The new MacBook Pro computers, announced last week, have a new data connection port: Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt is like USB and FireWire except that it's super crazy fast. It was created by Intel as a way to transmit video and audio as well as data. Q and A on Thunderbolt: What does the Thunderbolt ...
Apple Store Opening at Grand Central Terminal?
Is Apple opening a store at Grand Central? And if so, where will it be? Rumor has it that the store will not be located down where the other shops are--it will be replacing one of the terrace-level restaurants. When Apple already has 4 stores in Manhattan, does it need another? Well if you've ever ...
OS X Lion: What’s Coming and What We’d Like to See
We just returned from the MacWorld 2011 conference and expo in San Francisco, where we attended various conference sessions. One of our favorite sessions was on OS X Lion, the next version of OS X after Snow Leopard—both what Apple has told us is coming, and what we hope will be included. The ...
Mac App Store Commentary Roundup
The Mac App Store went live last week. To check it out, you need to update your Apple system software. Then you can access the App Store either from the Dock (there will be a new icon, an A in a blue circle) or there's an App Store menu item under the Apple menu. Here is the roundup of some of the ...
Apple’s web site still counts like a computer, even if Macs no longer do
While Snow Leopard counts in powers of 10, like humans do, Apple's own software download page still counts in powers of 2, like computers (and those who program them) do. I noticed this because I was freaking out when the new Mac OS X 10.6.5 Combo Update clocked in at over a gigabyte while ...
Anyone want to buy a used XServe? Cheap?
For enterprise Mac users, Apple dropped a mini-bombshell today: in less than three months, they will discontinue their XServe line of rack-mounted "blade" servers, to be replaced by the existing Mac Mini Snow Leopard Server, and a new configuration of the Mac Pro preconfigured with Snow Leopard ...