Beginning next fall, George Fox University will supply every incoming traditional undergraduate student with a MacBook laptop.

The university has provided a computer to each undergraduate since 1991. After initially offering a Macintosh Classic computer to all incoming undergraduates, the university transitioned to all PCs in the late 1990s. For the last several years, it has offered both options and seen an increasing preference for the Mac. Last year, about 70 percent of freshmen chose Macintosh computers over PCs.

A month after switching from Windows to the Mac side of the force, I'm loving my new Apple MacBook.

My journey started as The Road to Ubuntu but soon became The Road from Windows as I widened my search to encompass both Mac and Linux. Sick of fighting with Windows, I was after something that "just works" and so far the MacBook and Mac OS X 10.5 - aka Leopard - haven't disappointed. I won't rehash my journey through Ubuntu and Leopard (it starts here ), but I must say people who say "Leopard is just *nix with lipstick" are kidding themselves. Stability and reliability comes from the perfect marriage of hardware and software designed for each other, which means a Mac.

Remember when we reported on Myspace doing a deal with Amazon in the music area and you were like SFW? Well, the two more elite brands in music (iTunes) and social networking (Facebook) have now paired off for a new joint venture. We know, SFW.

FWIW...According to Facebook, 100 artists have already set-up up profiles These types of economies of scales deals are usually pretty good for everyone's bottom line. Hopefully Apple can slang some more iTunes and Facebook can keep people from defecting......

If you are a musician or in a band, create your own free Page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

Now that the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros are here, it's clear that the higher end of the MacBook line is more closely resembling its larger cousin when it comes to internal hardware - and it has a lower price. Still, the MacBook Pro has its advantages in graphics processing and screen size. For a prosumer in need of a new Mac notebook, it can be a tough choice.

Ever since Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) first introduced the MacBook (MB) in May of 2006, the decision between the low end and the high end of Apple's laptop line became the most agonizing choice for Mac laptop buyers - with a couple of caveats, of course....

Many PowerBook G4 users are experiencing failures of the lower memory slot. I have found a workaround for the problem, though not quite a full solution (as it won't survive a reboot). Note that very little testing has been done on this fix, but I have used it on my PowerBook with 100% success.....

The Macintosh may be cutting edge technology, but that didn't stop Dave Veloz from giving his mini a fantastic Steampunk work over. The mod included a redesigned keyboard, display, computer, and power supply - all suitable for any proper Victorian household wanting the latest in mechanical marvels.

The following resources will help you to install and maintain 802.11b wireless PCMCIA Cards on older Apple PowerBook computers.

This covers PowerBooks which have PC Card slots, from the PowerBook 190 to the G3 and G4 Powerbooks.

Generally, you should be running OS 7.5.5 through OS 9.2.2 with Open Transport v1.1 or greater. A clean install of the OS is recommended (but not always necessary) before attempting to add wireless to any PowerBook.

While there is some limited information specific to USB/PCI/Ethernet Adaptors, OS X, and the Apple AirPort card in this document, it's purpose is to support users of the Classic OS with PC Cards.

This FAQ is now including limited information on how to add wireless to the following computers: Mac Mini, iMac (Bodni Blue 233mhz), iMac (Five Flavors 266 & 333mhz), Desktop/Tower PowerMac and PowerMac G3 not equiped with AirPort Slot. See Section 5.0.1 below for substitutes for a wireless card.

A recent offshoot of The Ancient Star-Song, the Christian music blog, is http://learntodigitizeyourrecords.blogspot.com/ , which is a forum for "tips and tricks" on getting your vinyl (or tape) into a digital format. Having done some of this (no where near what The Ancient Star-Song or Heavenly Grooves or the secular blogs have done,) I thought I would outline how I get this done on my old, low end Mac. Most this can be accomplished in pretty much the same way on a PC with a few modifications.

The Mac I'm using is a Titanium G4 Powerbook. This laptop has an line audio input (as opposed to a microphone input, which won't do for this job,) which makes digitising easy. That's one of the main reasons I bought the Powerbook to start with. The manufacturers' inclusion of a line audio input on a computer has traditionally been an on-again, off-again proposition, and now it's almost mandatory to use some kind of USB appliance for line audio input on most computers.

Sure, the MacBook Air is a niche product, but it seems to be a darned popular niche product. The folks who are most interested in the MacBook Air are the kind that obsessively track the availability of their latest gadget crush, and now Apple has made that much easier for those jonesing for a little MacBook Air action.

Apple's Multi-Touch technology from iPhone and iPod touch has trickled down into the MacBook Air and most recently into the MacBook Pro. The gesture-based trackpad technology allows you to pinch, swipe, or rotate to enlarge text, advance through photos, or adjust an image.

Ever wish that you could do even more than that though? Swipe to change tabs in Safari or iChat? Zoom-in to open email, zoom-out to close windows in every application or swipe down to bring up Quicksilver? Now you can.

Will Henderson's MultiClutch is free Preference Pane that allows you to assign custom keyboard shortcuts in a given app to a given gesture.....

Apple Inc. has no plans to declare a dividend or buy back its stock, Chief Executive Steve Jobs told the annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday, adding that iPhone sales were on track.

Jobs said he was confident that Apple would hit its 2008 sales target of 10 million iPhones, a figure which some analysts have questioned in the face of a weaker U.S. economy, and executives said the communications device would reach Asian markets this year.

Apple Inc., whose stock has plunged 37 percent this year, has no plans to buy back shares or start paying a dividend, Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said.

"At this time, we have no plans to do either," Jobs said in response to a question at the company's annual meeting today at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. He also reiterated his goal of selling 10 million iPhones, the Web-surfing mobile phone introduced in June, this year.

Around three weeks ago, Low End Mac published a column of mine detailing my month-long switch to PCs and Windows. It was somewhat of a success; after all, what more controversial topic could be found to post on a Macintosh website?

This piece concludes that journey.....

In a world full of wonderful Apple products, it's rather hard to imagine someone voluntarily using Windows, assuming they are well informed. However, I did do such a thing.

...The experiment did help me realize how lucky I am to be a member of the Macintosh community.

Who has the best Reality Distortion Field, Apple or Microsoft?

Picture this: Steve Ballmer is in his office throwing chairs. He shouts, "Why aren't we the market leaders in software for music. We are the largest software company in the world. How can Apple possibly beat us with their tiny R&D budget?"

"What should we do?" his hovering sycophants ask.

He yells back, "Start up the reality distortion field, turn the FUD up to maximum volume. And don't forget who we are trying to copy."

The events that follow.......

New York Technology giant Apple Inc. failed to live up to a promise of providing 1,000 movies available for rental from iTunes by the close of February, with the company offering a far-off 399 titles......

The 1,000-movie pledge was first made by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during last year's Macworld Expo, upping the excitement especially for Apple TV users. However, the lack of titles, all in all adding up to only 351 through the latest Apple TV version, seems to have stung the once-eager customers, despite the product's overall functionality service.

Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab has announced it has virus protection software waiting in the wings, just in case Apple's Mac OS X suddenly becomes a target for hackers.

Kaspersky, based in Moscow, has no immediate plans to release a Mac product, but one could "be ready in just days," spokesman Timur Tsoriev said at the CeBIT show in Germany.

premiered as the IIcx) had sufficient space for three peripheral expansion slots, a cache card slot and room for 8 RAM sticks; the latter is the same as today's Mac Pro, by the way.

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