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Mac OS X
Mac OS X is leaving my power mac, this time for good. Both of the last two releases 10.3.6 and 10.3.7 have toasted my install. I am putting debian on there again. his time I will not be lured back to OS X no matter what! Now I will be able to use that box without the reboots and reintalls.
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Make your own Pirate Radio Station with an iPod
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Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
arstechnica reviews Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Read More
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About the Finder...
From arstechnica: It's no secret that I don't like the Mac OS X Finder. Almost every article I've written about Mac OS X has included a litany of criticisms, from small annoyances to fundamental philosophical differences. Some readers agree with my criticisms, and some disagree, and some aren't sure exactly what the problem is.
There was even a forum thread on the topic recently. The posts in that thread represent a broad range of opinions, many of which center on network performance and threading issues that are a lot narrower than my personal concerns. But I believe the mere existence of that thread, and others like it, is indicative of a larger malaise surrounding the Mac OS X Finder.....Read More
posted 09:09 [/computers/mac]
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Apple lines up for Toshiba's new 60GB drive
Toshiba Corp. is planning to launch a 60GB version of its 1.8-inch hard disk drive in the coming months and has already found a customer in Apple Computer Corp., the company said Wednesday here at the Computex 2004 exhibition in Taipei...Read More at infoworld.com
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Making An Operating System Faster
(10 Things Apple Did To Make Mac OS X Faster) The performance of computer hardware typically increases monotonically with time. Even if the same could be said of software, the rate at which software performance improves is usually very slow compared to that of hardware. In fact, many might opine that there is plenty of software whose performance has deteriorated consistently with time. Moreover, it is rather difficult to establish an objective performance metric for software as complex as an operating system: a "faster OS" is a very subjective, context dependent phrase....Read More at kernelthread.com
posted 14:18 [/computers/mac]
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OS X Security Flaw Plagues Web Browsers
From MacNewsWorld.com: In an exclusive interview Wednesday, "lixlpixel," the person who discovered the flaw, told MacNewsWorld that, after waiting on Apple's reply, he finally posted the advisory to a Swiss Macintosh Web site. "This is how Secunia picked up on the vulnerability," lixlpixel said, adding he had not contacted Secunia....Read More
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Apple Layoffs No April Fool's Joke
macnewsworld.com: Ron Paley, president of Toronto-based reseller, Carbon Computing, said he and his counterparts are grappling to understand why Apple has chosen to go in this direction. "I'm baffled why they took this move but I have my own business to run. Maybe they have a brilliant thing that's coming down the pipe."...Read More
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Apple Files Patent for Translucent Windows
The Mac Observer This patent application is targeted towards the use of transparency in a Graphical User Interface... Read More
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