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macbook pro hath arrived

21 Feb 2006

yup, to my surprise it arrived this morning. i have posted some initial pictures over at flickr. check em out: very good initial impressions. of course, it smokes everything in my house (all G4s). i tried running coconutbattery to get some indication of the max battery capacity/life, but the app crashed. darn. look for much [...]

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ready for macbook pro/intel switch?

In: apple|macbookpro|macintosh

20 Feb 2006

am i really ready to switch my mac experience to the intel platform? i compiled a list of my most used applications on osx, and determined whether they were universal binary or rosetta emulation. out of my 24 most used applications, 14 were universal binaries and 10 were rosetta emulation. only one i could confirm [...]

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It shipped

In: apple|macintosh

18 Feb 2006

macbook pro eta: Feb 22

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apple’s valentine

In: apple|geek|macintosh|news from the web

14 Feb 2006

just got this in my inbox. i’m sorry apple, but i already have a valentine. you seem to be pulling my heart strings, but this guy’s taken… To Our Valued Apple Customer: Today we announced that this week Apple will begin shipping the new 15.4-inch MacBook Pro featuring the Intel Core Duo processor, a built-in [...]

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macbook pro speed-bump

In: apple|macintosh|news from the web

14 Feb 2006

what a way to start my day. apple has announced that they have started shipping macbook pros (mine hasn’t shipped yet), but they also announced this little gem: All models of the new MacBook Pro will ship with faster Intel Core Duo processors than previously announced, delivering even greater performance at no additional cost. The [...]

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connect360

In: apple|geek|macintosh|xbox360

13 Feb 2006

i heard about it. tried it. it works. man does it work! took all of 2 minutes which included me turning off my useless osx firewall. no, itunes music store songs don’t work, but if you’re like me, that doesn’t matter as 95% of my library is straight cd rips. now i can listen to [...]

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upsurge in pc vs mac debates

23 Jan 2006

have you all noticed the upsurge in pc vs mac debates on the web? usually around macworld, the debates are refueled since apple usually announces something new, but this year it’s a bit abnormal. i think i know why: the line between macs and pcs is not so discrete anymore. with the introduction of intel [...]

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arstechnica imac benchmarks

In: apple|geek|macintosh|news from the web

17 Jan 2006

arstechnica has done a nice review of the new intel imac. most notably, they have done some benchmark comparisons with the g5 imac and the dual g5 powermac. overall the new imac did very well and rosetta emulation numbers look promising. i was a bit surprised at the xbench graphics numbers while the threaded numbers [...]

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