Apple’s Missed Opportunity With Leopard Delay
October 20, 2007
An anonymous reader writes “According to an article on OSWeekly.com, Apple missed a big opportunity by not releasing Leopard soon. They could’ve taken advantage of Vista’s losing streak and one upped Microsoft, the author suggests. ‘It’s not uncommon for Windows users and technology consumers in general to say that Microsoft missed out on making the most of Vista both before and after its launch. Longtime fans of Windows have changed their tone due to Vista’s inadequacies, and regular users are in many cases stuck with trying to figure out why they still can’t get certain things to work within the operating system. Granted, it’s not a completely horrific OS, but is that even a compliment worth accepting?’”
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Woz Still Misses Homebrew Computer Club and Apple
October 19, 2007
UtahSaint writes “The Electronic Design site has nabbed a short interview with the Woz, where he waxes poetically about his time growing up as an Engineer and founding Apple. Even to this day, he says, he still misses the Homebrew Computer Club and his days running around Apple leading the technical teams. ‘I miss the technical camaraderie … The whole feeling of being on a revolution, on the edge. I miss the intuitive philosophies.’”
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Apple Posts Mac OS 10.5 Leopard Guided Tour
October 19, 2007
Apple has posted a guided tour of Mac OS 10.5 “Leopard.”
Apple has been steadily expanding the flow of information about Leopard in the days leading up to its release, detailing all 300 features. Readers may also be in…
Apple iPhone is 4th Top Selling Mobile Phone in U.S.
October 19, 2007
MobileTechNews reports on recent data from Strategy Analytics on 3rd quarter 2007 marketshare data for mobile phones.
Strategy Analytics states that the iPhone has been the top selling phone for AT&T accounting for 13% of all AT&T pho…
Leopard GM Build, Apple Retail Sales Launch, Free T-Shirts
October 18, 2007
This week, Apple announced that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard had been completed and will be launched on Friday, October 26th at 6 p.m. nationwide.
According to our sources, Apple did indeed settle on the last Gold Master candidate (Build 9A…
Apple’s 4th Quarter 2007 Financial Results on Monday, October 22nd
October 18, 2007
Apple will be webcasting their 4th Quarter 2007 financial results on Monday, October 22nd at 2pm PT/5pm ET.
Please note that comments made during this call may include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertain…
iPhone Rate Plans for Germany?
October 18, 2007
MacNotes.de publishes what it believes to be the rate plans for the iPhone in Germany based on multiple T-mobile sources.
iPhone M
49 EUR/month
Free data over EDGE
Free T-Mobile WiFi Hotspots
Free Voi…
Apple’s new frontier: servers for the rest of us?
October 18, 2007
Can Apple make servers as easy to use as Macs? That’s what the company expects with Leopard Server shipping on Oct. 26 alongside Mac OS X Leopard.
What my server admin buddies all tell me is that the real power of Mac OS X is under the hood. The best way to access its Unix services, […]
Penryn Based Mac Pros Soon?
October 18, 2007
AppleInsider reports that Apple is ready to unleash Penryn-based Mac Pros as soon as Intel can provide the new chips to Apple.
They’ll also be amongst the first machines from any PC manufacturer to employ chips from Intel’s upcoming P…
Some of Leopard’s 300+ New Features
October 18, 2007
With Leopard’s official announcement, Apple now details a list of 300+ new features that can be found in Mac OS X 10.5.
Sitening compiled a list (with descriptions) of 16 of what they felt were the coolest least known features coming i…
