Makers of iPod accessories got something of a scare during Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s Jan. 11 keynote at the Macworld confab in San Francisco…
Month: January 2005
Mac Geniuses are the soul of the growing network of Apple retail stores
In an age when human help of any kind is hard to come by, the eight or nine [Mac] Geniuses on duty at any given time here…
AnandTech reviews Apple’s Mac mini: ‘tempting Windows users everywhere’
The Mac mini removes the biggest barrier to Mac OS X adoption – price. It’s not the cheapest computer that you can buy, it’s not the best performance…
New to Mac OS X? Here’s a ‘mini-guide’ for you
A couple of weeks after its unveiling, the budget-priced Mac mini has begun shipping. Targeted at would-be switchers and ‘adders,’ the mini is…
New to Mac OS X? Here’s a ‘mini-guide’ for you
A couple of weeks after its unveiling, the budget-priced Mac mini has begun shipping. Targeted at would-be switchers and ‘adders,’ the mini is…
U.S. DOJ working hard to ensure Microsoft’s slap-on-the-wrist terms apply to Longhorn
Microsoft Corp. will meet with representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) next month for the first of several briefings intended…
The Hill: Put Rush Limbaugh on Apple’s board of directors; he could sell tons of Macs
This week, Apple Computer is launching a campaign to sell a new product, the $499 Mac Mini, that portends to transform the world in a way the original…
First time iPod buyers who go for iPod shuffle won’t fully appreciate the magic of iPod
The biggest problem for Apple will be educating buyers to understand what the shuffle does and doesn’t do. If I were in charge…
Proof of Apple PowerBook G5 found?
While stumbling through the thickets of the World Wide Wibble, we came across a Word document that contained something that we’d never…
Target pulls Apple Mac mini from online store due to ‘availability concerns’
Just four days after Target.com began listing Apple’s recently announced Mac mini computer as a purchasable item…
Apple releases Security Update 2005-001 for Mac OS X
Apple today released Security Update 2005-001 which delivers a number of security enhancements…
Apple cuts Mac Mini upgrade prices for RAM, 80GB hard drive, Bluetooth, AirPort Extreme
Apple Computer has quietly cut the cost of souping up its new Mac Mini. When Apple Computer introduced the Mac Mini earlier this month…
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: ‘We love to be first’
In an interview, Ballmer talks a lot about how, five years after Chairman Bill Gates made him CEO, he is redefining Microsoft for its next phase…
What’s still missing? What options does Apple’s ‘Mac mini’ open up?
My feeling is that [with Apple’s new Mac mini] there is still something missing, in the same way as the iPod didn’t make total sense until the music store arrived…
What’s still missing? What options does Apple’s ‘Mac mini’ open up?
My feeling is that [with Apple’s new Mac mini] there is still something missing, in the same way as the iPod didn’t make total sense until the music store arrived…
Windows users can give Apple’s elegant OS X operating system a try with new Mac mini
Apple’s new Mac Mini’s price is low because you are expected to BYOMKD or ‘Bring Your Own Mouse, Keyboard and Display.’
