Archive | October 14th, 2008
Apple is more than just Steve Jobs
Gizmodo has an interesting piece about how Apple might be trying to show the public that Steve Jobs, by himself, is not Apple. Check out the article here.
Continue reading...Apple computer shipments grow at 6 times the rate of other manufacturers
14. October 2008
AppleInsider has the scoop here, and you can read the original Gartner report here.
Continue reading...Dan Lyons gets paid to write for Newsweek?! Pt. II
14. October 2008
Within hours of Apple’s media event today, Dan Lyons published an article for Newsweek asserting that the new Apple laptops aren’t worth the hype. That’s all well and good, and he’s entitled to his opinion, but it’s problematic if that opinion is seemingly pre-conceived. What I find troubling is that Lyons essentially glosses over the […]
Continue reading...Analysts: $999 MacBook most significant announcement
14. October 2008
From MacNN: “The announcement of a $999 plastic MacBook may be more significant than the revelation of metal MacBooks and MacBook Pros, say analysts with UBS and Piper Jaffray. The former firm notes that while the metal notebooks are more attractive, and boast features such as glass trackpads and better graphics hardware, the $999 system […]
Continue reading...Live Blog Bonanza from Apple media event
14. October 2008
Catch up on all of the new Apple announcements here. Live Coverage from Ars Technica Live Blog from Engadget Live Blog from Gizmodo Or, if you have time to spare, watch the presentation in its entirety here.
Continue reading...Glass Trackpads and no button on the new MacBook Pro’s
14. October 2008
John Gruber over at Daring Fireball is reporting that the new MacBook Pro’s will have a glass trackpad, and like reported earlier, will not have a separate clickable button on the trackpad. Instead, the entire glass trackpad will be a button — interestingly enough, this is exactly how the touchscreen works on the soon to […]
Continue reading...Leaked photos of MacBook Pro are legit, and no more sub $900 MacBook?
14. October 2008
AppleInsider is confirming that the leaked photos of the new MacBook Pro’s are legitimate. Meanwhile, MacRumors is reporting that the $899 price-point being floated around the web doesn’t refer to a new and cheaper MacBook, but rather to a new LED Cinema Display.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs hates buttons, always has, always will
14. October 2008
If the leaked photo of the new MacBook Pro is in fact accurate, one of more intriguing aspects is that it lacks a clickable button on the trackpad. This might not be too surprising given Steve Jobs anti-button crusading over the years. There’s a well-known story about Jobs not wanting any buttons on the original […]
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14. October 2008
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