New From Apple: Recession Macs
The rumors were true. Well, partially true anyway. Apple was planning a sweeping refresh of its desktops–but it was one that didn’t merit a special-event rollout. This morning Apple refreshed its desktop line, announcing a new Nehalem-based Mac Pro, a more robust Mac mini and four new iMacs, among them three with 24-inch screens. All three lines boast fundamental enhancements, but also more affordable prices. These days, Apple’s new Macs are not simply faster and shinier, they’re a bargain as well. “Insanely great!” has become “insanely affordable!”
Beware the iMacs of March?
The new Mac desktops that Apple had been expected to debut at Macworld may finally be announced later this month. According to the latest rumors, anyway. Sources tell World of Apple that Cupertino is planning a special event on March 24, one that will likely introduce updates to the Mac Pro, Mac mini and iMac.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Nothing Sadder Than to Awake Christmas Morning and Not Be a Mac User
A third of all consumers (33 percent) who said that they were planning on buying a laptop in the next three months intend to buy one of Apple’s MacBooks, and nearly a third of those in the market for a desktops (27 percent) plan to purchase one of its Mac Pros, according to new data from ChangeWave. This, despite an ugly dip in spending that threatens to turn the upcoming holidays into lean ones for all.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Macworld to Deliver up to Twice the Performance of Its Predecessor
When Apple uncrates a Mac Pro that delivers “up to twice the performance of its predecessor” the week before Macworld, you know the company must be planning to roll out something damn impressive during CEO Steve Jobs’s keynote address next week.
This morning Apple announced upgrades to its Mac Pro desktops and Xserve servers. Powering [...]
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John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper.
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- The Golden Age of Video
Best video mashup ever.
- I’m not dead yet
A Facebook Memorial
- Pulp Fiction Audio Mix
Wow.
- A world without the Internet
Worth it for the Rickrolling photo alone.
- Google Wave Cinema: Pulp Fiction
Excellent.
- Dead Fly Art
Flughumor!
- Happy Birthday Monty Python …
… you vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous perverts
- ‘You are being shagged by a rare parrot’
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine meet the kakapo — a fat, flightless and very randy rare parrot.
- A Spectacular Cover of “Let It Be”
Spectacular in the bellowing Russian sailor sense of the word …
- Protect Insurance Companies PSA
“If you spell something wrong on your insurance claim, do you really deserve surgery? I don’t think so …”
