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iView Media Pro 3: First of Many

post from The Apple Blog on 07 April 2006 07:56:29 PM. © The Apple Blog

I’ve been reviewing iView’s Media Pro 3 for a couple months now. It’s fantastic, and it has done wonders for my digital work flow. But I’ve started to write the review at least a dozen times. There are a lot of things I want to cover, but stringing them all together has [...]

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13.3 inch iBooks

post from The Apple Blog on 07 April 2006 04:53:45 PM. © The Apple Blog

According to Forbes.com Taiwan’s Austek got an order for 1.2 million 13.3 inch Apple iBooks supposedly coming in June. These new iBooks would be powered by Intel’s new microprocessors; either the Core Duo or Core Solo. Does this mean that the Ibook will be renamed to the Macbook? Or maybe the ‘I’ in iBook will [...]

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Powerbook or Powertank

post from The Apple Blog on 07 April 2006 04:09:24 PM. © The Apple Blog

Scott Stevenson, purchased a Powerbook from Apple, he literally beat the living daylights out of it, and it works. He says that the airport express card works, and that it still boots. Obviously by the picture you can tell the LCD or optical drive will not work, however [...]

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BLOGGERS WANTED!!!

post from MacLife Blog on 07 April 2006 03:54:22 PM. © MacLife Blog

BlogDig.net is looking for a few good bloggers. If your passionate and articulate about mac, we want you to blog for us. MacLife and BlogDig are brand new and we need people like you to make it work. So if you fit the bill. please send us an email ( info@blogdig.net ) with some examples of your writing or just post a sample to this blog. If we like what your doing, we will give you your own blog and complete control over it. When you help us become a success we will be able to offer you a salary. In the mean time you will be able to sell ad space on the blog and take 100% of the revenue.

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Unuser Friendly

post from The Apple Blog on 07 April 2006 03:47:11 PM. © The Apple Blog

Every once in a while I’ll logout of OS X and switch to KDE. Hey I’m a geek, so that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. But this makes me appreciate the guidelines on user interface that OS X employs and I always end up logged back in. When trying to get stuff done, [...]

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Invoke Create Archive with a key command

post from Mac 911 Weblog on 07 April 2006 03:47:00 PM. © Mac 911 Weblog

Bugged that you must run to the File menu to create a .zip archive? Be bugged no longer.

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IT Panel Says Boot Camp Won't Sway Purchasing

post from "My Mac Blog" RSS Feed on 07 April 2006 03:28:00 PM. © "My Mac Blog" RSS Feed

silicon.com conducted a survey of IT managers and found that most aren't interested in bringing Boot Camp-enabled Macs into their organizations. The survey was conducted with silicon.com's 12-man CIO Jury IT user panel, and they were asked if the ability to run Windows XP on a Mac was more likely to make them try out or switch to Apple hardware in their company.

dunce Nick Clark, director of IT services at Tower Hamlets College, said "It sounds like a total support nightmare," commenting on the fact that Apple will not be offering any Windows support for its hardware.

Other IT bosses on the jury felt that they could get comparable hardware from other companies for much lower prices, and that Apple needed to lower pricing to be more competitive before they would purchase any Macs.

LDV Vans IT director, Christopher Linfoot, feels that Apple's decision to release software that lets Windows run on the Mac is aimed at "computer hobbyists" rather than business users. He commented "It is possible to buy Windows PCs far more cheaply than equivalent Macs so why would any business buy Mac hardware just to have the option of running an operating system they don't need?"

Of course, a survey that involves only 12 people shouldn't be considered as a fair representation of all IT managers, but it does show that Apple still has work to do to convince corporate buyers that its hardware deserves a place on the office desktop.

My Take

G O O D ! ! ! ! ! ! !

I hope the majority of the corporate IT world chokes and dies from its own incompetence an ignorance. That'll make it all the easier for open-minded, tech-savvy, willing IT workers like myself to be retained by good companies with a SMART corporate IT policy. The quotes from the "CIO Jury" are laughably ridiculous...

