The X is Dead

Gizmodo has published a collection of photos showing the various retail boxes OS X has come packaged in over the last 8 year.

With the release of 10.6 this Friday, Apple is going to be taking a big step away from the “X” themed boxes. Instead, the Snow Leopard retail box features, well, a snow leopard.

Gizmodo complains about this:

I can haz clip art? Come on, Apple. What’s wrong with you?

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iPhone Dominating Flickr

Electronista:

The iPhone has become the most frequently used camera for Flickr photos, according to the photo site’s Camera Finder. While not providing a timeline for when this happened or its percentage of the market, the Yahoo-owned site shows that Apple’s smartphone has just recently overtaken the Canon Digital Rebel XTi in overall popularity for submissions. About 12.4 million photos have been identified as coming from some form of iPhone, with an average of 5,017 users uploading photos every day.

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Unibody Innards

Unibody

I had to replace the unibody on a MacBook Pro yesterday, which requires taking everything in the notebook apart and moving it into the new case. Two hours later, it was like new.

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Size Matters

Size Matters [174/365; 06/23/2009] My new 24-inch iMac (a replacement from Apple for my dead 20-inch model) arrived today. Here, the new keyboard sits next to my Apple Extended II keyboard, which I will continue to use daily. The iPhone 3G and Apple remote are present for reference.

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Behold, The Titanium

The Titanium PowerBook was the first notebook from Apple to feature the G4 processor.

At 1-inch thick, sporting a 15-inch widescreen display and wrapped in metal, the notebook caught everyone by surprise. The design is proving timeless. The Unibody MacBook and MacBook Pros are built like the Titanium - a thin plate on the bottom with all the insides built into the top case. Not to mention the black keyboard being back in style.

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