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Dec 4 2007

Giving Leopard stripes and giving Tiger spots

This was a segment for The Lab with Leo Laporte that I just finished shooting on Friday but I can’t wait until it airs to tell you about it. I hope Leo doesn’t mind me letting you in on the show notes early.

The gist of Giving Leopard stripes and giving Tiger spots is simple; some people just bought new Macs with Leopard pre-installed and are pining for Tiger while some people have really old Macs and are feeling left out of the Leopard fun–this article gives you the goods to help you out.

I’ve given you several options in most cases (from Menu Bar Manipulators to Dock Dabblers) with my picks for the best of the best in each category. Check it out and I’ll link you back to the Lab and the posted video of the segment as soon as they are available.

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Sep 18 2007

The gist of the Apple’s ”Mum is no longer the word” event in London

iphoneuk 20070918 024822 The gist of the Apples Mum is no longer the word event in LondonThe iPhone for UK (269 Pounds including VAT) was announced under the carrier O2. It will go on sale November 9th.

When asked why the iPhone is not using the faster 3G networks, Jobs responded…

“The 3G chipsets are real power hogs. Handset battery life cuts power to 2-3 hours. Our phone has a talk time of 8 hours and that’s really important when you want to use your phone for internet and music. 3G needs to get back up to 5+ hours, something we think well see later next year. WiFi is way faster than any 3G network. Energy efficient EDGE with better, faster WiFi. That’s why we chose it.”

[ Via Engadget ]

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Jun 7 2005

How Apple’s Intel Switch Affects Purchasing Plans for Video Folks

For those interested, I’ve been posting a ton of stuff about this switchover and how it affects video folks and their purchasing plans over on my blog, HD For Indies.com. The best article on the subject I’ve written so far is here, entitled “Calmer Thoughts on Apple/Intel

The gist of it: Don’t Panic.
If you were going to buy a new machine this year, go ahead and buy it. There won’t be a replacement Intel based high end Power Mac until the second half of 2007 most likely. By that time, all of the software you care about (Final Cut Suite, Adobe’s Creative Suite and After Effects, and other apps) will most likely be ported to this new OS X86 (whatever they’re going to call it) on MacIntel hardware (or whatever they’re going to call it) by that time. And for your existing G4/G5 box, universal binaries (runs on both architectures under OS X) versions will be written for years to come. I bet it won’t be any sooner than Final Cut Pro 8 or later that doesn’t support G5′s, so fret not – your current or about-to-be-bought box will keep running as it has been.

The biggest concern I have is that there might be some defections from smaller companies that make plugins and tools that aren’t using Xcode (the tool to make universal binaries) and will decide it’s too much effort to port their code and support two hardware platforms. One of the good things about this move, however, is that eventually, developers will only have to support one hardware platform between Macs & WinTel boxes – they’ll only have to optimize their code for one processor in 5 or more years.

I’ve also linked to a ton of other articles on all this stuff, and commented on many of them.

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