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Opinion

The Xserve mini

Introducing the Apple XServe mini: what it is, what it does, and why the world needs it.

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Opinion

Market Share Myth: Nailed!

In The Apple Market Share Myth, I demonstrated how overall market share numbers can be used to suggest ideas that have no basis in reality. Here, I’ll look at the slippery aspect of numbers, prove that a quality share of the market can be better than a larger market share, and then compare how the definition of a market is critically important in determining how useful market share numbers are. In particular, I’ll look at the iPod’s market share.

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MacBook Pro

The Apple Core: Merom MacBooks for the holidays

It’s pretty easy to deduce that Merom, Intel’s successor to the Yonah (a.k.a. Core Duo) chip, will find its way into a speed-bumped MacBook Pro. The question is when. Intel will be announcing the Core 2 Duo chips at a press event tomorrow (Thursday) at company headquarters in Santa Clara, CA according to a spokesman. […]

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Software

Skype 1.5 for Mac OS X Supports Video

So you’ve found the Video Preview of Skype for Mac. Now you can make video calls to anyone else on Skype, no matter what kind of computer they are using. Smile, wave, laugh or pull funny faces with anyone, anywhere in the world with Skype video calls. All for free of course. Download Skype for […]

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MacBook Pro

New MBP Logic Boards and Invisible Serial Numbers

…many MacBook Pros which have revised logic boards (indicated by Apple in repair notes included with updated systems) lack a serial number identifier in the “Hardware Overview” pane of Apple System Profiler.MacFixIt reader Stephen Fleming writes: “I’ve had the logic board replaced (endless kernel panics) and have the ‘MBP’ string. But the easiest way to […]