GATEWAY COMPETES WITH IMAC

Aug 26, 2002 | Apple, computers

Gateway is taking aim at Apple Computer and the flat-panel iMac. Gateway has had an all-in-one, flat-panel-based Profile PC series for far longer than Apple’s new iMac. The new Gateway Profile 4 outperforms the iMac for considerably less money ($999 versus $1299 for...

MAC OS X UPGRADE

Jul 18, 2002 | Apple

Apple announced an upgrade of OS X, its new operating system, from 10.1 to 10.2. The upgrade will be released in late August. It fixes a bunch of bugs in previous versions, and adds a handful of new features. Keep in mind, this is not a big change, like the change...

THE REAL MAC OS X STORY

Jul 15, 2002 | Apple

I read press coverage about Apple computers all the time. One of the favorite themes recently has been the wonder of the new Mac operating system, OS X, all new and cool, a real Unix desktop system, and all the rest. Time for a reality check. Mac OS X is slow and full...

COPY PROTECTED CDS CAN CRASH COMPUTERS

May 14, 2002 | Apple, DRM

More copy protected CDs are hitting the market – especially in Europe, but clearly the US is next. They corrupt the CD in ways that make many of them unplayable in a computer or in some car stereos. In fact, they no longer conform to the standards for...

APPLE’S NEW IMAC

Jan 8, 2002 | Apple

Look, I’ve got nothing against Apple, really. I think it would be fine if they did some cool things. But I can’t get around it – the new iMac is ugly as sin. The original iMac left me cold, too, but at least I could see where some people might find...

NEW ADOBE ACROBAT & QUICKTIME

Apr 24, 2001 | Adobe, Apple

I don’t know whether these are compelling upgrades – haven’t tried them, don’t know about new features – but Adobe has released Acrobat Reader 5.0 and Apple finished work on Quicktime for Windows 5.0. Acrobat 4.0 was very polished and...