Well, like i said before...one reason why its not widely adopted yet is...

Quote :

"2009: Apple agreed to license the mDP interface to VESA for inclusion in the DisplayPort specification earlier this year."

4/14/2010 5:35:08 PM

well no shit.

4/14/2010 6:30:54 PM

Yeah, magsafe is cool until the battery in your MPB stops working. Now it's too damn easy to accidentally unplug my laptop which results in instant shut off.

On top of that, my cat has developed an affinity for unplugging it with her teeth. It used to just be a cute/minor annoyance before my battery stopped working, now it's a goddamn nightmare.

4/15/2010 1:19:57 PM

^lol

4/19/2010 1:06:00 PM

This actually looks pretty cool. A lot nicer then what i already bought at least.

http://www.hengedocks.com/

Watch the demo video.



[Edited on April 20, 2010 at 2:56 AM. Reason : .]

4/20/2010 2:54:39 AM

Offered without comment...

4/21/2010 9:38:50 AM

the only thing about mac laptops that i want on my pc laptop is the magsafe connector...after a year of gentle use, i can almost always feel my power port begin to get loose in a scary way

i could stand for every laptop to no longer include a VGA port, and displayport is pretty useless in with HDMI being as prevalent as it is...you can change HDMI to pretty much anything, so why is anything BUT HDMI even necessary?

4/21/2010 10:08:31 AM

^ the idea is that DisplayPort is replacing VGA and DVI for computers. Dell already widely supports it, too, so seems like it's gaining traction. Besides, more people are going to plug their laptops into projectors and monitors, and DP suits that need well.

4/21/2010 10:21:03 AM

Looks like Apple is closing the gap on replacing Microsoft as the number 2 most valuable company in the US. Record increase in their stock today after Jobs hinted at new products this year.

4/21/2010 5:03:06 PM

Rumor is that Apple is interested in acquiring ARM holdings, probably a controlling interest allowing them to control what competitors can use ARM.

[Edited on April 22, 2010 at 2:18 PM. Reason : .]

4/22/2010 2:16:44 PM

^Voice of reason disputes the claim:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/whos-buying-arm-not-apple-not-intel-nobody.ars

4/23/2010 2:18:43 AM

Certainly didn't stop ARM stocks from benifiting. The difference between this rumor and all the other buyout rumors is that this would make sense and benefit Apple greatly not to mention they throw ARM a good chunk of business already.

4/23/2010 2:42:45 AM

Although this isn't Apple, the tech/idea is patented by Apple therefore a lawsuit may ensue

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/cypress-touchscreens-track-hovering-fingers-make-devices-even-m/

4/23/2010 11:55:34 AM

I didn't feel like starting the "Perpetual Apple non-iPhone/iPad trying-to-run-itself-into-the-ground thread", but if this is true...holy shit.

http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/rumor_no_software_will_be_able_to_run_on_mac_os_x_107_without_being_approv/

4/23/2010 4:50:58 PM

I was hoping for an 'App Store' for Mac OS X but not as the only means to get software.

4/23/2010 4:53:03 PM

Rixstep looks like a company trying to peddle software. That article isn't worth the electrons transmitting it until we hear corroboration from other realistic sources.

4/23/2010 5:31:16 PM

4/23/2010 5:32:06 PM

^as hilarious as that is...the fine print is misleading because it says "learn how DRM is hurting you, blah blah, and artists"


which is TRUE except the rest of the poster should say RIAA not apple.

4/23/2010 5:33:28 PM

Yeah I know, it's old and not totally relevant, but, it is ... just did a quick GIS search and that came up

4/23/2010 5:35:12 PM

Uh oh...

Apple spurs an antitrust investigation
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/03/apple-spurs-an-antitrust-investigation/

Quote :

"According to the New York Post, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are negotiating which of them will launch an inquiry into a clause in the iPhone OS 4 SDK that bans the porting of software originally written for Adobe's Flash, Sun's Java or Microsoft's Silverlight/Mono to the iPhone OS. The issue at hand is this: Does the restriction kill competition by forcing developers to create applications that only run on Apple's devices rather than work with other operating systems and hardware like those from Google and RIM?"

