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Intel

Intel Mac Benchmarks Suspect

I, probably like you, couldn’t re-load the Apple Store fast enough to place my order for a MacBook Pro after they were announced on 10 January 2006. But I have to admit to being concerned about the spate of reports that the Intel iMacs aren’t benchmarking anywhere near the advertised “twice as fast” promised by […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Apple Plasmas and bad Intel

I think that it’s time to address the elephant in the room: the Apple plasma story that I floated in the run up to Macworld Expo. The story was based on a tip that I received from a source that was reliable in the past and after checking it with a few other industry peers […]

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iPod

Tune Into Your World, Tune out all Others

An article in The Orlando Sentinel by Linda Shrieves (“Tune into your world, tune out all others“) asks if the iPod generation has effectively isolated themselves from society and potentially done irreparable harm to their communication skills. When he left his home in Orlando, Fla., to attend New York University, Dante Lima quickly discovered a […]

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iPod

iPod Audio Tours Gaining in Popularity

A story in the Washington Post by Anne McDonough (“Hear Here!“) discusses services by SoundWalk, AudioSteps and TalkingStreet that offer museum and neighborhood audio tours in MP3 format for between US$12 and $35 each. Soundwalk tours include familiar neighborhoods, which become even more so after walking them with an insider. A walking tour of Little […]