Does the expiration of 2 Apple promos hints at new releases this week?
Posted by Helper Monkey Purely conjecture, and not based in any concrete info, I happened to notice that two of Apple’s four current promos are set to expire tomorrow. Both were introduced at Macworld this year, and time has run out for both. The first (and not all that exciting) is the “Perfect Companion� promo, which allowed you to save $100 when purchasing Apple systems and a printer at the same time. The second (and slightly more interesting) deal has to... Read More
Apple offers current Aperture users $200 e-coupon
Posted by Helper Monkey Apple today released an update to its professional photography tool Aperture, bringing the application to version 1.1. The most notable feature of this update is of course that it adds native support for Apple’s new Intel Macs. The second most notable feature is Aperture now costs $200 LESS than when it was released earlier this year. However, image professionals who rushed out to buy version 1.0 of the application when it was first released for... Read More
REVIEW: Intriguing Development’s iRemember scrapbooking software for the Mac
Posted by The Bride of Macenstein The concept of keeping a scrapbook is nothing new ⎯ people have been keeping family bibles and such with important documents and photos for generations ⎯ but recently the scrapbooking industry has taken off like a rocket, accounting for a staggering $2.6 billion in sales in 2005 alone. As a result of this growth, hundreds of companies have sprung up offering thousands of products to make your scrapbooks look more professional while... Read More
Apple releases Remote Desktop 3
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Faithful Macenstein reader rico alerted us that Apple has released Remote Desktop 3, the latest iteration of its remote network administration and monitoring software. In addition to a claimed 11x speed improvement over previous versions of the software, new features include: • Remote Spotlight search • Remote Desktop widget • Automator actions • AutoInstall • Remote drag and drop and copy and paste • Curtain Mode •... Read More
Fisher Price set to release the “iTod� MP3 player for toddlers
Posted by Helper Monkey According to the British publication Times Online, Fisher Price will be debuting a new MP3 player aimed at the 2-5-year-old market later this year. Dubbed the “iTod�, the unit is expected to cost £45 (about $78 US), and will ship with 6 songs and 2 stories pre-programmed on it. It is not known whether songs can be added, although it does seem to ship with a USB cable, so it is possible. Odds are it will ship under Fisher Price’s Kidtronics... Read More
Benchmarks: Windows Viruses run faster on Boot Camp Macs than on native PCs
Posted by iGor The Mac world is abuzz with people scrambling for benchmarks on how well the recently announced “Boot Camp software runs Windows XP on the new Intel Macs. Much of the news is quite favorable. Games like Worlds of Warcraft play faster than their Mac ports, and the iMac Core Duo even runs Windows faster than a Dell XPS 200. While we think these numbers are all very exciting, we felt most people were missing the point here. People running Windows are not concerned... Read More
Apple’s stock rises nearly 8% on Boot Camp news
Posted by Helper Monkey As most of us Apple stock holders know, the stock market can both giveth and taketh away. Well, after months of “giveth-ing�, followed by a month of “taketh-ing away�, the market is once again feeling generous. Apple’s stock was up almost 8% in early morning trading on news of Apple’s newly released Boot Camp software, which allows its new Intel Macs to run Windows. Apple has said the software will be built into its... Read More
Flip4Mac updated to v2.0.2
Posted by Lab Rat Flip4Mac, the popular utility that allows Mac users to play Windows Media content via their QuickTime Player app, has been updated to version 2.0.2. This is a minor update, but it adds support for more websites and web browsers than before. Highly recommended. Read More
Apple releases Boot Camp Public Beta, allowing Intel Macs to run Windows XP
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Well, despite spring-like temperatures here in the Northeast, it appears hell has actually frozen over. Apple today released a new piece of software called Boot Camp, which allows users to dual boot their Macs in either Mac OS X OR Windows! Apple claims this functionality will be built in to the next major release of OS X (named Leopard) but for whatever reason, they felt the need to release a beta version of te technology now. The 83 MB download is available... Read More
Forbes confirms new iBooks in June (via broken English)
Posted by iGor A posting over at Forbes claims Austek (a Taiwanese company) has secured a new iBook (MacBook?) contract for 1.2 million units, slated to ship this June. While the article is interesting in that it gives both a concrete timetable for the new laptops AND confirms they will have a 13.3-inch screen, what is really interesting about the article is just how poorly it is written. We here at Macenstein for the most part went to art school, so the grammatical errors on... Read More
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