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Windows XP Volume Licensing and BootCamp

The conventional wisdom is that you need to buy a full license of Windows XP Pro SP2 (US$299) if you want to install Windows on your Mac in BootCamp. This appears to contradict Microsoft’s long standing position that the Volume Licensed (VL) version of XP is an upgrade to Mac OS X when used with […]

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The Apple Core: SightSpeed – an alternative to iChat

I’ve been writing all week about the pros and cons of iChat AV and the power of video conferencing in general. Today I want to take a look at a new option for video chatting that I recently discovered. If you’re frustrated by the performance of iChat AV there’s a little known alternative (at least […]