As regular visitors to this page may be aware, I’ve just sunk a whack of cash on a new MacBook Pro to replace my ailing Powerbook G4. The new machine should make mincemeat of tasks that the PB toiled over as it limped on with a nearly-full hard drive and one dead RAM slot. I [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Steve Jobs’
December 5, 2007
Macworld ‘08 Rumors
Oh boy…The MWSF ‘08 Rumor Mill is hitting full-grind now. So what’s it to be this year? Let’s face it, after last year’s iPhone mania, it’s bound to be something big simply to avoid losing momentum. A brand new gadget? A tablet mac? Steve wearing bootcut jeans?I would hazard a guess that due to iPhone [...]
August 16, 2007
Top Ten Reasons for Buying a PC, not a Mac
1. All your friends are doing it.
2. Solitaire is your crack cocaine.
3. You love the visceral knife-edge thrill of wondering if your app will remain stable until you save your work.
4. You think that processor power and RAM are better employed running Antivirus than on doing anything productive or useful.
5. You have had a designectomy.
6. You enjoy the irony of the [...]
April 4, 2007
New Mac Pro
Oh my word. Check this bad boy out!
Specifications
Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
16GB (8 x 2GB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)
4 x 750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Two 16x SuperDrives
Both Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and AirPort Extreme
Quad Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card
Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse – British (wireless)
Mac OS X (English)
Apple [...]
February 7, 2007
Apple Dances to the Beat of a Distant DRM
Hmmm. Steve Jobs has just spoken out against the DRM (Digital Rights Management) syetem that’s in play at the moment in the digital music world. The upshot of this currently is that if you buy tracks from iTunes, you are limited to playing that back on an iPod.
This is all because…
“Since Apple does not own [...]
January 10, 2007
The iPhone’s Arrival & Steve’s Reality Distortion Field
Hopefully, now that the long rumoured, oft-imagined, frequently faked, mac-head’s fantasy ‘iPhone’ has been put on display for the world to see, hopefully the rumour mills can stop grinding and people can get to grips with what this means for the consumer, Apple and the mobile market in general.
In terms of sheer tech-wizardry, this thing [...]
