There is support for running Windows apps natively within the OSX desktop, with the new version of Internet Explorer happily co-existing alongside an OSX Finder window. Speaking of which, Finder now has tabs. Thank goodness for that.
There is new support for virtual desktops, which allow users to switch between different layouts for different tasks or aspects of their machine. A transition appears to show the user ‘peeling away’ the top layer of the current desktop to get to another one underneath.
Originally from osViews | osOpinion
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
We can’t say that we’re really surprised, but it would appear that this year’s hundred-university student survey conducted by Student Monitor showed the iPod to run the show in terms of student desireability, even more so than getting soused. It’s the first time in almost ten years that something besides drinking has reigned atop the survey, but we have to admit though, drinking has the odds stacked against it. We’ll see what happens to the Apple’s sweet spread when we lobby the government to raise the minimum buying age for iPods to 21, now won’t we?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Originally posted by Ryan Block from Engadget
Cory Doctorow:
A Flickr user caught a pic of this Apple G4 tower that’s been converted to a roadside mailbox in Auckland, NZ — great use for an old, iconic tower!
Link
(Thanks, Dustin!)
Originally posted by Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing
During the Adobe Live event, Robert Raiola of Adobe Systems France said that Adobe will halt the development of Freehand and GoLive, according to MacGeneration.
Adobe will support these two products for some times. Adobe will concentrate all its efforts on Illustrator 13 and Dreamweaver (which will have a new interface similar to other adobe products).
Originally from osViews | osOpinion
Filed under: Desktops
Want an Intel-based Mac but don’t want to pay Apple’s prices? A company called Red PCs may have what you’re looking for — if you’re willing to face the wrath of Apple’s lawyers. Red PC is now offering something they’re calling a “PowerPC G6 Macintosh” for $499. According to the specs, the box is basically a generic Pentium-based PC running a hacked version of the Intel version of Mac OS X. For your $499, the company is also throwing in copies of Photoshop CS2 and Microsoft Office 2004, making this quite the deal, given that Photoshop alone can go for over $400. But, then, we assume you’re prepared to deal with Adobe and Microsoft’s lawyers as well if you’re ready to buy this. Unfortunately (or fortunately, as the case may be), the Red PCs web site seems to be down, though the machine is still listed on the Alibaba.com site as available for purchase with free global shipping and a one-year warranty.
[Via OSX86]
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Originally posted by Marc Perton from Engadget
If you’ve ever fantasized about what 150 Mac Minis might look like, well, you really are a bigger dweeb than we’d thought and we’re so totally never going to go out on a date with you, so stop asking already! Jeez. Print this photo of your dream realized out and spend some quality time in the utility closet with your nasty self.
A Tour of Microsoft’s Mac Lab [David Weiss, thanks Paul!]
Do you feel like your current USB flash drive fulfill your needs? Perhaps 64 gigabytes of storage is more to your liking? If it is, and you have an extra $2,800 laying around, then Kanguru has just what you’re looking for. The Kanguru Flash Drive Max is a USB flash drive that weighs just .63 oz. and measures 3.6 x 0.9 x 0.6-in. Concerned that the data on the drive may corrupt? Kanguru says that the drives includes “top grade” NAND flash memory and a 10-year data retention time period. For your $2,800, you also get a sturdy aluminum case to protect your investment in. Get your bank statements ready, since the Flash Drive Max hits shelves on April 15.
Firm pitches $2,800 64GB USB Flash disk [The Register]
Product Page [Kanguru]
from Gizmodo
Someone who claims to have an NDA with Apple, has revealed the new features MacOS 10.5, Leopard, will have. He claims all these details are already available on other websites, hence he can list them without having to worry. The most interesting bit: Leopard will ask during install if you want to install Vista or Linux on a seperate partition so you can run them simultaneously (a heavy Mac is required). Please note that the authenticity of these words is debatable at best. My take: There have been numerous rumours that Apple is going to add virtualization support to Leopard, so that might be true. And I expect Microsoft to support this. Why? Because of this, and because a Windows install equals money to MS. Whether on a Mac or not.
Originally from OSNews
Apple announced the release of their Volume Limit feature earlier today for the iPod. Basically, this is in response to all the hearing loss lawsuits that are going around in the MP3 player world. With the update, which is for the iPod nano and 5G iPods with video, users can set a maximum volume limit, and lock it with a passcode. This allows parents to set a max. volume for their children, and also ensures that if a little one gets ahold of your iPod, they can’t turn it any higher than your limit, saving your ears from a blaring shock.
{sparkys notes: I thought the ipod already had a volume limit features, its called the volume wheel, just don’t turn it up all the way. Whats next, governors for cars that go to fast?}
Originally from Gear Live
Notable curmudgeon John Dvorak raised hackles lastmonth when he suggested that an Intel-powered Apple would dump OS X and switch to Windows. Turns out he may have been right — sort of. Word is out now that Apple has joined BAPco, an industry group that does one thing and one thing only: create benchmarks for testing the performance of Windows-based PCs. The move comes on top of rumors that Apple will include VMWare-style virtualization capabilities in the next version of OS X, which could enable the Mac OS to run Windows apps without requiring a third-party emulator or a reboot. While those rumors have yet to be confirmed, it does seem possible that Apple is indeed working on a way for OS X users to run Windows apps, and wants to use BAPco’s tools to benchmark the Windows-on-OS X performance (though the tools are said not to work all that well in virtual environments). Either that or they just want to confirm the rumors that the MacBookPro is the fastest Windows laptop
out there.
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Originally posted by Marc Perton from Engadget