5/3/2010 10:07:04 PM

More on H.264


This just gave me a headache.

http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA

5/4/2010 5:23:18 PM

how do we feel about the magic mouse? is it basically like having a mouse with the macbook pad on the top?

i havent used one yet, but if it works like i think it does, ill be buying one soon. just wondered how people who had it liked it

5/11/2010 12:03:34 PM

Not exactly no. The touch scroll works really well. But that's all it's used for.

It actually takes away features because you no longer have a way to use expose or show desktop unless you set hot corners.

Right click works as before.

[Edited on May 11, 2010 at 12:17 PM. Reason : .]

5/11/2010 12:16:11 PM

Looks like the true reason behind Apple acquiring and shutting down Lala might be coming to light.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/the-next-apple-tv-revealed-cloud-storage-and-iphone-os-on-tap/?icid=engadget-iphone-url

6/2/2010 1:11:13 AM

thinking about getting an i7 imac...is there going to be a refresh at WWDC, or is now as good a time as any to buy it

6/2/2010 9:28:13 AM

The MBP was the last to get refreshed I believe and iMacs getting the iX processors. I believe the WWDC will be more focused on the iPhone. I believe they're even holding off on the new Apple TV as to not steal any spotlight from the iPhone.

6/2/2010 10:38:45 AM

yeah, i figured the top of the line 27" i7 should be OK, if anything they might phase out core 2 duos in some of the lower end imacs. only thing i'm worried about is the possibility of apple switching out the 4850 for a 55xx GPU, giving the option of SSD, and/or adopting blu-ray (lol). but either way i bet they wouldn't ship until later in the fall and i need a system now.

6/2/2010 3:17:46 PM

The nice thing about Apple Computers is that you can still sell it for a significant amount down the road even when newer better models are out. I would not be too concerned, I would wait until June 7th at the very latest just in case.

6/2/2010 3:23:30 PM

Apple's newest innovation:


The outright lie.


http://www.apple.com/html5/


Apparently, only Safari can display HTML5.

6/6/2010 8:04:30 PM

^ From their page:

Quote :

"The demos below show how the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser, new Macs, and new Apple mobile devices all support the capabilities of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Not all browsers offer this support. But soon other modern browsers will take advantage of these same web standards — and the amazing things they enable web designers to do."

I don't read that as lying.

6/6/2010 8:09:08 PM

Where does it say safari is the only browser capable of html5?

6/6/2010 8:11:58 PM

it implies that at this time it is the only browser compatible

6/6/2010 8:29:45 PM

Safari is the only browser currently capable of correctly displaying all of those demos.

6/6/2010 8:38:00 PM

Yeah I clicked on one of those examples and i LOL'd at how it required Safari to view. "let's push HTML5 because it's open" my ass. Really helping your cause against flash there, apple.

6/6/2010 8:39:01 PM

What do you mean HTML5 is "open"

6/6/2010 8:52:08 PM

^^^ That doesn't make it HTML5 compatible, it makes it proprietary.


I use Google Chrome, which has much greater support for HTML5 that any other browser out there, and surprise surprise, I can't open those demos.



Not because my browser isn't HTML5 compliant, oh no. But because my browser's user-agent is not Safari.




I don't see how you can misinterpret that at all. Apple is patently lying to people about HTML5 support to push their own browser. The problem is, the people smart enough to look for a new browser are smart enough to see through that sort of horseshit.

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 8:58 PM. Reason : .]


It might not be a big deal to you, but there's a possibility that this sort of behavior pushes web development into a totally stupid direction way too quickly for a immature platform and brings back the days of IE6 level idiocy.

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 9:00 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2010 8:57:48 PM

They're pushing Safari, not HTML5

I don't see why this is a big deal

Anyway, the vast majority of users don't know wtf HTML5 is, and those who do are smart enough to see what's going on here

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 9:03 PM. Reason : man shit your edit is my post]

6/6/2010 9:02:46 PM

Quote :

"It might not be a big deal to you, but there's a possibility that this sort of behavior pushes web development into a totally stupid direction way too quickly for a immature platform and brings back the days of IE6 level idiocy."

lol what? This is not on the same level as IE6. IE6 did absolutely nothing and even managed to do that poorly. (makes no sense i know)

6/6/2010 9:30:49 PM

^ You need look no further than Apple's push of HTML5 video when performance is not consistant.


