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Build Your Own Mac - Apple's Key to the Future?
Apple OS X: You say OS Ten, I say OS Eks
End Of Laptop Battery Shortage In Sight
Apple Blossoms With Growing Cash Balance
Tech Rivalry: Microsoft vs. Apple
Will Psystar Represent A Key Case Concerning Enforceability Of EULAs?
Fossil WallStreet PowerBook G3 Still Useful after 10 Years
Maxed Out WallStreet Runs Tiger Quite Nicely
Low End Mac's Compleat Guide to the WallStreet PowerBook G3
iPhone Shines Spotlight On Canada's Wireless Flaws
GodTube: YouTube For Christians
Build Your Own Mac - Apple's Key to the Future?
PCMech's Tyler Thompson says:
I saw someone over at DailyTech ask a question about building a Mac and watched him take machine gun-like shots over and over from PC and Mac fanboys for asking a stupid question. You know it's bad when you have both sides of the computer world bashing you. Of course you can't build your own Mac.Apple control over the market itself.
But, Why not?....
I have also been reading business reports showing that Apple is going to have to do some things to maintain its market after dominating the MP3 player arena. Analysts say Apple needs to do something to keep revenue coming in.
There is a simple solution that will earn Apple money, give DIY users - like many that read our website - full control over their systems, and still gives
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.pcmech.com/article/build-your-own-mac-apple-key-to-the-future/
Apple OS X: You say OS Ten, I say OS Eks
CRAVE's Rich Brown says:
I long ago resigned myself to the fact that I will never write about an Apple product without receiving at least one critical reader e-mail. That said, I was surprised at the consistency with which people were irritated by our video of Psystar's Open Computer, wherein I refer to its illicitly-installed Apple operating system as "OS Eks."
In the video of the un-boxing there was one glaring annoyance. OS X is pronounced OS TEN, not X. If you need proof of this, use a Mac system, turn on Text to Speech and type OS X. The system will tell you what it's name is. I know this has nothing to do with Psystar and its computer but if you are going to review a product at least know what you are talking about. - Eric Mason, via reader comments in the Psystar review.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9936378-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave
End Of Laptop Battery Shortage In Sight
Electronista reports:
The lithium-ion battery shortage caused by a fire at South Korea's LG Chem plant back in March should be over in the third quarter of the year, an executive at a notebook battery maker said on Friday. While the shortage is hurting sales of all notebooks....smaller, lower-volume companies are hurt most, as they get least priority when supplies do become available.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/05/li.ion.battery.shortage/
Apple Blossoms With Growing Cash Balance
Seattle P-I's Todd Bishop reports:
The biggest cash pile in the technology industry has historically belonged to Microsoft Corp., but now it has some company, and it's a familiar name: Apple Inc.
Microsoft has reduced its cash balance to $26.3 billion through large stock buybacks, dividends and acquisitions. The balance was more than $64 billion less than four years ago.
Meanwhile, Apple's balance has been growing - reaching $19.5 billion at last count - as a result of the cash generated by its Mac and iPod lines. Less than four years ago, its stockpile was $5.5 billion.
For the full report visit here:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/361743_software05.html
Tech Rivalry: Microsoft vs. Apple
Blogger Alexis Glick says:
This morning in our weekly installment of America's Greatest Business Rivals we took a look at the rivalry between Microsoft and Apple. How ironic given the news over the weekend that Microsoft withdrew it's $44 billion bid ($31 a share) for Yahoo! Microsoft and Apple have been fierce competitors for years and at times great partners. It's a fascinating rival and one that has had its fair share of blood. We took a look back at how the rivalry began, how it has evolved and where it is headed. Here is a brief synopsis on the history of the rivalry.
Arik Hesseldahl, tech writer for Businessweek, Mary Jo Foley, author of ZDNet's All About Microsoft Blog and author of the book Microsoft 2.0 and Leander Kahney, author of Inside Steve's Brain and The Cult of Mac, joined me to discuss the competition between the corporate focused Microsoft and consumer focused Apple and how they plan to play on each other's turfs.
You can check it out at:
http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/05/05/tech-rivalry-microsoft-vs-apple/
Will Psystar Represent A Key Case Concerning Enforceability Of EULAs?
TechDrit says:
A few weeks back, a company named Psystar made some news by offering to sell PCs with Mac OS X installed. This raised questions about how legit this offer was. After all, when Steve Jobs returned to Apple years back, he killed off all licensing deals that allowed any kind of Mac clones. However, the company has been showing off the clones it's created. Now, the questions are all about whether or not Psystar's actions are legal. The company (of course) says it is legal, and that it's buying a legal copy of the operating system and installing it on PC hardware. However, the end user license agreement (EULA) includes the following:
"This License allows you to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-labeled computer, or to enable others to do so."
That would seem to preclude what Psystar is doing....
For the full commentary visit here:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20080502/1834591016.shtml
Fossil WallStreet PowerBook G3 Still Useful after 10 Years
Low End Mac's Tamara Keel says:
This column is supposed to be about fossils. Digital fossils.
The machine on which I am typing is one such fossil by any objective definition. It feels weird to refer to it as such, however.
