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Western Digital rolls out 2TB external drive for Apple Macs

April 4, 2008

WD (owned by Seagate) rolled out the My Book Studio Edition II (a mouthful!) with eSata and FireWire 800 interfaces, as well as FW400 and USB. Offering up to 2TB of storage, this is an attractive solution for backup or storage for graphics, music or video artists who have huge files in need of a [...]

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Corporate satisfaction survey – Leopard yes, Vista maybe not

March 28, 2008

March 26, 2008 (Computerworld) Corporate users of Apple Inc.’s Leopard operating system are more than five times more likely to say that they are “very satisfied” with the OS than business users of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Vista, a research firm said Wednesday.

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Time Capsule Special Report

March 26, 2008

Macintouch just posted a comprehensive review by Robert Mohns on Time Capsule. The full article can be found here. The review notes various issues, best practices, tips, pros and cons, conclusions and links to more info.

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Mac Buyer’s Guide

March 25, 2008

InformationWeek posted a Mac Buyer’s Guide recently. If you’re in the market for a new Mac, this may be very helpful. I get a lot of questions asking “which model should I buy?”. This article pretty much summarizes my feelings on the current Mac models. They are all pretty great, but not everyone needs or [...]

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Carnagie Mellon loves Macs!

March 21, 2008

A post in Macintouch today pointed me to this page from the Carnagie Mellon University. The page is for computer sales to students and faculty, and more specifically for Macintosh sales. Entitled Why Buy a Mac? the page starts reads: Macs are perfect for life at Carnegie Mellon! With a Mac, you will be more [...]

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Gartner Group recommends iPhone for enterprise use

March 20, 2008

In a Macworld article by Jim Dalrymple, Gartner is “changing its stance against using the iPhone in an enterprise situation”. The new iPhone 2.0 software is largely responsible for this change of opinion. Between this and other articles indicating that enterprise users are looking closely at Macs and especially portable Macs as solutions, Apple will, [...]

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Mac Pro 2.8GHz Reference Guide

March 14, 2008

The Arizona Macintosh Users Group (AMUG) provides great reviews and information to the rest of us. Today the Mac Pro 2.8 GHz Reference Guide came out, and if you have one, or are thinking about buying one, this is a great article. Included is a complete listing and explanation of features, options and more. Memory [...]

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Is Time Capsule working for you?

March 14, 2008

I’d love to hear from anyone using Time Capsule… I’ve seen a few reports of problems, and would like to follow up. These are mixed indeed. Reports as follows, from MacFixIt: Brian Charles I received my 500GB TimeCapsule just over a week ago. After a painless setup, it replaced my aging Snow Base station and [...]

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Time Capsule tested

March 10, 2008

c|net has a report testing the new Time Capsule, and if you are considering purchasing Time Capsule, I highly recommend it. Another report can be found here. Gismodo has a review here, with more (including photos with the hood off) here. ZDNet chimes in as well on this page. Time Capsule looks like a good [...]

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MacBook Air: More tests

March 2, 2008

Macworld.com put this article up last week, but I was so swamped I couldn’t get to the blog. It’s a fairly thorough report on the Air in it’s various incarnations, and how it stands up against various MacBook/Pros, Mac mini 1.83GHz and a PowerBook 1.67GHz. I was frankly surprised to see scores. The Air seemed [...]

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