I’m only halfway through this episode of Mac Power Users, but wanted to link to it about 5 minutes in. In a former life, I worked at a third-party Apple-Authorized Service Provider, and most of my projects included supporting schools with 1–1 Mac programs. My interest in technology in the classroom is very strong, and Fraser Speirs is at the forefront of using iPads — instead of Macs — in education. Every MPU episode is good, but this really is a must-listen if you care about such things.
Category: Apple
On UDID Registrars⇢
The owner of one site asked Viticci to remove them from his article. Talk about shady.
Update: The guys at @iosregister blocked me and deleted that tweet, so here’s a screenshot.
Update 2: The @iosregister account says their site is closed.
USA Today Jumps on iPad mini Rumors⇢
I can’t remember a time when an Apple rumor has had so much momentum behind it. This story made it on the front page.
Apple Pulls Products from EPEAT⇢
The story is that Apple’s done this because the group’s philosophy that products should be easy to disassemble for recycling doesn’t jive with Apple’s product line anymore.
iPad mini Mockups⇢
This is a nice way to see what a 7.85 inch iPad would look like, if you have a little too much time on your hands this weekend.
On Mountain Lion’s System Requirements and Consumer Confusion - Updated
The past few versions of Mac OS X have had fairly simple-to-remember key system requirements. If a machine met these key requirements, the other ones (RAM, available hard drive space) were met by default in most cases:
- Leopard required a 867 Mhz G4 or better
- Snow Leopard was Intel-only.
- Lion required a Core2Duo processor or higher
Mountain Lion, due out this month, has slightly more complicated specs:
- OS X v10.6.8 or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available space
Additionally, these machines are the only ones supported:
Apple Removes Reviews After DRM Bug [Update]⇢
The right move.
Rather than remove the 1-star reviews — as far as I can tell, they’re all still there — it appears that Apple has triggered a reupdate on the affected apps, Instapaper included.
A re-issue isn’t a bad move, either.
SmoothSync⇢
A Review and Walk-Through of ‘Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview’
Note: This post contains spoilers. Hence, the page break on the homepage of the site. — SH
I just finished watching Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview.
While (like Marco), I can’t shake the feeling that the whole thing is a money-grab, after watching it, I’m happy I dropped the $4 to rent the hour long video.
Here are some thoughts, written up as I watched the interview.
Overthinking⇢
Gruber:
I bet Apple could make a $199 iPad Mini and turn a profit on it — especially with a $249 version sitting next to it with double the storage. It’s that simple. If Apple thinks people would buy a smaller cheaper iPad and that they could turn a profit making them, they’ll do it. No reason to overthink it.
Yet, I can’t stop overthinking it. I’m just not sold on where a product like this would fit. Who is it for? What makes it better than the iPod touch or 9.7-inch iPad?
Why Thunderbolt Cables Are Expensive⇢
Mmmm, silicon germanium.
The $200 Device
For $200 this holiday season, what are you more likely to buy?
- The Kindle Fire
- The Google Nexus 7
- The iPod touch
It’s easy to conclude that the Nexus 7 is about Google beating Amazon, but even in the $200 market, Apple’s a contender.