"It sounds like a total support nightmare,"... (As opposed to what...? The dreamy, trouble-free, inexpensive world that is Windows...?)

"...felt that they could get comparable hardware from other companies for much lower prices, and that Apple needed to lower pricing to be more competitive before they would purchase any Macs."... (Sure you can get cheaper hardware. Do these idiots not factor in the cost of owning PC's that run Windows?!? How much does it cost per unit to have your IT staff constantly DEAL with Windows? Don't you think your cost savings on the hardware VANISH rather quickly because of that alone...?)

"It is possible to buy Windows PCs far more cheaply than equivalent Macs so why would any business buy Mac hardware just to have the option of running an operating system they don't need?" (Um... see the comment above. It applies here too. Also, you DO need it, perhaps you simply don't REALIZE IT YET! Which in retrospect should point out to your employers, especially in light of far superior operating environments for their employees, that you have no idea what you're talking about, and that you should not be employed in your chosen field...)

So you see, dear reader, the drones and mentally deficient slackers that operate, control, or work in corporate IT completely DESERVE the ongoing pain and suffering they receive from CHOOSING to use the Windows environment. Do NOT feel sorry for them. They've brought it upon themselves, and are too STUPID, or too UNWILLING, to find a way out of the hole they've dug for themselves...

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Firmware Update for Intel Macs Available

Apple released firmware updates for its Intel-based Mac product line on Wednesday. These updates are necessary to properly install and use Boot Camp, Apple's application that lets you install and boot Windows XP on your Mac. Apple has separate updates available for the iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro.

Here's how to install the firmware update:

• Quit all open applications.
• Launch the Firmware Updater.
• Click the Shut Down button in the Firmware Updater window and wait for your computer to shut down.
• Press and hold the power button on your Mac until the power indicator light starts flashing.
• You should see a progress bar indicating that the firmware update is installing. Be sure you don't shut down or restart your Mac while the update is installing. Your Mac will restart automatically once the update finishes.
• The Firmware Updater will launch itself and tell you if it successfully updated your firmware. Click the OK button.

Apple also released a firmware restoration tool that resets your Intel-based Mac's firmware to its original firmware. You can download Firmware Restoration CD 1.0 at the Apple Web site.

My Take
Please note that these firmware updates are not part of the regular Software Updates you receive. You need to go out and manually download the correct firmware for your Intel Mac. As an aside, I updated the firmware on my MacBook Pro, and it worked flawlessly. I didn't do it to take "advantage" of the fact that I can now run Windows on my Mac (which as you've probably gathered by now from my previous posts, is really a huge DISADVANTAGE), but did it merely to have the most current firmware on the machine. I've not noticed anything different since upgrading the firmware, which is a good thing I suppose, as it's infinitely better than having the machine not boot up again, or some other major catastrophe like that...

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Apple Fixes MacBook Pro Problems With Slight
Revisions

Early adopters of Apple's new MacBook Pro have been experiencing a variety of odd quirks, such as random drops in AirPort reception and extremely high heat. DailyTech writer Tuan Nguyen has noticed those issues as well, and has verified with an Apple source that some of them "are well known."

"Known well enough in fact," Mr. Nguyen wrote in his blog, "that Apple has already started addressing these issues in updated MacBook Pros." He explained that the serial number gives away which revision a MacBook Pro belongs to: those starting with W8611 are revision D while those starting with W8610 are revision C. He also confirmed that laptops starting with W8612 have started to arrive in stores.

In addition, an Apple representative he spoke with told him that if a MacBook Pro gets hot to the point of being unbearable, "that should not happen. If it is, bring back your MacBook Pro and we'll give you an updated version."

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Right-clicking with the Mighty Mouse in Windows
XP.

After setting up an Intel iMac with XP, courtesy of Boot Camp, I noticed a nice little feature that Apple added to XP for the Mighty Mouse. If you click on the front right-side of the Mighty Mouse in XP, you’ll get the contextual menu to pop up just like if you had a two-button [...]

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