Archive for February, 2008
Apple TV Take 2: an in-depth review (part 1): what’s new
Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple is keeping itself busy. Along with the 10.5.2 update to Mac OS X Leopard and a new reference release of Aperture 2.0, the company quietly made available the free new “Take Two” software upgrade for Apple TV on Tuesday. Here’s a look at how Apple TV compares as a living room media […]
Is Apple Shedding its Final Cut Pro Apps at NAB?
Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple’s announcement that it wouldn’t be exhibiting at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters trade show sent the rumor mill into high alert, resulting in claims that the company may soon exit the Pro App business with a sale of its Final Cut Studio software to a third party after having lost its […]
MacBook Air face-off: HDD vs SSD (with video)
Daniel Eran Dilger
In this fourth installment of our MacBook Air review series, we pit Apple’s standard hard disk drive (HDD) model against the standard solid state drive (SSD) configuration in a set of battery and benchmark tests to gauge the performance and power saving capabilities of each. Videos are used to demonstrate a side-by-side simultaneous […]
Early adopter issues: MacBook Air, SuperDrive, Remote Disc and Install
Daniel Eran Dilger
The MacBook Air ships with software tools that allow users to do without the external drive option for most purposes. Remote Disc, Remote Install, and related technologies that enable the Air to share a network host’s optical drive both for reading files, installing software, backing up data, and even booting over the network. […]
Early adopter issues: MacBook Air and Migration Assistant
Daniel Eran Dilger
Any time a car or computer is released with a significantly new design, there are certain to be issues found with its engineering. The more changes, the more likely there’ll be early adopter problems to manage. With the MacBook Air, Apple traded FireWire, an optical drive, and Gigabit Ethernet to save a few […]
Why Does Microsoft Really Want Yahoo?
Daniel Eran Dilger
Microsoft finally went public with its $44.6 billion offer to buy Yahoo, following years of aggressive efforts to talk the company into selling out in private negotiations. Why does Microsoft want Yahoo so badly, why hasn’t Yahoo jumped at the deal, and how would such a merger work out for Microsoft, Yahoo, and […]