When it debuted, the PowerBook G3 "WallStreet" was anything but a fossil. It was a racehorse of a laptop: a big, serious machine with a big, serious screen and a big, serious keyboard. Mine is a 250 MHz model with a 14" display sporting as much viewable turf as the 17" CRT hooked up to my primary desktop at the time.
And the keyboard - oh, the keyboard! No modern Apple 'Book has a keyboard to match it. (Note: I finished writing the rough draft of this column and, reluctant to part with the keyboard, went on to write another 1,500 words for my book project....)
For the full commentary visit here:
http://lowendmac.com/ed/keel/08tk/wallstreet-powerbook-g3.html
Maxed Out WallStreet Runs Tiger Quite Nicely
Low End Mac's Brian Deuel says:
Some of the following may seem a bit far-fetched and it may sound like I'm stretching the truth,
but I swear that I've been nothing but lucky with building up this WallStreet, which originally started out as an experiment.
My PowerBook happens to be an almost maxed-out WallStreet (300 MHz G3, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB hard drive, CD-ROM drive, running OS 9.2.2 and OS X 10.4.11 via XPostFacto). I paid $10 (plus shipping) for it using Buy It Now on eBay. When it arrived, I was shocked at the condition! The screen was nice and bright, with very little yellowing and only one dead pixel, and the case had very little by way of scuffs and scratches. The CD drive worked, and the battery was decent, if not full capacity. The 2 GB hard drive had OS 9.2.2 on it, and there was 256 MB of memory on the processor card. The PRAM battery was (and remains) dead, though. But not bad for $34!
I put another $30 into it for the 300 MHz processor (it was originally a 233 MHz Series II), and the drive and memory were from an old Dell laptop that was given to me. On top of snagging the processor for $30, I got five parts machines and a Macally USB 1.1 card and dongle from the seller, who just happened to live local to me! Luck upon luck, he also supplied me with four batteries, of which two were almost at full capacity!
For the full commentary visit here:
http://lowendmac.com/myturn/0805my/deuel-wallstreet.html
Low End Mac's Compleat Guide to the WallStreet PowerBook G3
Low End Mac's Charles Moore reports:
Apple got a lot of mileage out of the "PowerBook G3" nomenclature - some might argue more than they should have attempted to.
The original PowerBook G3 was the PowerBook 3500 or "Kanga" back in late 1997/early 1998 - a sort of factory hot rod consisting of a 250 MHz PowerPC 750 G3 motherboard swapped into a PowerBook 3400 case along with the upgraded graphics support and a 5 GB hard drive. It was a good computer - not to mention the fastest laptop on the planet at the time - but something of an oddball hybrid, and it holds the dubious distinction of being the only G3 Macintosh never supported by Apple for Mac OS X.
However, the topic of this Compleat Guide is the G3 Series PowerBook, also known as "WallStreet", "MainStreet", and "PDQ", sold in two-and-a-half model lines between May 1998 and May 1999. The WallStreet's introduction 10 years ago yesterday (on May 4, 1998) at the Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) marked a watershed in the development of Apple laptops. It was was a completely clean slate design, a clear break with the original PowerBook design motif.
You can check it out at:
http://lowendmac.com/ed/moore/08cwm/compleat-wallstreet-guide.html
iPhone Shines Spotlight On Canada's Wireless Flaws
Writing in the Toronto Star, University of Ottawa Law Professor Michael Geist says:
In many ways, the iPhone saga merely confirmed what many Canadian consumers and businesses have known for some time.
Mobile data pricing in Canada is among the highest in the world, creating a significant barrier to the introduction of new mobile services and causing many consumers to carefully ration their mobile use for fear of being hit with a hefty bill at the end of the month....
Last week's announcement that the Apple iPhone will make its long-awaited Canadian debut later this year generated considerable excitement. While analysts focused on the bottom-line impact for Rogers Wireless, it may be that the most important impacts have already been felt in Canada.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/421352
Michael Geist's blogsite is at:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca
GodTube: YouTube For Christians
GodTube.com is a video-oreinted community of people who are looking to connect, share, and belong in a Christian context. In its simplest form, GodTube is a video-driven social network where users can explore their faith and the tenets of Christianity.
GodTube users ca find inspiration, ask questions, interact, chat, share, upload Christian videos, worship and more. Some of the content is fun, some of it is serious, and all of it is safe for the whole family. GodTube showcases religious content from many of the world's leading Christian ministries and socially responsible faith-based organizations, including Spanish language and other international Christian ministries.
Representing Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Evangelical, Messianic, Methodist and all of the traditional Christian denominations, GodTube is unique in its appeal and in its mission to "Broadcast Him".
GodTube provides live video broadcasts of our many partner pastors and ministries, as well as live chat, Christian movies, Christian music, Children's Christian videos, Christian hip hop, Christian rock music videos as well as Christian video sharing.
GodTube embraces all users who are interested in Christ, Christianity, and the meaning of unconditional love and faith. Members of other religions, agnostics and atheists are encouraged to join and participate and share their point of view, as long as it's done respectfully.
For more information, visit:
http://www.godtube.com/
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