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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Cult of Mac (5 сообщений)

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Cult of Mac
Read Leander Kahney's latest commentary about Apple and Mac News in Wired.com's Cult of Mac Blog, including Mac, Mac Pro, MacBook, iMac, iBook, Mac mini, iPod video, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iTunes, iPhoto, iPhone, Apple TV, OSX, Steve Jobs, and Macworld.
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Zune Headquarters Hosts iPod Amnesty Bin
Fimoculous brought Microsoft's iPod Amnesty Bin at the Zune Headquarters recently. Looks pretty empty to me -- think team members are taking the discards home to use instead of their Zunes? Or is it a place for iPods to escape...

Fimoculous brought Microsoft's iPod Amnesty Bin at the Zune Headquarters recently. Looks pretty empty to me -- think team members are taking the discards home to use instead of their Zunes? Or is it a place for iPods to escape from Microsoft's labs where they were getting dissected and copied?
iPod Amnesty Bin on Flickr
Via TUAW.

Technorati Tags: ipod, zune

Pete Mortensen
Mac Mini is Unloved, Not Dead in the Water
I'm genuinely puzzled by AppleInsider's melodramatic post pronouncing the death of the Mac mini. The article recounts Apple's many slights of its lowest-end platform and then proceeds to show know evidence that the line will soon be killed off. It...

I'm genuinely puzzled by AppleInsider's melodramatic post pronouncing the death of the Mac mini. The article recounts Apple's many slights of its lowest-end platform and then proceeds to show know evidence that the line will soon be killed off.
It has seen just four updates since inception, one of which was so insignificant in Apple's own eyes that the company didn't even bother to draft a press release. Even now, the current minis' 1.66GHz and 1.83GHz Core Duo processors are a far cry from the silicon offered in the rest of Apple's PC offerings.
Well, that's actually to be expected. And I would say that hardware is significantly better than a lot of low-end PCs from other manufacturers. But that's neither here nor there. Apple needs the Mac mini just to get people looking for a cheap Mac in the door. The AppleTV might be incredibly popular as a hackable Mac substitute, but that's not what it is out of the box. Apple still needs a low-end entry, and the Mac mini costs very little to develop and revise. I don't see Apple just walking away.
And this quote says it all:
Whether Apple will squeeze another revision from the mini, and how long it plans to allow existing models to linger, are both unclear.
Oh, so at some point in the future, possibly after Apple releases new Mac minis, Apple will stop selling the Mac mini. Yep, dead as a doornail. What?
AppleInsider | Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini

Technorati Tags: mac mini, puppy

Pete Mortensen
Found Video: Homebrew PVR Software Running on AppleTV
Well, that's the missing link resolved. The above video depicts an AppleTV running MythTV, an open-source PVR program. If the AppleTV hard drive were a little bit bigger, it would officially be a real TiVo challenger. Will Apple ever release...

Well, that's the missing link resolved. The above video depicts an AppleTV running MythTV, an open-source PVR program. If the AppleTV hard drive were a little bit bigger, it would officially be a real TiVo challenger. Will Apple ever release official PVR support?
YouTube - MythTV On AppleTV
Via Digg.

Technorati Tags: appleTV, mythtv

Pete Mortensen
Large Gallery of "See-Through" Powerbook Screens
Remember that video years ago of the "transparent" Powerbook screen? Someone has compiled a gallery of photos demonstrating the same principle. There's an odd beauty here. Check it out. Fun 4 Amdavadi Gujarati Via Digg. Technorati Tags: powerbook

Remember that video years ago of the "transparent" Powerbook screen? Someone has compiled a gallery of photos demonstrating the same principle. There's an odd beauty here. Check it out.
Fun 4 Amdavadi Gujarati

Via Digg.

Technorati Tags: powerbook

Pete Mortensen
Tide iPod Plays Tunes, Fights Stains
I think we have a nominee for ugliest -- or prettiest? -- iPod ever, courtesy of a bizarre promotion that Procter & Gamble is running to benefit the people of New Orleans. If you buy an ugly Tide t-shirt for...

I think we have a nominee for ugliest -- or prettiest? -- iPod ever, courtesy of a bizarre promotion that Procter & Gamble is running to benefit the people of New Orleans. If you buy an ugly Tide t-shirt for $10, you can win an iTunes gift certificate or a bright orange, Tide-branded iPod. A nano, from the looks of it. No word on whether they'll also brand you forehead with Tide.

Vintage T-shirts from Tide.com
Via Kristofer Brozio.

Technorati Tags: ipod, tide

Pete Mortensen