I was sitting there Tuesday morning all stoked about what would be revealed at MWSF, clutching my mouse and double clicking the refresh button on all the news sites. I eagerly waited. I guessed the Intel iMac debute and waited anxiously for the Intel Mac mini but to my surprise the PowerBook received the Intel […]
Day: January 20, 2006
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Apple in the Way (Updated)
It looks like my suspicions were correct, Apple didn’t put the Compatibility Support Module (CSM) into the final firmware for the iMac. If I had to suspect reasons why, it was probably to motivate Microsoft to continue supporting Mac versions of Office, and give them a market for Virtual PC. Without CSM, the only future […]
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Mossberg on PalmOne Treo 700w
The WSJ’s Walt Mossberg weighs in on the new Windows Mobile-powered Treo 700w from PalmOne. The Good: – EVDO (10x faster) – Better keyboard – Better camera (1.3MP v. 0.3MP) – Twice usable memory – Better (claimed) battery life The Bad: – Smaller screen (240*240, 44% less than 320*320) – Email bugs/weaker – Twice as […]
In the wake of Macworld Expo come a veritable plethora of Apple rumors. Some interesting fodder for a Friday. – Disney buys Pixar – 2G Video iPod – Wireless iPod – Bluetooth iPod – iPod phone – iPod boombox Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.