07/11/2008 - Survey: 8 in 10 businesses now using Macs
Enterprises love the Mac’s reliability, rely on virtualization, reports Yankee Group
By Gregg Keizer, courtesy of Computer World
June 26, 2008 (Computerworld) Nearly 80% of businesses have Macs in-house, nearly double the percentage that said they had users running Mac OS X two years ago, a research firm said today.
“Then, we were talking about onesies and twosies,” said Laura DiDio, a research fellow at Yankee Group Research Inc. who conducted a survey of more than 700 senior IT administrators and C-level executives. “Now the number of actual users …
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04/01/2008 - Mac marketshare hits 21% in US.
Courtest of LoopRumors
April 1st, 2008 | 02:27pm CDT | Posted by drawbob
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster argues that Apple’s consumer marketshare is impressive, now at 10 percent worldwide, and 21 percent in the United States.
Piper is predicting that Apple will sell between 2 and 2.1 million Macs this quarter, and earnings will be released in
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11/30/2007 - Finally! A Microsoft Publisher Solution
Contact:
Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100, ext. 250
pr@markzware.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Markzware Announces The Immediate Release Of Microsoft Publisher To Adobe InDesign (PUB2ID) For Macintosh and Window Users!
Easily Convert Microsoft Publisher Documents Into Adobe InDesign With PUB2ID v1.5
SANTA ANA, California—November 29, 2007—After a very long and vigorous, yet successful beta testing program, Markzware is pleased to announce the exciting worldwide release of Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign (PUB2ID) v1.5.
If you have Microsoft Publisher versions …
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09/09/2007 - Choose Your GPS Carefully
Mac users planning to purchase a GPS should consider Macintosh compaitiblity as well as features when making their choice. Most current GPS models are designed so that their firmware or maps can be updated by connecting the GPS to a computer. With some, you can back up the entire contents of the GPS unit to the computer…which allows you to restore any custom settings you’ve entered in case the GPS has to be reset to factory defaults.
Magellan, one of the two most popular GPS manufacturers, doesn’t support Macs. That’s confirmed both on their web site,
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06/05/2006 - Netopia: Everything Macintosh is a Timbuktu Pro Success Story
We’ve been using Timbuktu ProÆ remote control software from NetopiaÆ to maintain, update, and troubleshoot Macs for a very long time. With Timbuktu Pro we can connect securely to a customer’s Mac through the internet. We see their screen in a window on our office Mac, and our keyboard and mouse operate their Mac just as though we were sitting in front of it at their premises.
The advantages are obvious. No waiting for an appointment, no trip charges, and we can frequently resolve a problem during the very phone call you made to report it!
Timbuktu Pro also extends our reach, allowing …
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05/09/2007 - Mac share of surfers doubles in 8 months
By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
The portion of people surfing the Web using a Mac has doubled in the past eight months, an Internet metrics analyst said Tuesday, and represents an audience that can’t be ignored by Web application developers.
“The amazing story since last summer has been how well the Mac is doing,” said Geoff Johnston, an analyst at WebSideStory in San Diego. “For the longest time, Mac hung around 3 percent of the operating systems using the Web. But it picked up around last summer, and has nearly doubled its market share.”
Measurements from WebSideStory and …
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05/15/2007 - Faster MacBooks!
Apple has refreshed its MacBook laptop line with faster processors, bigger hard drives, and a doubling of the base model’s RAM. The three stock options are now:
2.0GHz (was 1.83GHz), 1GB RAM (was 512GB), 80GB hard disk, Combo drive ($1099)
2.16GHz (was 2.0GHz), 1GB RAM, 120GB hard disk, SuperDrive ($1299)
2.16GHz (was 2.0GHz), 1GB RAM, 160GB hard disk, SuperDrive, black ($1499)
Also, 802.11n wireless networking is now apparently built in (rather than requiring the “enabler”).
We don’t recommend the base model because it includes a Combo Drive, which reads and writes CDs, but …
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03/07/2007 - Google Tips
As anyone that’s met me knows, I love Google. It’s simple, quick and accurate: what else could you ask for in a search engine? But most people enter a search term, hit the search button and click on one of the results, but there’s more to Google. If you to get the most out of Google, try some of these tricks out.
- Ever wonder what the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button does? Simple, it takes you to the first result’s page. If you’re in hurry try it out
- Try changing the order of the words you are search with. The results can be different and …
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03/07/2007 - PowerMac G4 (Digital Audio): 40 GB and 60 GB Hard Drive Issue
Apple Knowledge Base Document 31347
This is an Apple’s Knowledge Base document. To see the original article click this link.
TOPIC
This article discusses an issue with the 40 GB and 60 GB Quantum hard drives used in Power Macintosh G4 (Digital Audio) computers. It explains how to determine if your computer is affected and what steps you should take if it is.
DISCUSSION
Symptom
Apple has become aware of an issue with 40 GB and 60 GB Quantum hard drives used in Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) computers. A limited number of …
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03/07/2007 - Buying a New Mac? Our Current Recommendations
This is an awkward moment for Mac buyers. For years, all Macs have been built around IBM’s PowerPC microprocessor chips. Unfortunately, because IBM hasn’t been able to improve the speed of their chips quickly enough, or provide Apple sufficient quantites of their fastest PowerPC chips to satisfy the demand for Macs, Apple has chosen to base future Mac models on Intel chips.
