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How it’s Made – Laser Etching PowerBooks

Philip Torrone is at it again, this time he and his merry band of DIYers has laser etched three more PowerBooks. Last weekend we laser etched 3 more Powerbooks. We etched two 15" Powerbooks and a 12" – this time we etched a very cool bunny infused Tsunami, a NeXT logo as well as a […]

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Software

Gartner: XP Won’t Expose Macs to Viruses

A story by Munir Kotadia for ZDNet Australia claims that Boot Camp security risk is just hype: Any talk of Apple’s Boot Camp software exposing the company’s operating system to security risks is just hype and should be ignored, according to analyst firm Gartner. In an advisory published on Gartner’s website last week, research VP […]

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Software

Aperture 1.1 on a PowerBook G4

Derrick Story has posted a good review of Aperture 1.1 running on a PowerBook G4 on the O’Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog: Aperture 1.1 was available this morning via Software Update on my PowerBook G4. I’ve been using Aperture on a PowerBook from the beginning, and have been waiting for the 1.1 release to provide better […]

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MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro Noise Complaints

Red Sweater Blog has posted a slew of articles about issues with the MacBook Pro.  I had to send my MBP to Apple for a repair because of a loud inverter hum and absurdly high heat generation, but they replaced the temperature sensors, inverter and (so far) everything is running well. I’ve become a bit […]

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Software

The Apple Core: Adobe applications and Rosetta emulation

Bare Feats has posted a set of benchmarks comparing two non-Universal Binary applications, Adobe’s Photoshop CS2 and After Effect 7.0, running on a three different machines to gauge the true impact of Rosetta emulation. Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.