And honestly, Safari blows.

6/7/2010 12:14:34 AM

I still cant make any sense of what you're posting.

Safari/Chrome or go home.

6/7/2010 12:29:29 AM

Quote :

"Mac OS X Steam Performance: Half Life 2 Episode 2, Still Slower than Windows"

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3759/mac-os-x-steam-performance-half-life-2-episode-2-still-slower-than-windows

Quote :

"I did miss one rather important thing: the launch of an OS X version of Steam. I actually contacted Valve ahead of time to see if they’d give me access to a pre-release version so I could do a performance article before I left. I got no response. After reading Ryan’s Mac OS X Portal Performance article when I got back, I understood why. In the process of porting the Steam engine to OS X a great deal of performance was lost. To Valve’s credit, games like Portal are more than playable at good looking settings on modern Macs. You’re just better off playing those games in Windows using Boot Camp. Ryan’s original article used a Hackintosh to compare OS X and Windows performance. Now that 1) I’m back, and 2) Half Life 2 Episode 2 is out for the Mac, I can provide an updated comparison using another reference point between Steam on both OSes. For this comparison I’m using two systems. The first is a Nehalem Mac Pro with an EVGA GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition."

Quote :

"The Windows performance advantage with multicore rendering disabled ranges from 62% all the way up to 103%. Even at its worst, the GTX 285 under OS X is fast enough to make 2560 x 1600 playable, but it is noticeably slower than under Windows. With multicore rendering enabled CPU bound performance goes up around 18%, but we see a drop at more GPU limited resolutions. "

Quote :

"Image Quality Still Foggy"

Windows 7 4X AF




OS X 16X AF

Quote :

"The sky and muted colors are still a problem and I can’t seem to find out the cause of that one. There’s some texture banding off in the distance in the sky that’s only visible in the OS X version."

Quote :

"Eventually performance and image quality parity will be necessary. Make no mistake, Apple is in the business of selling luxury computers. You can often get the same specs for less from Dell or HP, but the styling, attention to detail, ability to legitimately run OS X and user experience are all things Apple’s customers are willing to pay a premium for. A performance deficit rarely goes over well in these sorts of situations. It doesn't have to offer greater performance, but you shouldn't have to sacrifice so much just to play under OS X."

6/7/2010 2:40:55 AM

I know this is pointless to say to you of all people...but if you aren't going to actually post your own thoughts (probably wise), a link is more than enough. You don't need to post photos and quotes from the article, its redundant. Just about as redundant as people who sign their posts with

Quote :

"-username"

6/7/2010 3:34:58 AM

in one thread you complain about just posting articles and in this thread you complain about expanding articles.

a little one sided are we?

6/7/2010 3:46:32 AM

you're offering zero value and are being an annoyance. Stop posting until you have some original thought to put into your posts.

6/7/2010 8:31:58 AM

Apple announcing the Magic Slate today?

6/7/2010 10:22:57 AM

revolutionary!

6/7/2010 10:29:46 AM

Wow! That's a cool Slate!

[Edited on June 7, 2010 at 10:49 AM. Reason : ym]

6/7/2010 10:49:05 AM

Apple releases Safari 5

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/apple-release-safari-5/

6/7/2010 6:34:13 PM

I am loving Safari 5's reader feature.

Quote :

"Safari Reader removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you get the whole story and nothing but the story. It works like this: As you browse the web, Safari detects if you’re on a web page with an article. Click the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field, and the article appears instantly in one continuous, clutter-free view. You see every page of the article — whether two or twenty. Onscreen controls let you email, print, and zoom. Change the size of the text, and Safari remembers it the next time you view an article in Safari Reader."

It detects some threads are 'reader friendly' on TWW but not all.

6/8/2010 6:03:10 PM

new mac mini. glad to see better graphics & hdmi, but why no blu-ray? i keep waiting for this thing to be the ultimate media PC for the living room....grrrr.... also baffled on why it's not an i3

6/15/2010 11:13:56 AM