Category: MacBook

  • Apple iPod(s), Apple iTunes 7, Apple iTV

    Ok, well, Steve got up on stage yesterday and spent an hour woo’ing journalists and bloggers for the second time in about two months. Every other major tech blog and tech news site has covered the presentation with pictures so I’m not going to regurgitate the same old news. Instead, I’ll regurgitate my opinions on…

  • CrossOver Mac Beta Released

    CodeWeavers yesterday released a public beta of CroosOver Mac. A list of the supported applications is here. I downloaded and installed it yesterday. CrossOver Mac installed without issue on my Apple MacBook. Once it was installed, I installed, Word 2003, Excel 2003, and PowerPoint 2003 from Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. All three applications were working…

  • Miglia TVMini HD is great!

    I’ve been using the TVMini HD on my MacBook for a few weeks and I love it. Even with the included antenna, I’ve been able to easily pick up broadbast HD signals without a problem. At $249 from the Apple Store, it’s a good buy. If you can plug it into a desktop with enough…

  • Lenovo and Novell Want a Ransom for Linux

    I just spent 15 minutes on the phone with Lenovo trying to get information on their ThinkPads preloaded with SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. I am very surprised at Lenovo’s half-hearted attempt at preloading Linux on ThinkPads. As I mentioned in this post, Lenovo and Novell announced the preloading of SuSE Linux on the ThinkPad T60p.…

  • Apple MacBook vs. Lenovo ThinkPad – Part 3

    I’ve had my MacBook for over two months now. The more I use OS X, I really like it. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts here, here and here, I like the simplicity, I like the ease of use, I like the *nix foundation underlying the pretty user interface, I like the choice between commercial…