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Libya to Purchase 1.2M US$100 Notebooks

Nicholas Negroponte intends to make millions of the machines The government of Libya is reported to have agreed to provide its 1.2m school children with a cheap durable laptop computer by June 2008. The laptops offer internet access and are powered by a wind-up crank. They cost $100 and manufacturing begins next year, says One […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Notebook battery shortage imminent

A report by Bloomberg’s Tim Culpan paints a pretty grim picture of notebook battery availability until at least next summer. The culprit? The recall of over 8 million notebook batteries in recent months.

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Why no SATA 160GB Drive Option in MacBooks?

You can now order a Mac mini with a 160G SATA drive and this is the same physical drive type found in the MacBooks and MacBook Pros. So why hasn’t Apple made this a BTO for the portables? Contributed by: Ole J. Jacobsen

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Opinion

Platform Death Match! 1990-1995: Apple vs. Microsoft in the Enterprise

“Why Apple Will Change TV” compared how Apple is poised for success in areas where Microsoft is currently failing. But circumstances are subject to change! Just over a decade ago, Apple began facing serious legacy problems with its platform, with many parallels to today’s Microsoft. Examining Apple’s dramatic fall provides a series of notable platform […]