after all this time, it still gets comments most recently from Ernie, who declared himself fed up with the attitude of Mac users:
"The stuck up, holier than thou attitude so many of you Mac users have leaves a nasty feeling in the pit of my stomach."....
So I've been wondering if Mac users truly are superficial and judge apps not by what they actually do, but how they look. It's tough to find hard evidence for this one way or the other, but I decided to take a stab at it.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.thriftmac.com/are-mac-users-a-bunch-of-snobs
The Apple Momentum
Forbes' Darcy Travlos says:
Apple defied Wall Street analysts again and delivered yet another stellar quarter, despite a terrible economic backdrop and component shortages..... Apple sold more Macs and iPhones than in any other quarter. So, one wonders, is there any more upside to Apple's momentous run? Yes.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/ygybw4n
JibJab: Get New Political Video On Your Mac. Free.
Mac360's Alexis Kayhill says:
I'm not sure where I read about this little killer tip, but it s been very helpful. Safari has a Window called Activity. Click Window , then click Activity.
That opens a resizeable window which you can move around on the screen. Inside the window is a list of all the files that are opened for each web page window open in Safari. Double-click on a .gif or .jpg image to see what happens.
The double-click should open a new window with the image inside.
Now, hold down the Mac's option key and double-click. The same file (image or whatever) is downloaded to your Mac's desktop. Ahhhhh. Now some possibilities open up.
To read more, click here.
http://tinyurl.com/yz658b7
The Contenders: Microsoft Windows 7 vs. Apple Snow Leopard
CNET reports:
It's not often that the two most popular operating systems get major updates so close to each other, so we couldn't resist throwing them into a cage match together. Already we can hear some of you screaming that Snow Leopard isn't a major update - we know this one's personal! But is Windows 7 nothing more than "Vista done right"?
Microsoft's severe stumble with Vista aside, Windows 7 clearly positions the operating system for the future, with a new look that integrates heavily with the new features. Snow Leopard, too, is geared toward the future, saving you space on your hard drive and including some useful new tricks that Microsoft still lacks.
The judges for this Prizefight hardly shy away from telling you what they think about software, webware, and the operating systems you need to get to all those goodies. Now, everybody's got their opinion on the great Apple versus Microsoft debate, but for a few minutes, suspend your disbelief as they explain which operating system is better and why.
You can check it out (with video) at:
http://reviews.cnet.com/2722-19589_7-314.html
Apple: 'Windows 7 Is Antiquated Technology'
The Telegraph's Claudine Beaumont reports that Apple is sayig Windows 7 is based on antiquated technology, while Microsoft says the operating system is easier to use and better than ever
Beaumont quotes Brian Croll, vice president of Apple's Mac OS X worldwide product marketing, commenting that "Windows users are really tired of all the headaches that they've been getting over the years, starting all the way back from Windows Me to NT to Vista and now Windows 7. As a result, I think people are looking for something different, and the Mac offers real ease of use, stability and security."
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/yhhrpu3
The Tech Night Owl: Is the Mac Pro on Life Support?
It had to happen. When Apple decided to add quad-core processors to some versions of the new iMac, and increase the number of RAM slots, they cannibalized a lot of potential Mac Pro sales. Indeed, the vast majority of people who buy the remaining Macintosh tower computer can probably do quite nicely, thank you, with the iMac.
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