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Apple: No 3GHz G5 Or G5 PowerBook 'Any Time Soon'
New Power Mac G5 models include "System Migration" feature
A Love Letter to an iPod Mini
Apple Rebuked Over G5 Speed-lead Claim - Again
Apple Security Patch Problems Fixed With Terminal Hack
Apple Speeds Up Creative Process
USB 'Will Continue Its Reign"
The iBook's Dirty Little Secret
Linux Car MP3 Player Made From Lombard PowerBook
Paul Thurrott Gets A 12-inch PowerBook
ADHOC: The Advanced Developers Hands On Conference (Formerly MacHack) Papers Announced
eWeek: Spam Costs, Volumes Soar Despite New Laws
The Mac Hardware Report: How to Tell When a New Model is Coming Out
For Sale by Public Auction -- Juicy Laptop Secrets
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Apple: No 3GHz G5 Or G5 PowerBook 'Any Time Soon'
The Register's By Tony Smith reports:
"Apple CEO Steve Jobs' promise to announce a 3GHz Power Mac G5 within a year of the processor's launch will not be made, a senior company staffer has admitted....
"The blame lies more with IBM than Jobs or Apple. The chip maker has always been rather bullish about its shift to 90nm and the new technologies it has implemented to reduce leakage, that nasty phenomenon that causes a chip's transistors to waste energy when switching off. The smaller the transistor, the greater the potential for leakage....
"...we shouldn't expect a PowerBook G5 any time soon.... Apple may yet pull something out of its hat, possibly thanks to the same liquid cooling technology found in the new G5, but we are unlikely to see it 'any time soon.'"
For the full report, visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/09/apple_g5_promise/
For more commentary:
"Apple CEO Jobs misses '3Ghz G5 within a year' prediction by wide margin"
http://www.macdailynews.com/opinion_comments.php?id=P2854_0_2_0_C
New Power Mac G5 models include "System Migration" feature
MacFixIt reports:
"MacFixIt has learned that the just-announced updated Power Mac G5 models are the first to include Apple's new "System Migration" feature. Apple's website states:
"Apple simplicity lets you add a Power Mac G5 to your creative studio without days of downtime configuring a new system. The new Mac OS X setup assistant helps you effortlessly move user accounts, system preferences, documents and applications from an old Mac to a new Power Mac G5 -- and the transfer is FireWire fast."
You can check it out at:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20040609135313868
A Love Letter to an iPod Mini
PC Magazine 's Lance Ulanoff says:
"Late last year I wrote a column about the Macintosh and its near brush with virus trouble. I received hundreds of e-mails telling me I was nuts (and worse). Buried in that column, though, was a little aside about my admiration for Apple's industrial design prowess. No other technology company's products have elicited as many "oohs" from me—and countless others. I thought the first iMac was adorable, and the second generation with its LCD panel was spectacular.
"That said, I do not own a Mac, and with much of my work focusing on the Wintel and PC industry, there's little reason for me to do so. I have some envy though for those who do, especially when new Apple products come out. Most recently I found myself ogling the Apple iPod Mini. It's sexier than the original—smaller and sleeker and it comes in a number of cotton candy colors. I know many people who own the original iPod, and they'd rather die than give it up. So while this smaller device has far less storage space (4GB compared with 20- or 40GB), I thought it might be worth giving it a try....
"The beauty of this sultry product is only half the story. Apple has managed to craft a near flawless combination of hardware and software; the software half, of course, being iTunes 4.5"
For More:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20040609/tc_zd/129070
Apple Rebuked Over G5 Speed-lead Claim - Again
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
"Apple today had its wrist slapped for running a series of magazine adverts which falsely alleged that its Power Mac G5 was the "world's fastest computer".
"The UK's advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), received two complaints about Apple's ads, both challenging not only the Mac maker's speed claim but its insistence that the G5 was 'the first [computer] with a 64-bit processor' and that 'the systems built around the G5 can shatter the 4-gigabyte memory ceiling that limits every other PC on earth'."
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/09/apple_uk_ad_slapped/
Apple Security Patch Problems Fixed With Terminal Hack
Also from the Reg's Tony Smith:
"Register readers experiencing problems with Apple's Security Update 2004-06-07 can take heart that the update does work, and its apparent inability to cope with some exploits can be solved using a little Terminal trickery."
