Category: Apple
A $1,148 Hackintosh
Seems like a great way to blow $1,148 when an updated breaks your machine.
I hackintoshed a few netbooks back in the day, but that’s a far cry from spending $1,100 on something completely without support or a guarantee of working well.
Reading Rainbow iPad App Coming
I’m thinking of getting my wife an iPad just so she can use this app with our kids.
Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2.1 Released
Apple has, with no change in the release notes or acknowledgement of the problems caused by version 1.2, released Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2.1 to add support for the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. Version 1.2 of the update was notable for causing boot failures, and although the assumption is that Apple addressed the problems, we won’t know for sure until reports start to come in from users.
Retina Remarks
I spent a few brief moments with a new “MacBook Pro with Retina display” at the Apple Store, and thought I would share a few thoughts. This by no means is a fair review (or by type of review, really), but just a handful of impressions.
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The machine is crazy thin. It reminds of me of seeing the Titanium PowerBook G4 after the PowerBook a G3 had been around forever. It is crazy thin.
The iOS 6 NDA Cheatsheet
This year I decided it would be helpful to put together a cheatsheet by going through the public websites and keynote video and collect all the topics that are publicly displayed. I can then talk with some freedom about these topics. Collecting all the topics on one place will hopefully help keep me clear on what I can talk about.
If it wasn’t in the keynote, or isn’t on the website, don’t write about it.
Business Insider Learns Single Sources Are Bad
Nook Hacked to Run Mac OS 7.5.3
Retro Mac Games Turned Into Nice Looking Wallpapers
The World’s Tiniest Violin
Gruber weighs in on Apple’s new unfixable laptop.
Separate Podcast App Coming From Apple?
People familiar with Apple’s plans tell me that when its new iOS 6 software becomes widely available this fall, podcasts will have their own app, where users will be able to discover, download and play them on mobile devices. Users who access iTunes via laptop and desktop machines will still find them in that version of iTunes, though.
Fifteen Inches
With the Retina MacBook Pro, Apple once again proves it is a company that refuses to sit still and get comfortable. It redefined the ultraportable laptop with the MacBook Air, and has now altered the concept of the “pro” laptop. Going lighter and smaller was expected, given how Apple does things, but the change in feature set will have current MacBook Pro owners reexamining their needs.
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The Retina MacBook Pro, however, is the future of Apple’s laptop line—and it’s a bright, shinning symbol of excellence. The Retina display is something to be marveled at, and the lightweight, smaller design addresses the demand for our devices to be even more portable. You’ll have to make a few adjustments, but fortunately, you don’t have to sacrifice performance. The Retina MacBook Pro is quite a remarkable laptop.