April 5, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
Apple Introduces Boot Camp
Public Beta Software Enables Intel-based Macs
to Run Windows XP
Press Release: CUPERTINO, California—April 5, 2006—Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS® X or Windows XP.
March 31, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
Source: eWeek
Written By Daniel Drew Turner
On the eve of its 30th anniversary, Apple Computer is in the middle of a major transition—moving its Mac hardware and operating system over to the Intel chip. But Apple isn’t alone: this transition affects every developer of Mac software, including Apple itself.
March 29, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
March 27, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
NEXT MOVE COULD BE FORAYS INTO MOVIES, TV
Source: SiliconValley.com
Written by John Boudreau – Mercury News
In the ’80s, Apple Computer brought the personal computer to the masses.
And in the first few years of the 21st century, the Cupertino company’s iPod digital music player has revolutionized how we listen to, buy and tote around our music.
So, what’s next?
March 22, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
Delay could prompt holiday shoppers to check out Apple’s wares–and it might force PC vendors to offer incentives to keep customers from straying.
Source: PC World
Written by Yardena Arar
Microsoft’s decision to delay the consumer versions of Windows Vista until early 2007 could encourage some holiday computer buyers to get Macs instead, industry analysts say.
March 20, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
Soucre: Macworld
Written by Jason Snell
Yesterday (March 16, 2006) was a milestone day for the Mac. A pair of enterprising hackers got Windows XP to boot on an Intel-based Mac, and won almost $14,000 for their troubles.
March 9, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
Source: CNET
Written by Ina Fried
SAN FRANCISCO–Hoping your Intel Mac will easily run Windows Vista?
Don’t bet on it, one Apple Computer engineer said Thursday.
March 6, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
Adobe Photoshop Product Manager John Nack (read the PSN Interview with John Nack) was interviewed on Inside Mac Radio (March 2, 2006 episode) regarding a variety of subject. One was the problem with taking mature applications such as Photoshop and recompiling as a Universal Binary application for the Macintosh platform.
March 2, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
Source: ars technica
Written by Jacqui Cheng
Just about a month-and-a-half after Steve Jobs’s surprisingly unsurprising announcement at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco that the first two Intel-based Macs to be rolled out would be the iMac and the MacBook Pro—the apparently newly renamed PowerBook—MacBook Pros finally started arriving at eager users’ doorsteps. The six-week gap between announcement and arrival was plenty of time for rumors to grow.
March 2, 2006
Posted by LRN Editorial Staff
Source: ZDNet
Written by Joris Evers, CNET News.com
Apple Computer on Wednesday released a security update for Mac OS X that fixes 20 vulnerabilities, including a high-profile Web browser and Mail flaw disclosed last week.