Lee relates his Mac OS X 10.3 Panther-buying experience from last night, where he also garnered an iSight.
As for your humble host, our Panther hunt was a complete bust. I seriously undermined the attention given the release by the Dallas Macintosh-using population.
Thinking that we could go grab a bite to eat, then get to the Apple Store some time after 8:30 and pick up a copy, we found, at 8:30, an hour-long wait in the line outside the store. Needless to say, I wasn’t about to stick around, waiting in a line that long with a three month-old in tow. So we headed home, and I’ll swing by and pick up Panther later today. I can do without the fake dog tags, thank you very much.
Tag: Mac
Michael has quietly updated his super-easy disk imaging utility to version 2.2.
In case you’ve been under a rock so far this week, some of the big news in the Mac/tech world is the new Cheskin report on the top innovative companies. Apple ranked #3–behind Microsoft and Dell. I’ll give Michael Dull credit for innovative marketing, but his PCs are about as exciting as my wife’s Volvo. (Okay, bad example, since the Volvo S80 departs from the boxy design of old for curves, and features a kick-butt turbocharged six under the hood, but you get my point.)
I do enjoy the take on this from As the Apple Turns. (Thanks, Chris L.!)
Apple has posted the Power Mac G5 introduction movie online, for those who missed it from this year’s WWDC.
ATPM contributing editor Matt Coates noted for the staff that the ‘zine and his article on Xnippets made the Swedish edition of Macworld magazine.
With staff members throughout the world, this bit of international exposure is hardly surprising, but very, very welcome.
Applelinks has a great interview with Fred Gallagher, the creator and meatspace alter ego of MegaTokyo’s Piro. Fred discusses his relatively new switch from Windows to the Mac, for reasons which include stability, more power, and lust for a Cinema Display.
And, of course, I am kicking myself for not thinking of getting this interview for ATPM…
Being the bad friend that I am, I failed to note Michael’s release of SpamSieve 2.0 last week. At least I have the excuse of a new son. 😀
SpamSieve is an awesome app that is effectively killing 90-95% of my daily email spam, and I have had 0–that’s zero–false positives for a good three months or more. Version 2.0 only makes a great product better. Outside of Apple’s Mail.app, it supports practically every major email client for Mac OS X, and tightly integrates with my and Michael’s client of choice, Mailsmith.
SpamSieve is well worth the $25 registration fee, so support a shareware developer who will save you more than $25 of your time each and every day of your online life.
(Too obvious that I’m bucking for an unprecedented 3d quote at C-Command?)
The September issue of About This Particular Macintosh is fresh from the oven. Two new staffers join up this month; Mary Tyler begins a series of articles focused on SOHO users, and Ted Goranson delivers a knockout on outliner application history. The usual accoutrements abound.
So Microsoft announced six new wireless optical desktop components, but none of them utilize Bluetooth for connectivity. Rather, one of your USB ports will still be eaten up by the RF receiver.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the freedom from clutter that the older Wireless Desktop Optical Pro keyboard and mouse give me at the office. I would prefer Bluetooth versions of the same for use at home, however.
Speaking of the 12-inch PowerBook G4, the folks at MacSkinz now have skinz available for the smallest PowerBook. I first saw the MacSkinz guys at Macworld Expo, when they had the side panels for desktop G3s and G4s.
Looking through the skinz available for the PowerBook 12″ (yeah, like I still need to get one of those, right?), my favorites include: American Flag, Urban Camouflage, Flames Blue/White, Silver on Blue Flames, and Hibiscus Green. Of the latter, how about some other colors, MacSkinners? I’m partial to blue, in case you couldn’t guess from my other choices. 🙂