Using a different brand of microprocessor won’t affect the way MacOS X looks or works, but under the hood PowerPC and Intel microprocessors talk entirely different native languages.
So far, Apple has moved two of …
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03/07/2007 - RoadRunner High Speed Now Offers Mac Compatible Dial-up Access
It’s a mobile world. You may love the high speed DSL or cable internet you use in the office or at home, but what happens when you’re traveling? If the place you’re staying doesn’t offer high speed connections to the internet and you must access your mail and accounts, the only alternative is to connect via the older style dialup modem that’s built into all recent Mac models.
Until recently, most high speed internet providers provided exactly that…the high speed connection. If you wanted to connect via dialup, you needed to maintain a separate dialup account with another provider. We’ve …
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03/07/2007 - A Mac OS X Worm: We knew it was coming…
OSX.Leap.A is a worm that targets installs of Macintosh OS X and spreads via iChat Instant Messenger program. It infects files on the Macintosh OS X version 10.4. It was first found February 16, 2006. Click here for the details.
03/07/2007 - Sobig Worm Clogs the Internet with Junk Email…How to Eliminate It Automatically!
Once again the internet has been hit with a nasty worm that causes infected computers running most versions of the Windows operating system to send large volumes of email to any email address the worm can find the files on your computer. According to the tech note about this worm from Symantec, emails sent by this worm have the following subject lines:
Re: Details
Re: Approved
Re: Re: My details
Re: Thank you!
Re: That movie
Re: Wicked screensaver
Re: Your application
Thank you!
Your …
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03/07/2007 - US Government is Anti-Macintosh Bigot?
Courtesy of the Washington Post
New Grant System Excludes Mac Users
Electronic Forms Compatible Only With Microsoft
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 13, 2006; Page A19
What if the federal government were about to give away more than $400 billion in grants, but only people whose computers ran on Microsoft software could apply?
That is the predicament that many scientists, scholars and others say they are in as the government enters the final phase of its five-year effort to streamline its grant-application process.
The new …
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03/07/2007 - How to Identify the Various G4 Models
This article details the external differences between the Power Mac G4 models including the Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics), Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics), the Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet), the Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio), the Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver), and the Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002).
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03/07/2007 - Specifications for Apple Products
Curious about the specs of your Mac? Check out Apple’s Spec Database.
http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html
03/07/2007 - Apple Authorized Dealers or Repair Centers
Please tell them you saw their name and number here!
Mail Order Dealers
The Apple Store
800-409-5381
apple.com/store
PC/MacConnection
730 Milford Rd., Merrimack, NH 03054
800-800-0014×79140
Ask for Chris Gentile, tell him we told you to call.
MacMall
2555 West 190th Street, Torrance, CA 90504-6002
800-222-2808
MacZone
707 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98055-3233
800-248-0800
ClubMac
7 Hammond, Irvine, CA 92618
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03/07/2007 - Apple unveils new iMac with Intel Core Duo: 2-3X faster than iMac G5, shipping now
Courtesy of MacFixit
Boasting that it sports SPECint scores more than 3X faster than the current iMac G5, Apple today introduced the Intel Core Duo based iMac.
Every new iMac comes with Mac OS X version 10.4.4, including Universal Binary (Intel-compatible) version os Safari, Mail, iCal, iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth.
The new iMac carries the same form factor and design as the iMac G5, retaining the built-in iSight.
The Core Duo iMac was demonstrated …
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03/07/2007 - Apple releases MacBook Pro Core Duo: 4-5X faster than PowerBook G4, shipping February
Courtesy of MacFixit
Alongside the Core Duo-based iMac, Apple is shipping a dual-core notebook based around the new processor architecture. The new MacBook Pro is purported to run applications at speeds up to 4-5X faster than the current PowerBook G4.
Two features from the iMac have made their way into the new MacBook Pro: Front Row and a built-in iSight.
The built-in iSight was demonstrated during Steve Jobs’ keynote with Phil Schiller …
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01/28/2007 - A Mac OS X Worm: We knew it was coming…
OSX.Leap.A is a worm that targets installs of Macintosh OS X and spreads via iChat Instant Messenger program. It infects files on the Macintosh OS X version 10.4. It was first found February 16, 2006. Click here for the details.
01/28/2007 - NeoOffice 2.1 to Support OpenXML Documents and VBA Macros in Q1 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SANTA CLARA, CA – 05 January 2007 – NeoOffice.org is pleased to announce the development and forthcoming release of NeoOffice 2.1. Scheduled for release in Q1 2007, NeoOffice 2.1 will contain a number of unique features including:
The latest features from OpenOffice.org 2.1
Opening, editing, and saving of Microsoft Office 2007 OpenXML documents
Execution of Visual Basic for Applications macros in Excel documents
Support for linear programming extensions for spreadsheets
And more!
Support for …
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