âNew MacBook is the same â only betterâ
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Gary Krakow writes for MSNBC, âOverall, I found that the new MacBook is just like the old MacBook â only better.Â It seems faster and has some new bells and whistles â all for the same price.â
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&#147;If a new desktop computer is the object of your holiday hopes this season, look no further than the new G5 iMac from Apple,&#148; writes Mike Wendland for Billings Gazette. &#147;I said it when I first tested it and I&#146;ll say it again after two months of use: This is the finest personal computer I&#146;ve ever used, hands down. Nothing comes close. If you have ever thought of switching from a Windows-based PC to a Mac, this is the deal-clincher. It is a stunning machine to look at and to use.&#148; [Dec 21]
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The Mac may be the cooler computer, but arenât there more PC users in the world?
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Apple is now in the position where it cannot hold a proper Macworld without unveiling "One More Thing." But with the iPhone being a hard act to follow, was the MacBook Air enough to keep the world's gadget haven at the top of its game?
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Appleâs Steven P. Jobs introduced an elegant new MacBook, and is betting he can mimic his digital music success with movies.
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After a âswift and easyâ installation, Mark Kellner (Washington Times) found Mac OS X Leopard âsomething any Mac user will want to have.â âOffering better integration of e-mail with syndicated Internet news updates, a new backup feature likely to decrease the impact of hardware failures, and snazzy display features by the bushel, the $129 Apple Mac OS X Leopard upgrade is more than a reasonable purchase.â
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The MacBook Air has arrived, a third MacBook model that brings incredibly small size to the MacBook line at a premium price.
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If my hunch is correct,â writes Julio Ojeda-Zapata , âbusiness-class airliner cabins will be filled with corporate types whipping out their MacBook Airs for work amid admiring glances from seatmates.â MacBook Air, after all, âis one sexy portable,â a laptop that âscreams luxury with its extra-bright display (a newfangled light-emitting-diode variant) and a full-size, backlit keyboard that has a great, firm feel.â Ojeda-Zapata suggests that âbusiness types needing ultraportability with style and comfort wonât be able to resist the Air. They can even wedge Windows in there (I did so with no trouble).â
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This component of Apple's Mac OS X has been completely made over. We'll tell you what's new, what's different and what to watch out for.
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Calling iMac a âmetal-clad masterpiece,â James Holland  gives the popular all-in-one computer a 5-star rating (out of five). âOverall,â he says, â the build quality, slick and tasteful aluminium finish, huge screen and jaw-dropping keyboard make this a winner. Paired with OS X and iLife â08, this is simply the finest all-in-one your money can muster. Weâre iMac converts, and we couldnât be happier.â
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One month ago, Windows expert Scot Finnie initiated a three-month trial of a Mac as his primary machine. The transition was a little rocky, but once over that hump his Mac experience has been superb.
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âThe grace of Leopardâs interface enhancements makes productivity more pleasurable with a Mac, as more than 300 functional and fun features top off this update,â reports Elsa Wenzel . Awarding it an âExcellent 8 out of 10,â Wenzel maintains that Leopard not only âmakes Macs more enticing than Tiger did,â but that it âmakes it far easier to find documents and applications than Windows Vista. Leopardâs interface niceties made the daily mechanics of using the computer more pleasurable. Mundane chores, such as finding files and backing up data, become a visual treat.â
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Thatâs what Cisco Cheng has to say about the performance of the 17-inch MacBook Pro. Earning a four-star editorâs rating, the MacBook Pro, Cheng says, â is the only 17-inch laptop that can be labeled as both a thin-and-light laptop and a desktop replacement. Itâs thin-and-light in that it weighs a mere 6.7 pounds, yet with its drool-inducing 17-inch widescreen, it can kick your current desktop to the curb.â
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A MacBook Pro with the same multitouch trackpad found on the just-released MacBook Air could arrive within a couple of weeks, according to the rumor mill.
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First, thanks for the great comments on yesterday's post about Apple and the hard disk of my MacBook. People were universally positive and helpful, and I can say I really learned some really important things as a result of the discussion. First, the cost of the data on the hard disk swamps the value of the value of the disk and even the value of the computer. There was source code on the computer, and other information, which if it fell into the wrong hands, could cause some serious problems for me. I have no agreement with Apple that covers the security or privacy of the data. As far as I know they think they own the contents of the disk as well as the disk itself. The experience I had with them actually makes me think they probably do feel its theirs. This from a company that takes the security of its own private information very seriously, they seem to have almost no regard for the security of its customers' information. You have no control over when a hard disk will crash, or any foreknowledge of when it's even likely to crash. So there's no way to protect against this kind of security issue. And that's what it is. What kind of sense does it make to invest in firewalls, and of what value is Apple's claim that Macs are inherently more secure, when all the data on one of my computers is now completely out of my control forever? I'm not so concerned about the privacy issues, but I could imagine that other people might be. And if identity thieves are not aware of this backdoor way to get access to private information, how long before they are? Security experts always warn us that obscurity is not a good strategy for security. So what to do?  Basically I've given up on trying to get Apple to do the right thing and give me my disk back. Some people at the Emeryville store are well-itentioned, and are just naive about the problems that can come when you trust people with all your data. Others just don't care. Either way it seems unlikely that I'm going to get it back, and even if I do, it's been out of my control for too long.  I'm going to go through the tedious job of changing the passwords on all my sensitive online accounts. That was overdue anyway. And next time a laptop blows its hard disk, I'm either going to replace it myself and shred the old disk, the same way I'd shred any sensitive documents before throwing them out, or just throw away the whole computer. I know this isn't green, but there seems to be no other course that's anything close to secure. And always be aware that you could lose a laptop, or it could be stolen. So far it seems that this is not yet an identity theft concern, but you can't be sure, and it won't be long before it is.  Thanks again for all the good info, advice and vibe.
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What do you get when you take an already fine laptop and give it a faster processor, faster front-side bus, a better video card and a 7,200-rpm hard drive? Laptop nirvana, also known as the new 17-in. MacBook Pro from Apple.
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When Steve Jobs unleashes Mac OS X Leopard on Friday, Mac fans and others considering an Apple computer for the first time will have questions. Is the new Leopard operating system worth the $129 upgrade price? Is it the reason to splurge for a new Mac? Long before Leopard pounced onto the scene, I rated OS X superior to Windows for most consumers. With Leopard, Apple's operating system widens its lead aesthetically and technologically. Whether the sixth major release of OS X in as many years puts a dent in Microsoft's dominant market share is another matter entirely.