Editorial: Is Apple Gearing Up to Support Blu-ray?
When most people think of Apple and it’s relationship with Blu-ray, the first thing that usually comes to mind is what Steve Jobs said last fall. When discussing the licensing and fees involved in manufacturing the hardware he pulled no punches; “Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt.” But what most people seem to forget is the second part of that quote, where he goes on to say “we’re waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace.”
Ogio Metroid Laptop Backpack
Ogio makes all kinds of bags ranging from computer to sports. They are best known for their laptop, school, and skate bags, and I have been using the Metroid laptop bag for about six months now for my MacBook Pro.
The Metroid has become my every-day bag for work and school. In addition to my 15″ MacBook Pro, the bag has plenty of pockets for accessories such as the power adapter, a mouse, and my iPod. Even with all those things, the main compartment still has enough room to allow me to hold a few textbooks.
Tom Bihn ID Messenger Bag
If you have been shopping for a laptop bag (or any bag at all) recently, you probably have heard of Tom Bihn. Tom Bihn is known for their high quality bags which are actually designed and produced in Seattle. Not only does the company participate in fair labor practices with all US made goods, they also are environmentally conscious. How can you go wrong with a company that cares and makes excellent products?
Apple Update Attack: Is 2008 the Year of the Weekly Update?
Tuesdays are nearly always the Apple day of the week. It’s Apple’s release date of choice, and rightly so; it allows stock to be in stores, and hence people’s hands, by the weekend.
But 2008 has been an interesting year, and it all started with a comment at a small event, known as MacWorld from a Mr Steven P. Jobs (ever heard of him, I certainly haven’t):
AppleTV Take 2 – First Impressions
Apple being Apple took advantage of the 2-week extension to update AppleTV and released v2.0 (take 2) of the AppleTV software on Tuesday afternoon. To many, this has been a highly-anticipated release with many people (myself included) running Software Update on their AppleTVs a couple of times a day for the past 2-4 weeks. Twitter feeds, blogs and podcasts (Adam@The MacCast has been pulling his hair waiting for this update) have been yelling for the update. Well, now these people are rejoicing since they started to update their AppleTVs last night.
So was it worth the wait?
JailBreak your iPhone/iPod Touch to 1.1.3
Impatience seems to be something of a virtue to many an iPhone or iPod touch owner in this day and age. Constant demand for new “JailBreaks” to the new software updates is another step in the somewhat endless cycle of new updates that break JailBreaks, and then finding the exploits necessary and re-JailBreaking again. Well, it seems as though the latest iPhone/iTouch update has indeed been broken, and until now its been super difficult to do, but today that has changed for the better.
Poll: Is The MacBook Air Something You Would Buy?
Since we previously put the MacBook Air in perspective, it was high time we talked about the price. Starting at $1799, the MacBook Air may not float in everyone’s boat.
Yes, the Macbook Air is quite sexy. I think that a lot of the Apple products get instant “wow” power, based on great design, and ease of use. But in the long run, is the Macbook Air a laptop that YOU would buy? Is it powerful enough for your tasks?
Let’s take it to the polls to get an idea.
DIY Hackintosh Tutorial: Build a Mac Pro for Cheap
I was a bit hesitant about writing this article but the information (and results) are just too juicy not to give away. Half way through penning this I also noticed that Adam Pash at lifehacker did a similar story so I guess it’s acceptable to write about this sort of thing – and it should be. In case you haven’t guessed yet I’m going to detail for you my adventure building a Hackintosh box running Leopard that rivals the speed of a similarly configured Mac Pro.
But for less than 1/3rd the cost!
MacBook Air Sucks? Puuulease!
After its initial shine in the spotlight, the MacBook Air bashing began. It has been attacked from every angle. It’s expensive. The battery isn’t user-replaceable. It doesn’t have firewire. It doesn’t have ethernet. It doesn’t have an optical drive!
What everyone is missing in all this however, is that the people this notebook is targeted towards couldn’t care less about any of that stuff. Let me break it down for you right after the jump.
MacWorld 2008: MacBook Air Announced
As speculated here and everywhere else, Steve Jobs has officially unveiled the MacBook Air subnotebook at his MacWorld 2008 keynote about 30 minutes ago. The Air will mark Apple’s return to the small form factor notebook market, which they last delved into with the popular iBook. And this thing is small! Weighing in at just 3lbs, at its thinnest width the Air is just 0.16″ and 0.76″ at its thickest height. The 13.3″ backlit LED display is said to rival the vanilla MacBook and as you can see from the photos it is unbelievably sexy and saliva worthy.
