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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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Apple's Retail Sales In Top 5 for First Time this Year
As if we need evidence that Apple's continued commitment to innovation and great design is paying off beyond the iPod line, check the March sales numbers of the company's computers. Through retail channels, Apple's MacBook family are the fourth-most popular...

As if we need evidence that Apple's continued commitment to innovation and great design is paying off beyond the iPod line, check the March sales numbers of the company's computers. Through retail channels, Apple's MacBook family are the fourth-most popular laptop offerings in the U.S. at 10 percent of all sales, and its desktops are No. 5 with 8 percent. This does leave out Dell from the conversation, but it's always better to leave Dell out of things, isn't it?
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Apple Laptops Grab 9.9% of Retail Sales, Desktops 7.7%[Apple 2.0]

Technorati Tags: marketshare, sales
Category: Laptops
Rank Brand Unit Share
1 Toshiba 26.2%
2 Hewlett Packard 23.9%
3 Gateway 13.0%
4 Apple 9.9%
5 Compaq 8.5%
Total Dollar Volume: $696,976,800
Category: Desktops
Rank Brand Unit Share
1 Hewlett Packard 35.0%
2 Compaq 16.7%
3 Gateway 16.6%
4 Emachines 16.4%
5 Apple 7.7%
Total Dollar Volume: $304,787,600

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Apple II Plastic Model Tshirt
The Chop Shop t-shirt website has a very unusual Apple II t-shirt design for sale. The front of the shirt looks like a template for a plastic toy -- like a model airplane. But turn the shirt around and the...

The Chop Shop t-shirt website has a very unusual Apple II t-shirt design for sale. The front of the shirt looks like a template for a plastic toy -- like a model airplane.
But turn the shirt around and the assembled model is on the back -- an Apple II. The site says each tee comes with a limited edition temporary tattoo.

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Pretty, Obviously Fake MacTablet Images
Since Apple introduced the iPhone, we haven't had a fun product to speculation about in a month or two, and that means no ridiculous Photoshop renderings of unannounced hardware products. Well, we can't have that, can we? Thank goodness that...

Since Apple introduced the iPhone, we haven't had a fun product to speculation about in a month or two, and that means no ridiculous Photoshop renderings of unannounced hardware products. Well, we can't have that, can we? Thank goodness that we have the still-mysterious Mac Tablet to think about. After all, it's not like Apple would create a truly mind-blowing form factor for the anticipated Centrino Pro (Santa Rosa) MacBook Pros, is it?
A forum linking off of Chinese site TechWeb posted some photos it purports to have uncovered of the actual Mac Tablet. Except that it's quite obviously cgi. Still, it looks cool, doesn't it? I'd use one.
Via Digg.

Technorati Tags: mac, rumor, tablet

Pete Mortensen
AwkwardTV Releases First-Ever Game for AppleTV, Omelette
Though Apple still won't acknowledge rumors that it's about to make a serious video gaming play beyond iPod games, a third party has stepped in and shown that the AppleTV is ready for games now. It's called Omelette, and it's...

Though Apple still won't acknowledge rumors that it's about to make a serious video gaming play beyond iPod games, a third party has stepped in and shown that the AppleTV is ready for games now. It's called Omelette, and it's basically just Bejeweled. But hey, it works, right? Counterstrike is definitely going to be next.
Via Ars Technica.

Technorati Tags: appleTV, game, hack

Pete Mortensen
Analysis: Wait, Are Sun, Google and Apple Teaming Up or Ready to Kill Each Other?
Silicon Valley makes no sense. In January, Apple and Google got so close that the rumor mills buzzed with word that they would form an alliance with Sun to take on Microsoft...again. Yesterday, Sun made some pretty big announcements: They...

Silicon Valley makes no sense. In January, Apple and Google got so close that the rumor mills buzzed with word that they would form an alliance with Sun to take on Microsoft...again. Yesterday, Sun made some pretty big announcements: They rolled out JavaFX development platform, which truly promises to deliver on the dream of "write once, run everywhere" that the company has promised since it launched Java more than a decade ago, and that always means more opportunity for apps to come to the Mac.
On the other hand, they showed off a mobile phone platform that will try to compete with Apple's iPhone by, you know, LOOKING EXACTLY LIKE AN iPHONE, but across manufacturers and at a cheap price. While I think Apple's ability to make data syncing a snap is the real competitive advantage of the iPhone and that the company's implementation of multitouch will be better than anyone else's, I still think other companies aren't out for the count yet. Sun might be making the platform for that competition. And the Valley is still buzzing on word that Google might release its own phone. So why are Apple, Google and Sun best buds one moment and worst enemies the next?

Technorati Tags: google, iphone, java
Seth Weintraub of 9 to 5 Mac makes some interesting points about Sun's recent love for Apple, but I don't know if it outweighs an overt competitive action like this. The only thing I can think is that it's simply a matter of battles chosen. There are places (enterprise, software development) where Apple and Sun can be natural allies because they have complementary strengths, with Google as a third leg in the triumvirate. Each has capabilities the others can't match There are other markets -- mobile phones, for example -- where Apple, Google and Sun each have the opportunity to carve out a major piece of the market, and current alliances aren't set up to last.
And I think that's just the way Silicon Valley acts. Everyone is close friends until they betray each other, and then they become friends again later when it suits them. If you're outside of that social context, it just doesn't make sense. But failure and competition get things done here. After all, Yahoo and Google are as likely to be teaming up as they are to be at each other's throats.
Sun and Apple Forging Alliance | 9 to 5 Mac
Found on Digg.

Pete Mortensen