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SquareTrade Research: Nearly 1 in 3 Laptops fail over 3 years - Apple Falls To 4th Place
Apple's Laptops Rate 'Better Than Average' In Reliability Study
Apple to Offer 25% Off Macs on Black Friday? - Rumor
Apple To Offer Big Black Friday Discounts?
Apple Giving Huge Discounts On Black Friday? No Way!
More Expensive Than Netbooks, Light And Thin PC Laptops Impress Mossberg
Apple Tablet Speculation: High-end Graphics, Several Models
Web 2.0 Expo: O'Reilly Warns Of Web War
Apple's Decade: Innovation Kings
iPhoto '09: Troubleshooting And Maintenance Tips
Installing OS X With A Broken Optical Drive
Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
LED to Dominate TFT LCD Backlights in 2011 With 56% Market Penetration
SquareTrade Research: Nearly 1 in 3 Laptops fail over 3 years - Apple Falls To 4th Place
An analysis of reported laptop failures from malfunctions and accidental damage.
SquareTrade analyzed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptop computers covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans and found that one-third of all laptops will fail within 3 years. SquareTrade also found that netbooks are 20% more unreliable than other laptops, and that Asus and Toshiba are the most reliable laptop brands, while Apple finished in 4th place between Sony and Dell.
For more information, and to download 8-page PDF of the report, visit:
http://www.squaretrade.com/pages/laptop-reliability-1109/
Apple's Laptops Rate 'Better Than Average' In Reliability Study
Putting a positive spin on what is not exactly happy news for Mac Laptop fans, 9To5Mac's Seth Weintraub says: "We know some of the fanboys aren't going to like Apple's laptops anywhere but at the top of a reliabilty test. Therefore, take this with a grain of salt. A recent study by SquareTrade research has shown that Apple's laptops just rate 'Above Average', although finishing behind ASUS, Toshiba, and Sony
Weintraub adds that :"MacBook/Pro/Air users can take solace in the fact that their laptops perennially rank the highest in Consumer Reports tests.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.9to5mac.com/squaretrade-laptop-2009-5463556
Apple to Offer 25% Off Macs on Black Friday? - Rumor
Tom's Hardware's Jane McEntegart says:
....Boy Genius Report is carrying what it purports to be Apple's Black Friday deals and they're actually pretty juicy.
If the flyer... is actually true, it will mean that for one day only, customers can get 30 percent off iPods (this doesn't apply to the iPod Shuffle or iPhone), up to 25 percent off Macs, and up to 15 percent off all accessories including Apple software and hardware.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Apple-Black-Friday-Deals-Mac,9093.html
Apple To Offer Big Black Friday Discounts?
PC World's Ian Paul reports:
Apple might be getting ready to offer some steep discounts on Black Friday that could save you hundreds of dollars on iPods, Macs, and Apple software. The only problem is that it's all rumor and conjecture at this point. The source of this supposed watershed sales event is a leaked flyer said to be from Apple that surfaced on Boy Genius Report late Monday.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/143889/2009/11/apple_blackfriday.html
Apple Giving Huge Discounts On Black Friday? No Way!
TUAW's Steven Sande says:
The boy geniuses over at Boy Genius Report are getting a lot of hits out of a story they ran late yesterday. Apparently, one of their contacts tipped them to a "shot of Apple's yearly Black Friday deals" that is "reported to be something Apple will email out shortly."....
Well, most of us here at TUAW are pretty sure this is a fake. A compelling fake, mind you, but an utter fabrication. Why?....
Find out at:
http://tinyurl.com/yjn4guf
More Expensive Than Netbooks, Light And Thin PC Laptops Impress Mossberg
WSJ's Walter S. Mossberg takes a look at some higher-end "ultrathin" or "thin and light" PC laptops that are lighter and thinner than many standard laptops, but have bigger screens and keyboards than most netbooks, and range in price from around $500 to $900.
Walt, who recently declared Windows 7 to be "almost as good" and OS X checks out the Toshiba Satellite T135, the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Pavilion dm3t and the Lenovo IdeaPad U350 - all with 13" displays, low power consumption Intel processors and Windows 7 Home Premium operating systems, weighing between 3.5 and 4.2 pounds, and all falling within the abovenoted price range -- the most expensive of which still undercutting the price of Apple's entry-level MacBook. by $160.
Mossberg finds the three thin and light PC boxes all have notable pros and cons, but rates them all as capable, easy-to-carry laptops.
