Category Archives: Macs

Five things Apple could do to make MobileMe great

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

One thing that hasn’t been talked about in connection with the (presumed) launch of Apple’s tablet on Wednesday is how MobileMe fits into the picture. There’s a good reason for this: MobileMe is one of Apple’s “forgotten products”. Used by … Continue reading →

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2009: The year tech blogging died

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Most years are full of idiocy. But I think I can make a decent case for this year being the worst on record, at least from the perspective of writing about technology. This was the year when tech writing plumbed … Continue reading →

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Apple Tablet sighted in the wild?

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Apple’s Tablet sighted in the wild? It has been if this post is to be believed: “I have no less than 5 sources saying an Apple Tablet announcement is due soon. Or something, as some of these press people (Apple diehards at … Continue reading →

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Is this the end of the road for Hackintosh netbooks?

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Oh dear. According to OS X Daily Apple is effectively killing off support for Intel’s Atom processor in OS X 10.6.2. The biggest consequence of this is, obviously, that anyone who wants to roll their own netbook running OS X … Continue reading →

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Windows 2009 = Macintosh 2001 (well, nearly)

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

It took Microsoft six years, from the release of the first Mac in 1984 to the release of Windows 3.0 in 1990, to make something that matched Apple. It’s taken them eight years, from the release of Mac OS X … Continue reading →

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Beleaguered Apple releases yet more machines

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Once upon a time, every article about Apple seemed to begin with the word “beleaguered”. It became something of a journalistic cliche when I was working on MacUser. We only used it when taking the mickey out of the kinds … Continue reading →

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Apple and the “openness” of iTunes

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Tom Insam responds to Craig Hunter’s post on why Palm should stop hacking around with iTunes for music syncing on the Pre: “I can find no documentation of the iTunes music library format. It’s mentioned in a KB article, yes, … Continue reading →

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Snow Leopard Hackintosh

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I can’t even read this, this but it certainly looks like Snow Leopard on an MSI Wind. To which I say “Cool!”

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Canaries in the Windows 7 coalmine?

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Like myself, Joe Wilcox likes Windows 7. In fact, Joe went as far as to conduct bit of an experiment by swapping his wife and daughter’s Macs for Windows 7-based PCs. The results, though, have no been promising. As Joe … Continue reading →

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How Microsoft is snatching Windows 7 defeat from the jaws of victory

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I made the point with rather more swearing on Twitter yesterday, but Joe Wilcox says it without the bad language: “After commandingly executing Windows 7 development, Microsoft had run off the track right before the finish line. Suddenly, Windows 7 … Continue reading →

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