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September 22, 2009

Mac's Snow Leopard Is One Cool Cat

Upgrading the operating system of a personal computer is something most people are afraid to do. When it comes to things they don’t fully understand, they’d rather take the conservative approach and stick with what they know will work. 

That’s why you see most computers running on software that’s eight years old instead of something released just two years ago, for example. 

New operating systems also tend to require better hardware specifications, take up more space and will generally render your old, or even not-so-old machine either obsolete or less useful than before. 

Businesses don’t like things that are out of their comfort zone either. Unless there is a significant incentive to upgrade, you’re not going to see companies adopt new technologies or systems, let alone rush in to embrace them. 

Then there’s the little matter of cost. Buying a new operating system means parting with some hard-earned cash. Paying to have possible new problems dumped on you while you haven’t even figured out how to fix the old ones, is not a terribly exciting prospect. 

With Mac OS X 10.6, which goes by the name Snow Leopard, Apple is attempting to address all of the above. 

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April 14, 2009

With Notebooks, Every Inch Counts

There was a TV advertisement making the rounds in the United States just recently in which a shopper went to a computer store looking for a 17-inch notebook for under $1000. With some brands and models, a 17-inch notebook represents their top of the line machine with the latest technology, but its size also tends to make it very heavy.

It is almost unthinkable that anyone would be able to find a top of the range product for that much. It is comparable to looking for a sports utility vehicle for the price of a sedan — either you get a new model with less capability or you get a used and much older model. Recently, computer manufacturers have been releasing notebooks of this size, with older or less cutting edge technologies to make them more affordable. Whether this shifts the idea of premium class notebooks to a different plane or it brings a previously limited range to a larger audience is another point of discussion.


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January 19, 2009

The Whole World in Your Palm

In the technology world, there are no bigger trade events than the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the Macworld Expo, usually held in San Francisco, both of which happen to occur in January of every year. At least twice in the past, the events ran in the same week, creating a nightmare for technophiles who wanted to attend both.

In 2007 in particular, just about everyone in the technology scene wanted to be in San Francisco on the same day.

What was it that got technology bigwigs and journalists making a special trip that morning from the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas, Nevada, all the way to chilly San Francisco, California?

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