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Updated iMac line goes up to 3.06GHz of 24" goodness
Apple Punts 'Penryn' iMacs
Psystar Customer Offers Video Proof
Safari vs. .Gov
STEC Reportedly Wins MacBook Air Solid-State Drive Biz
Some MacBook Pros Exhibiting Vertical Striping On Displays
iTunes for Mac: How To Copy Purchases Between Computers
Mac Users: Smart Or Smug?
Why I bailed out on Windows and switched to Macintosh
Mini Cooper iPhone armrest mod
Canadian Geeks To Turn Off The Tech

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Updated iMac line goes up to 3.06GHz of 24" goodness

Ars Technica's Jeff Smykil says:

Apple threw us a curveball this Monday morning and revealed an updated iMac line with faster CPU and GPU options (props to GeekSugar for calling that one). Inclined customers can now purchase up to a 3.06GHz 24" model of the Apple all-in-one. They may also choose 2.4GHz and 2.66Ghz configurations of the 20" model, or 2.8GHz for the 24".

For the full report click here.






Apple Punts 'Penryn' iMacs

The Register's Tony Smith says:

Apple has updated its iMac line of consumer desktops, taking the machines' processor into the 45nm era with a set of 'Penryn' Core 2 Duo options. It upgraded the desktops' graphics too.

The standard three iMac configurations again include a pair of 20in, 1680 x 1050 models and a version with a 24in, 1920 x 1200 display. Moving up the line, the Core 2 Duos are clocked at 2.4GHz, 2.66GHz and 2.8GHz, respectively. All three CPUs sit on 1066MHz frontside buses and contain 6MB of L2 cache.

Curiously, Intel's price list doesn't currently include 1066MHz FSB Core 2 Duos that also contain 6MB of L2, so these are either 1333MHz desktop parts underclocked, or 1066MHz 'Montevina' laptop processors that Apple's got ahead of the upcoming Centrino 2 launch.

For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/28/apple_updates_imacs/






Psystar Customer Offers Video Proof

MacNN reports:

Last week, supposed Macintosh clone manufacturer Psystar offered questionable video proof of its operations, but a new video confirms that the company indeed does have a shipping product. Gizmodo reader Patrick "Whiskeyfrown" sent in a one-take video showing a Psystar CPU connected to a monitor, mouse and keyboard, tracing the video cable from the back of the box to the panel. With a press of the power button, the CPU displays a very PC-like POST screen, followed by the familiar grey Apple on a white background.

For the full report visit here:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/28/psystar.customer.video/






Safari vs. .Gov

MacNewsWorld's Chris Maxcer reports:

In the past, Safari users have run into problems accessing a lot of Web sites that just weren't built to be compatible with Apple's browser. That's frustrating enough when it's a business site, but when it's a government site that provides information and services to which the user has a real right of access, it's downright unfair. However, with Mac's growth and Safari's push to Windows, has the situation improved?

There's a scenario that most every Apple aficionado has run into: A Web site that, when visited via Apple's Safari Web browser, just doesn't work. If it's just a handy site, failure is irritating. When it's an important site, perhaps even a critical federally managed site, a Safari failure can incite real anger, especially when the error report indicates the site is "optimized" for Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Shouldn't government sites be open to all browsers?.....

For the full report visit here:
http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/62765.html






STEC Reportedly Wins MacBook Air Solid-State Drive Biz

Barrons' Eric Savitz says:

STEC has reportedly won a contract to replace Samsung as a supplier of solid-state drives for Apple's MacBook Air, according to B. Riley analyst Salomon Kamalodine.

Kamalodine writes in a research note that the finding is based on "discussions with industry sources."

For the full report click here.
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/04/28/stec-reportedly-wins-macbook-air-solid-state-drive-biz/?mod=BOLBlog?mod=yahoobarrons






Some MacBook Pros Exhibiting Vertical Striping On Displays

Ars Technica's David Chartier reports:

If you have one of the new MacBook Pros (early 2008) and noticed some vertical display striping and graphic glitches, evidence is mounting that you may not be crazy after all.

No, this isn't a hidden new "abstract art" feature in Safari

After picking up one of these machines with the 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT card, I began noticing these glitches myself.....

For the full report click here.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/04/28/some-macbook-pros-show-vertical-striping-display-issues





iTunes for Mac: How To Copy Purchases Between Computers

A new Apple Knowledge Base article says:

You can download a song once when you purchase it from the iTunes Store. If you want to listen to it on another computer, you can copy it from the computer you used to purchase the song, but you can't download it again. You are allowed to play each song on up to five authorized computers.1 If you want to listen to it on another computer, you can move or copy it from the computer you used to purchase the song. Use one of the options below....

You can check it out at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1373






Mac Users: Smart Or Smug?

InformationWeek's Dave Methvin says:

Last week, I heard an interesting Marketplace Radio segment about Mac users: "A new marketing study has found Mac owners tend to think they're more extraordinary than the average Joe. They're also more likely than PC users to whiten their teeth, drive hybrids, drink Starbucks coffee, and eat organic food."

Now clearly, studies like this don't mean to imply that all Mac users are as annoyingly smug as the one in the Mac-vs-PC commercial. Windows users aren't as emotionally insecure and clueless as the Mac commercials make them out to be, either. I don't whiten my teeth and prefer plain coffee to that over-roasted Starbucks, but I do drive a hybrid Prius and happen to like organic produce. So I guess by their measure I'm halfway to Mac ownership.

For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/04/mac_users_think.html






Why I bailed out on Windows and switched to Macintosh

Blogger David Alison says:

It's kind of funny how things work out. When I originally bought my MacBook three months ago I viewed it as a complimentary machine. Something that would be added to my menagerie of computers. I had been using Windows for so long and it's use was so deeply embedded into my workflow that I couldn't imagine another OS displacing it as my primary operating system. I just wanted something new and different.....

The last straw for me was the issue of viruses. I had run for years without virus protection on my PCs because I knew how to take care of my machine. Sure, I put things like Norton Anti-virus and PC Tools on my kid's and wife's machines but that was because they didn't know how to stay out of trouble. I did so I knew I was safe.....

The door was open and the Mac stepped in....

Now that I've converted to using Macs for everything I am really enjoying it....

Funny thing is, I run into people all the time that are Mac users and they have similar stories....

In three short months I've gone from curious about Macs to a newbie user to a switcher that promotes Macs to strangers....

For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.davidalison.com/2008/04/why-i-bailed-out-on-windows-and.html






Mini Cooper iPhone armrest mod

The Apple Core's Jason D. O'Grady says:

Todd Schneider sent me an update to the iPod integrations I covered a while back. He customized his Mini Cooper and installed an iPhone cradle in the armrest.

The mod gives him full Bluetooth hands free and steering wheel controls for the iPhone.

You can check it out at:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1595






Canadian Geeks To Turn Off The Tech

The Register's Lester Haines reports:

A group of Canadian self-confessed geeks is asking concerned citizens to turn off their tech on Saturday 3 May - dubbed "Shutdown Day" - in an attempt to "spread awareness about the pitfalls and dangers that lie in the extended and unnecessary use of, and exposure to television, computers and computing equipment".

The press release explains: "The lives of young children, teenagers, and adults are being dramatically altered by modern technology, which is turning them into social outcasts. The newer generation of people that are addicted to modern technology that substitutes for social interaction are failing to realize that there is indeed a natural physical world out there to be enjoyed."

For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/28/shutdown_day/

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