Thin MacBook Prediction

Here’s my stab at the almost-for-certain Thin MacBook to be announced by Steve Jobs at Macworld in San Francisco tomorrow.

iPod based hard drives
Minimalistic in nature
“One Laptop Per Child” type of initiative
Low price for easy entry - sub $600?

The Red iPod series, Jobs’ zen type ideologies and the snubbing of OS X by “One Laptop […]

Yesterday I wrote about finally getting an Intel based Mac which in turn has prompted me down the road towards Leopard. Hardware in place, not that my G5 couldn’t do Leopard, I have turned my attention to software. What will work and what won’t? How much is this upgrade really going to cost me? The […]

I’m getting old. I have never really been an early adopter but lately I have become a bona-fide slow mover. I bought my first new computer in over 5 years in October. I bought a refurbished MacBook Pro from the online Apple Store. I knew I wasn’t ready for Leopard anyway so I wanted something […]

Al Gore - Fear Monger

Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize and Apple proudly gooshed with accolades for this member of their board with a big shout out directly from their home page today. Peace? If spreading chicken little fear throughout the world is “peace” then maybe. If releasing a scare-monger, junk-science driven “documentary” to the world and telling […]

Save The Mini

Yesterday AppleInsider wrote that they have reliable sources telling them that the Mac Mini is EOL (End Of Life). I cringed. Could it be? Well as much as it pains me to say it it seems Apple’s track record of willingness to kill off its own little ones is pretty clear. First to mind is […]

Dad Gets a New MacBook

My father introduced me to the Mac in 1984 with a 128k. I was pissed. I was in 7th grade and had done a little Basic programming in school on Apple IIe’s and IIc’s. This Mac thing sucked, where was my ability to write programs? I had started writing a simple text game, at school, […]

iTunes DRM Free At Last (Mostly)

The big news today, if you haven’t already noticed, is that Apple and EMI announced that you can now buy DRM free music for $1.29 per track. DRM stands for “Digital Rights Management” and is the software system built into iTunes and your iPod that keep you from playing your iTunes purchased music on other […]

Finally

Well it took us a few months but we are finally back for real. A huge thanks to our previous ISP for going down for the umpteenth time, we finally got all of our stuff moved and reconfigured. Not the perfect setup but we’re functional again. We have a few things to say so stay […]

iTunes Movies: So What

I’m not sure what world Apple execs live in but the pricing on movie titles from the just announced iTunes movie download service is, in my opinion, not very well thought out. Heres my point. I can go to Costco, Fred Meyer, BI-MART or any other large retailer and pick movies up for $5.99 to […]

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iPod Updates

CNet has a feature article on their site speculating about the iPod and its lack of updates over the last 12 months. Their point is that maybe the iPod has stalled. It is true that Apple has reason for concern, as cell phone makers and rivals like Microsoft are announcing and introducing new music gadgets […]

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