Report: Apple to begin work on second New York City retail store
Sometime this year Apple Computer is expected to begin renovation and construction efforts on its second New York City-based retail store…
Chicago Sun-Times: iPod shuffle’s biggest advantage is it works with Apple’s iTunes
I’ve been using the 512-megabyte iPod Shuffle exclusively for a week now, and against all expectations, I’ve found that a screen is hardly essential…
Washington Post: Apple’s new iPod shuffle is ‘the iPod for the rest of us’
Before two weeks ago, I would not have guessed that a 3 1/2-inch-long stick of white plastic that plays music could be much of a conversation piece…
MacPractice beta ships for Mac OS X; medical, dental and chiropractic practice management software
This week MacPractice, Inc. is shipping the beta version of all new Mac OS X practice management software for doctors’ offices…
Apple’s iWork productivity suite needs some more work
The hype surrounding the new Mac mini and iPod Shuffle released last week by Apple Computer has largely obscured a new $79 software package…
Apple’s ‘Mac mini’ should be your next computer
The designers at Apple Computer have come up with another mini that’s going to be huge. If you’ve never been tempted to switch from the…
PC Magazine review gives Apple’s Mac mini 4 out of 5 stars
The Apple Mac mini makes an attractive entry point for the Windows-to-Mac switcher, the Mac user who needs an upgrade from a pre-1-GHz Mac…
Analyst: Apple Mac worldwide market share could increase to 4.5 percent by end of 2006
Some had begun to consider Apple Computer Inc. irrelevant. After five years of no growth in its Macintosh business, California-based Apple’s share…
Associated Press: Apple’s iPod shuffle’s ‘ease of use is unrivaled’
Since Apple Computer Inc. introduced the iPod in 2001, competitors have been scrambling to match the simplicity and style of the popular…
Tech Pundit Enderle: ‘This year will be more difficult for Apple Computer’ and iMacs in earthquakes
I’m not a fan of the current iMac, the PC in a monitor has been done before and the new offering has relatively poor ergonomics (when compared to the old iMac), is less distinctive, and is far less stable. I live in California, earthquake country, and the old…
CBS News: Mac mini cheap enough for Windows users, still ‘Mac’ enough for Mac aficionados
Hearing the hype about Apple’s new $499 Macintosh gave me pause. Could Apple, which is known as the BMW of computer companies…
Is your Windows computer broken? You might want to look at a Mac
The iPod is a great product, and I am delighted that it has kept Apple from the morgue slab. I have no wish to get into one of those holy wars…
Is your Windows computer broken? You might want to look at a Mac
The iPod is a great product, and I am delighted that it has kept Apple from the morgue slab. I have no wish to get into one of those holy wars…
Apple’s iTunes Music Store: over a quarter billion songs served
Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 250 million songs from the iTunes Music Store…
Windows system failure adds technical difficulties to performance of ‘La Boheme’
It happens with every opera company, from the most modest to the most extravagant: technical difficulties. And it happened Friday…
Apple’s Macintosh introduced 21 years ago today
On January 24, 1984, 21 years ago today, Apple announced the Macintosh to their Board of Directors and to the world…
PC World takes first look at Apple’s Mac mini
There was plenty of prognostication before Macworld Expo and opinionation afterward, but here at PC World, we know you care more about…
Mac mini is going to dramatically improve Apple’s share in the personal computer market
In the past I have written articles which some construed as being critical of the Apple Computer company – but this is not one of those…
CNET Editor gets his very own Apple Mac mini
I’m definitely not one to shop till you drop, but I snapped up a Mini Mac on Saturday morning–at a mall, no less. You know, just to feel good…
iTunes Bottlecap Map 2.0 now online, first reported 2005 iTunes Pepsi winner comes from Los Angeles
It’s baaack… iPod Garage’s iTunes Bottlecap Map version 2.0 is now available online…
RUMOR: Apple prepping next gen 5GB ‘iPod mini’ for February release
Apple is close to finishing up work on the next revision of its iPod mini, Think Secret sources reveal. Also currently in development…
Apple’ Mac mini in high demand, faces backlog; Target.com now selling Mac mini
Apple Computer’s new budget-priced computer doesn’t go on sale in its retail stores until tomorrow, but the company looks like it may already have a hit on its hands…
Apple’s share of total news stories read at ZDNet skyrockets from 3 to 70 percent in past month
ZDNet is reporting that the latest BT Trax mindshare figures show that, in the last month, Apple’s share of total news stories read…
Windows users tell why they’re buying Apple Mac minis; it’s time for Mac users to step up and help
Over on Apple’s Support site and discussion is taking place on the recently added “Mac mini” board. In response to a post asking…
Apple retail stores to open an hour early on Saturday for first day Mac Mini, iPod shuffle sales
Might the Mac mini mean a bigger bite of the personal computer market for Apple Computer Inc.? That’s the hope of Apple whose approximately…
Apple Store offers special deals on iMac G5, PowerBook, AirPort Express
The Apple Store is offering Special Deals on pre-owned Apple products that undergo Apple’s stringent refurbishment process prior…
