Archive | October, 2008
Apple computer shipments grow at 6 times the rate of other manufacturers
AppleInsider has the scoop here, and you can read the original Gartner report here.
Continue reading...Dan Lyons gets paid to write for Newsweek?! Pt. II
14. October 2008
Within hours of Apple’s media event today, Dan Lyons published an article for Newsweek asserting that the new Apple laptops aren’t worth the hype. That’s all well and good, and he’s entitled to his opinion, but it’s problematic if that opinion is seemingly pre-conceived. What I find troubling is that Lyons essentially glosses over the […]
Continue reading...Analysts: $999 MacBook most significant announcement
14. October 2008
From MacNN: “The announcement of a $999 plastic MacBook may be more significant than the revelation of metal MacBooks and MacBook Pros, say analysts with UBS and Piper Jaffray. The former firm notes that while the metal notebooks are more attractive, and boast features such as glass trackpads and better graphics hardware, the $999 system […]
Continue reading...Live Blog Bonanza from Apple media event
14. October 2008
Catch up on all of the new Apple announcements here. Live Coverage from Ars Technica Live Blog from Engadget Live Blog from Gizmodo Or, if you have time to spare, watch the presentation in its entirety here.
Continue reading...Glass Trackpads and no button on the new MacBook Pro’s
14. October 2008
John Gruber over at Daring Fireball is reporting that the new MacBook Pro’s will have a glass trackpad, and like reported earlier, will not have a separate clickable button on the trackpad. Instead, the entire glass trackpad will be a button — interestingly enough, this is exactly how the touchscreen works on the soon to […]
Continue reading...Leaked photos of MacBook Pro are legit, and no more sub $900 MacBook?
14. October 2008
AppleInsider is confirming that the leaked photos of the new MacBook Pro’s are legitimate. Meanwhile, MacRumors is reporting that the $899 price-point being floated around the web doesn’t refer to a new and cheaper MacBook, but rather to a new LED Cinema Display.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs hates buttons, always has, always will
14. October 2008
If the leaked photo of the new MacBook Pro is in fact accurate, one of more intriguing aspects is that it lacks a clickable button on the trackpad. This might not be too surprising given Steve Jobs anti-button crusading over the years. There’s a well-known story about Jobs not wanting any buttons on the original […]
Continue reading...Leaked photos of the updated MacBook Pros
13. October 2008
Engadget has unearthed a photo of what may be the new MacBook Pro that Steve Jobs is slated to showcase tomorrow. As shown below, the new MacBook Pro’s (if accurate) have a black bezel similar to the recently updated iMacs, and indeed represent a cross between the MacBook Air and the iMac. Curiously, there doesn’t […]
Continue reading...Rumor – Microsoft planning on buying Rim?
13. October 2008
With Rim’s stock price taking a beating in recent weeks, some are speculating that Microsoft might be interested in purchasing the company. The purchase, theoretically, would thrust Microsoft back into relevance in the smart phone market as their mobile OS market share continues to dwindle. For Microsoft’s sake, I hope this rumor isn’t true. Successful […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs Drinking Game
13. October 2008
The upcoming Apple media event should be pretty interesting, but why settle for interesting when you can have exciting? Sure, Apple is expected to unveil a slew of new and upgraded notebooks, and that’s all well and good, but not everyone gets excited about new laptops. So what’s a casual citizen to do? Well, like […]
Continue reading...Rumor – iPhone coming to Walmart in November?
12. October 2008
Move over Best Buy, you have some competition. According to the Boygeniusreport, Walmart will begin selling the iPhone this November, just in time for the busiest shopping season of the year. From Macblogz: “Making consumers lust after a device is the first step, however making the device available to them can be a greater challenge. […]
Continue reading...New MacBook and MacBook Pro casings leaked
12. October 2008
MacRumors has the scoop here.
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14. October 2008
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