You can check it out at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/09/apple_security/
Apple Speeds Up Creative Process
The Motley Fool's Alyce Lomax says:
"Let's remember why the full name is Apple Computer. Though it's recently been known more for the raging popularity of its musical offerings, today Apple announced its launch of a faster Power Mac G5, which it says is for "the creative class."
"Recently, portables have been where it's at for Apple, when it comes to the average buyer. In the second quarter, portables represented 48% of Apple's sales....
"While Apple's computer sales have lagged the rest of the computer market, it's picked a good time to upgrade. An improving job market may be the extra nudge that convinces some computer users to buy a new system with processing muscle...
"The question remains whether the Power Mac G5 might still struggle, faster or not, considering the strong interest in laptops right now."
For the full report, visit here:
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04060921.htm
USB 'Will Continue Its Reign"
PC Pro's Simon Aughton reports:
"A technology market research company has published the results of its investigation into the future of USB and concluded that the new, faster version - USB 2.0 - 'is poised to successfully succeed the first generation USB standard'....
"Companies that have invested heavily in IEEE 1394 (known by Apple as FireWire and by Sony as i-Link) may be concerned that USB 2 encroaches on its territory, as it offers much the same transfer speeds. However IEEE 1394 has become the de facto standard for DV cameras and professional digital still cameras and has a number of other advantages over USB...."
For the full report, visit here:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=21153
The iBook's Dirty Little Secret
Eric Schwarz says
"When I went off to school, I decided that it was time I got a new Mac.... This was a little more than 2 years ago. My two choices were the iBook and Titanium PowerBook. I decided to go with the iBook, due to the the PowerBook's fragility and higher price.....
"After about 6 months, my iBook started acting up. Files would disappear off of the hard drive, and then minutes later, the machine would freeze. Rebooting was impossible, as the hard drive appeared corrupt..... Shipping it off to Apple resulted in a new motherboard and hard drive.
"Two months later the same thing happened. The motherboard was again replaced and this time my iBook behaved.....
"On 19 April, my iBook started behaving strangely when I closed the lid to put it to sleep... When the lid was positioned at a certain angle, the backlight would shut off (anywhere in the 110-80 degree range), but the picture would remain on the screen. Later that day, the backlight stopped working completely.
" Since my machine was out of warranty, Apple wanted to replace the entire screen and everything associated, adding up to quite a bit of money....
"After putting the iBook on the back burner for awhile,... I stumbled upon an Apple Discussion Board thread about this problem, and many were able to get the specific part for a mere $20 from Small Dog Electronics. I figured that I would give it a try and that in the worst-case, I'd be out $20. Apple Part #922-5017 was sent to me and I received it yesterday..
"...sure enough, the inverter cable/reed switch component had 3 wire broken.... I now have a perfectly working iBook again...."
You can check it out at:
http://www.schwarztech.us/reviews/schwarzibookcable.shtml
Linux Car MP3 Player Made From Lombard PowerBook
geekculture.com reports:
"Just today I finally ironed out all of the bugs (I hope) in the software, and also in the hardware. I'm just waiting for my remote control to come from Newegg.
"Here's how it works:
PowerbookG3 Lombard: Boots Debian-linux woody with my own custom kernel (powered off of cig adapter). LCDProc drives the screen (usb). I built a sheet metal + electrical tape case for the screen, and also put on a little power button. Once it boots, it auto-logs in and starts a set of perl scripts called CAJUN (Car Audio JUkebox Network or something like that). For now it uses keyboard input to control it, and it works quite nicely creating playlists and moving through them, etc....."
You can check it out here.
Paul Thurrott Gets A 12-inch PowerBook
Paul Thurrott says:
"So I finally purchased the PowerBook last night, at the Apple Store in Chestnut Hill. Overall, it was a middling affair: The Chestnut Hill store is kind of crummy, and the people there were alternatively irritating (trying to get me to purchase every add-on on the planet) and idiotic (warning me not to touch the PowerBook's box or open it at one point). Guys, I'm spending $2000 here. Maybe you could treat me slightly better than crap. Also, they didn't have the extra battery in stock (despite promising me that they did when I had called before going to the store); I'll just grab one the next time I'm out and near a CompUSA or Apple Store. Overall, the store experience was lousy....