For the full review visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/yend34q
Apple Tablet Speculation: High-end Graphics, Several Models
Appleinsider's Katie Marsal reports:
Amplifying the buzz for Apple's long-rumored tablet device, a new report suggests the hardware will include a high-end graphics card to produce a picture with "stunning resolution."
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/ygb8p4b
Web 2.0 Expo: O'Reilly Warns Of Web War
InformationWeek's Paul McDougall reports:
The Web, which began life as an open community where information and tools were freely shared across geographic, political, and social boundaries, is in danger of becoming segmented into a federation of closed camps led by a handful of increasingly powerful vendors, said Internet pundit Tim O'Reilly.
"We're heading back into an ugly time," said O'Reilly, during a keynote address Tuesday at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/yldsr6c
Apple's Decade: Innovation Kings
The Street has posted a second excerpt of an e-book on Apple by Jason Schwarz, an analyst at Lone Peak Asset Management in Westlake Village, Calif. Part 1 appeared Monday.
You can check it out at:
http://tinyurl.com/y9e3nz8
iPhoto '09: Troubleshooting And Maintenance Tips
MacFixIt's Joe Aimonetti says:
Users of iPhoto '09 will be happy to know that there are some basic troubleshooting methods and maintenance tips that can keep their favorite photo management tool up and running smoothly. On the Mac, there is no better tool to organize, edit, and share your snapshots than iPhoto and these tips help keep it that way.
You can check it out at:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10399860-263.html?tag=mncol;title
Installing OS X With A Broken Optical Drive
MacFixIt's Topher Kessler notes that sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. While broken drives can be easily fixed or replaced, it does take your computer out of commission for the time it takes the repairs to be done. Meanwhile, there are a few alternative approaches to reinstalling OS X that may work.
Find out more about possible workarounds here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10399193-263.html?tag=mncol;title
Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
Gizmodo says:
High-Def Flash video is a stretch on some hacktintosh netbooks, but Flash 10.1 brings it into the realm of possibility. I just installed it on my MSI Wind running Leopard, and damn: HD YouTube and Vimeo videos were almost watchable.
For the full report visit here:
http://gizmodo.com/5406670/flash-101-is-good-news-for-hackintosh-netbooks
LED to Dominate TFT LCD Backlights in 2011 With 56% Market Penetration
[Press Release]
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) will become the dominant large-area TFT LCD backlight unit light source by 2011 with a 56% share, according to the most recent DisplaySearch Quarterly LED CCFL Backlight Report ( http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/quarterly_led_ccfl_backlight_report.asp ). Traditional backlights using fluorescent tubes (CCFL and EEFL) for notebook PC, monitor, and TV displays will drop to 44% of the market in 2011. DisplaySearch forecasts that LED penetration will skyrocket to 78% in 2015.
With the transition to LEDs already taking place in the notebook PC segment, DisplaySearch forecasts LED penetration in large-area TFT LCD will reach 27.8% in 2009 (Figure 1). As a result of the LCD TV supply chain's efforts to promote LED backlit TVs, and the introduction of new LCD monitors with LED backlights, LED penetration in large-area TFT LCD is forecast to reach 44% in 2010. Traditional CCFL and EEFL backlights are forecast to fall from 72% in 2009 to 55% in 2011.
"LEDs have significant advantages over CCFL and EEFL backlights, such as power consumption, slim form factor, enhanced performance and market differentiation," noted Yoshio Tamura ( http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/analysts_ytamura.asp ), Senior Vice President of DisplaySearch and leader of the materials and cost research team. "While there are still some technical and cost premium concerns about LED backlights, this is the first time the LCD TV supply chain (including backlight, display and consumer products) has joined forces to aggressively promote the benefits of LED backlight products."
"We are seeing a tremendous LED backlight structure improvement, with cost reduction and supply chain revolution efforts, and this will only accelerate over the next five years. LED backlights will continue to drive momentum for continued growth in the TFT LCD industry. As LED backlights gain share in TFT LCD, pressure will be added on emerging display technologies such as PDP and OLED," Tamura concluded.
The DisplaySearch Quarterly LED CCFL Backlight Report ( http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/quarterly_led_ccfl_backlight_report.asp ) tracks TFT LCD manufacturers' shipments of LED backlights and includes forecasts by size, by resolution, by LED type, and by panel manufacturers through 2010. This unique report is the most comprehensive way to find out how LED backlight will contribute to growth across the industry, making it a key guide for panel buyers, LCD TV product planners and component makers. For information on the DisplaySearch Quarterly LED CCFL Backlight Report, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/yzxen7d
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