Leopard Early Adopters Suffer For The Rest of Us

News.com tallies up the minor annoyances early adopters have experienced dealing with the newest version of OS X. From a change in folder design to install issues, and beyond to lack of support for Java 6, Mac users have had more to grumble about than usual in the last week. Just the same, the article notes, there have been no major problems and (compared to other OS launches) Leopard kicked off fairly well. "Let's give thanks to the early adopters, however masochistic they may be. You can do all the QA in the world before releasing an operating system, and it's not going to compare to what happens when the unwashed masses get their hands on the product. Microsoft's Windows Vista had years of developer releases, and was released to manufacturing several weeks before it went on sale to the general public. Still, compatibility problems cropped up because it's extremely difficult to anticipate what people are running, and in what combination. It's easier for Apple because it tightly controls its hardware and software, and because there are fewer potential combinations in the wild, but it's still a Herculean task."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPod touch the clear frontrunner among flash players

Boy, this baby is beautiful, Tim Gideon (pcmag.com) says of the iPod touch. After reviewing the freshest crop of flash-based music and video players, Gideon concluded that with its cool-looking glass display, a built-in Web browser, and the ability to buy music wirelessly iPod touch was the best of the bunch.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

UpgradedLaptops

MacWorld UK is reporting that Apple has quietly released updated MacBook and MacBook Pros. The new versions are available in up to Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6Ghz. The front side bus speed is now 800Mhz, from 667Mhz. MacBooks have an upgraded video card, with up to 144MB of memory shared with the main memory, up [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Community Activity: October 29,2007

New MBPiPod Video 30GBThe Leopard ThreadGetting away from the mouse?Leopard In-compatibility List

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Why I have not installed Leopard (Though I ownit)

I was one of the many loyal enthusiasts that pre-ordered Leopard and couldn’t wait to install it on all my Macs. Unfortunately for me, it didn’t work out that way.If you haven’t heard of the installation problems with Leopard yet, there are a few. It seems the very popular third-party application Application Enhancer does not [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

MacBook and MacBook Pro [(Intel) Hardware]

Been thinking about going mobile with your games? Well nows the perfect time, as both the MacBook and MacBook Pro are revving faster than ever. The latter gets supercharged with greater CPU and bus speeds, and new Intel GMA X3100 graphics with a robust 144MB of video RAM. The MacBook Pro makes a pit stop as well, tuning up its CPU to a whopping 2.6GHz and grabbing bigger, faster hard drives. Both casual and core gamers alike will be cheering all the way to the finish line.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Now Shipping: RAID card upgrade kits for Mac Pro, Xserve

Delivering enhanced storage performance and data protection, the Mac Pro RAID Card and Xserve RAID Card let you add a powerful hardware RAID engine with 256MB of cache and battery backup to your Mac Pro desktop or Xserve. The cards support a variety of RAID levels, allowing you optimize your system for performance, capacity, or a combination of both. The cards, both priced at $999, are available today from the online Apple Store. (See Store for system requirements.)

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[Source: Apple Hot News]