As for the PowerBook itself.... so far so good.... it's interesting (for me, anyway) to compare the size of this thing to my previous Mac portable, an aging 500 MHz iBook...
"Overall, I'm happy with the purchase, though I'll want to do some performance comparisons to see where this machine falls within the range of portables I've got here for review currently... I'm hoping its also a bit snappier than the 1 GHz iMac it's replacing."
For the full report, visit here:
http://www.internet-nexus.com/2004_06_06_archive.htm#108678696077584912
ADHOC: The Advanced Developers Hands On Conference (Formerly MacHack) Papers Announced
The organizers of the Advanced Developers Hands-On Conference have announced the papers that will be reviewed and judged by the attendees. These accepted papers show a diverse variety of backgrounds and talents that attendees will be talking about during the three day event. We'll have sessions covering everything from our traditional topics (anything involving the latest and greatest technology from Apple Computer) to the latest industry tips & tricks (Microsoft Windows & Linux sessions) to the absolute cutting edge (e.g. working with open source software).
The URL to GET REGISTERED NOW (to get in with the registration discounts) is at:
http://www.adhocconference.com
• "Weaving the Leopard's Pelt: Simulating Fibers on OS X" by Andrew Pontious. Andrew describes bringing the thread-like mechanism on Windows NT over to the Macintosh operating system).
• "Using Modern C++ Techniques to Streamline Use of Carbon Events" by Scott Ribe.
• "So You Want (or Have) to to be a Project Manager" by Brian J. Geiger. Brian explains what it takes to be an effective Project Manager.
• "Administration of Open-Source, Macintosh Software" by Gordon Worley. An increasing number of software packages make use of open source software, and this paper explains how to administer these open-source projects.
• "Microcontroller Programming for the Rest of Us: A USB-based Programming Board for the BasicStamp II" by J. P. Djajadiningrat.
• "Cocoa Software Development: A Student's First Hand Perspective" by Kris Hansen.
Make plans today to join your best & brightest peers at this long-running, well known, reinvented developers conference.
For more information, visit:
http://www.adhocconference.com/
eWeek: Spam Costs, Volumes Soar Despite New Laws
"The cost of spam is escalating for enterprises as the amount of unsolicited e-mail being sent continues to reach new heights, two new reports revealed this week.
The cost of spam has more than doubled for enterprises in the past 10 months, costing an average of $1,934 per employee a year based on lost productivity, according to a survey released Monday by Nucleus Research Inc. The cost in July 2003 was $874 per employee a year."
Read more at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,,1608661,00.asp
The Mac Hardware Report: How to Tell When a New Model is Coming Out
Don't you feel just awful if the new Mac you buy is updated on the day you bring it home?
Here's the URL for today's commentary:
http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#out
For Sale by Public Auction -- Juicy Laptop Secrets
Technology - Reuters' Bernhard Warner reports:
"Laptops containing sensitive financial details and all manner of corporate secrets can be snapped up at auctions for a pittance, a security firm revealed Wednesday.
"Stockholm-based Pointsec Mobile Technologies said it bought 100 laptop computers from a host of Internet and public auctions over the past two months.
"The exercise intended to demonstrate that the scores of lost or stolen laptops that wind up at auction every day have hard drives with little or no security, giving identity thieves and fraudsters easy access to lucrative data.
"What it did not expect to find was a cache of corporate laptops too that were as easy to crack as grandma's PC."
For the full report, visit here.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20040609/tc_zd/129070
eWeek: Faster Bluetooth on Deck
"The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has developed a faster version of the wireless personal area networking technology.
The prototype specification, known as Bluetooth EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), was announced on Tuesday at the 2004 Wireless Connectivity Show in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is expected to be finalized later this year, and will appear in products sometime in 2005. Although the SIG did not divulge the actual data rate for the specification, Cambridge Silicon Radio said that it has developed a prototype chip based on the technology that will run at 2.1 M bps."
Read more at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,,1608668,00.asp
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