Business Week: How is battery life with the MacBook? Jobs: About the same—this with a dual processor [chip]! Each processor is as fast as a G5, and the battery life will be the same as [the previous PowerBook’s] G4. Read more of Business Week’s exclusive interview with Jobs in “A (New) Chip on His Shoulder.”
Day: January 16, 2006
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The Apple Core: iTunes Phones Home
Apple used the Macworld Expo in San Francisco last week to announce a new version of iTunes, version 6.0.2, that “includes stability and performance improvements over iTunes 6.0.1.” One of the “improvements” is the iTunes MiniStore which an interesting little piece of code that looks at what you’re listening to and suggests artists and songs […]
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iMac (Core Duo) Dissected
Like a surgeon Mitsunobu Tanaka, ph.D, (a.k.a. Kodawarisan) has already disassembled the iMac Core Duo. The primary server is already down due to bandwidth, so you’ll have to check out the mirror site.
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EVDO Cards for the ExpressCard/34 Slot
With the announcement of the MacBook Pro a lot of people are wondering what they’re going to do with their EVDO PC cards. The Verizon PC5220 is one of the more popular EVDO PC cards and some have speculated that the U132 adapter would work in a pinch. According to sources the Verizon PC5220 will […]
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MacBook Pro: Details and Photos
I’ve uploaded a Flickr photo set of five photos of the MacBook Pro from the booth at Macworld taken by Shaun Redmond. The photos show: – The new MBP hinge (pictured) which now houses the Bluetooth and Airport antennas under a grey plastic cover. This has greatly improved reception, according to reports. – The new […]