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Safari 3.1: Uninstalling And Going Back To 3.0.4
Five Reasons to Ditch the Mac and Return to PCs?
CIO's idiotic FUD: 'Ditch the Mac and return to PCs'
The Demise Of The Optical Drive?
Toshiba Unveils Innovative Sleep-and-Charge USB Ports



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Safari 3.1: Uninstalling And Going Back To 3.0.4

MacFixIt says:

Uninstalling and going back to 3.0.4 Safari 3.1 is causing such serious issues for some users that many are choosing to revert to Safari 3.0.4 rather than continue to use the current version. Take MacFixIt reader Debbie for instance:

"Since updating to Safari 3.1 I am experiencing unexpected quits, hanging, pages not loading and very slow response in most other applications, too."

Unfortunately, downgrading isn't an easy process. The Safari installer modifies a number of files other than the Safari application itself, including WebKit and more. As such, there are two viable options:

Follow our tutorial for reinstalling the system, then upgrade to either Mac OS X 10.5.2 or Mac OS X 10.4.11 and apply all recommended updates, but refrain from installing Safari 3.1.

[Editor's note: I've had no problems wit Safari 3.1, but it sounds like there's an issue for some folks. CM]

For the fill tutorial, visit:
http://www.macfixit.com/






Five Reasons to Ditch the Mac and Return to PCs?

CIO's Robert Lemos reports:

Timothy Keanini, chief technology officer of nCircle, loves Macs—just not in his company ( a maker of network security and compliance management tools).

Keanini has been both a Mac user and a Mac developer during the past five years. Starting in 2001, he brought Macs into his 100-person company (starting with an Apple G4 notebook for himself) because he believed the user-friendly interface and ability to work in a Unix-like environment would help productivity among the engineering team.

So Keanini, who handled IT decisions until the company grew large enough to bring in a director of IT in 2005, encouraged and officially supported nCircle's approximately 40 engineers using MacBooks.

"The rest of our company was Windows, but engineering was mainly Macs because of me," he says.

But ultimately, instead of productivity gains, dealing with compatibility issues between the Macs used by the engineers and the PCs running Windows used by the line-of-business people in the office slowed down work and resulted in communications issues, he says.

So while Apple's sales continue to grow, Keanini decided to buck the trend, and gave up on his most recent Apple machine, an Intel dual-core based MacBook Pro.

For the full report, visit:
http://www.cio.com/article/326169






CIO's idiotic FUD: 'Ditch the Mac and return to PCs'

MacDailyNews says:

"Timothy Keanini, chief technology officer at nCircle, loves Macs, just not in his company, a maker of network security and compliance management tools," Robert Lemos reports for CIO.

"Keanini, who handled IT decisions until the company grew large enough to bring in a director of IT in 2005, encouraged and officially supported nCircle's approximately 40 engineers using MacBooks," Lemos reports. "'The rest of our company was Windows, but engineering was mainly Macs because of me,' he said."

"But ultimately, instead of productivity gains, dealing with compatibility issues between the Macs used by the engineers and the PCs running Windows used by the line-of-business people in the office slowed down work and resulted in communications issues, he said," Lemos reports.

Lemos reports, "So while Apple's sales continue to grow, Keanini decided to buck the trend, and gave up on his most recent Apple machine, an Intel dual-core based MacBook Pro. 'Between four and six months ago, I switched back to Windows,' he said."

Lemos describes five reasons why this so-called "Mac fan" switched to Windows.....

MacDailyNews Take: This article reeks of Microsoft talking points — note the repeated use of the word "religion" meant to denigrate the choice of Mac as some sort of blind, factually-bereft flight of fancy — and reads like a PR plant.

You can check it out at:
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/16864/







The Demise Of The Optical Drive?

MacObserver's Ted Landau says:

Last week, I read Dan Frake's intriguing column describing his re-evaluation of the MacBook Air. Essentially, after extended time using an Air while on vacation, Dan found that he did not miss the Air's lack of traditional features nearly as much as he had anticipated.

This reminded me of a question I have been thinking about ever since the MacBook Air was released: What is the future of the optical drive?

The Air's "missing" optical drive has often been subject to the same sort of criticism leveled against the original iMac's lack of a floppy disk drive. The iMac did have a built-in optical drive, but it was not a CD-writer, so there was no way to save data to a CD. The lack of a floppy disk drive was thus not a trivial matter. Yet, over the next few years, not only did the iMac survive sans a floppy drive, it thrived. At the same time, the floppy disk drive was dropped from all computers from all vendors, relegating it to the dustbin of computer history.

Could the same thing happen to the optical drive? Not right away. But I believe it will happen, and sooner than you might think.

For the full commentary, click here.






Toshiba Unveils Innovative Sleep-and-Charge USB Ports

[Press Release]

Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced that its newly designed Satellite laptops are equipped with innovative Sleep-and-Charge USB ports, which make it possible to charge and power electronic devices no matter if the laptop is powered-on, off or in sleep mode.

"Toshiba has long been a leader of innovation, and prides itself on creating solutions that make the digital lifestyle even better," said Jeff Barney, vice president of marketing, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. "With the development of the Sleep-and-Charge USB ports, Toshiba has developed an innovative technology that helps ensure that our digital products are ready for use at the moment we need them."

A common shortcoming among today's laptops is that USB ports are only powered while the computer is on or in use. Once the laptop is turned off or placed in sleep mode the powered ports become dormant, leaving devices such as MP3 players, mobile phones, digital cameras or PDAs without a full battery charge. Toshiba's innovative Sleep-and-Charge technology eliminates this problem by allowing users to charge and power their devices simultaneously via USB in a variety of power settings. While off or in sleep mode, as long as the laptop is plugged into an outlet, users are able to charge their devices at any time.

Toshiba's four redesigned Satellite model series, the Satellite U400, Satellite M300, Satellite A300 and Satellite P300 are each standard equipped with Toshiba's Sleep-and-Charge USB ports. Each Satellite model series will be available from a variety of major consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide, or directly from Toshiba at:
http://www.toshibadirect.com

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