Compiled by Charles Moore
and edited by
Dan Knight
- 2007.08.17
This Week's Apple and Desktop Mac News
PowerBook, iBook, MacBook, and other portable computing is
covered in The 'Book Review.
All prices are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
News & Opinion
iMac Reviews
Mac mini Reviews
Apple Updates
Products
iPod News
Software
News & Opinion
Mac vs. PC: Mac 'Is More Enjoyable'
Computerworld's Scot Finnie reports:
"There's no question about it. My
Mac vs. PC cost analysis column, which focused on the relative
costs of Mac and Windows hardware, struck a chord. I was praised
and lambasted around the Internet for it when it appeared in
June.
"It seemed to me that people who criticized this story missed
the key points I was trying to get across:
"1. This was a pure, hardware-based, speeds-and-feeds kind of
comparison. I was comparing the hardware goods only, including
CPU, chip set, RAM, video, display, hard-drive capacity and specs,
ports and upgradeability, dimensions and weight, and so on.
"In other words, I was attempting to make an objective
comparison that did not inject any evaluation of the hardware,
anything at all about the software, or anything about my personal
experience with the operating systems and hardware involved. It was
an on-paper comparison....
"2. The main point I was trying to make is that when you
compare Macs with comparably equipped Windows PCs, sometimes Macs
beat Windows PCs in the price/performance comparison. Sometimes
Windows PCs beat Macs. Overall, there's relative parity....
"...the single most frustrating thing about being a Mac user is
the disdain with which some Windows users view Macs. Apparently,
you're not a real man unless you're suffering with everyone
else.
"The thing is, I don't think Windows users (I know, I was one
myself for many years before my conversion) give much credence to
the notion that Macs are far more trouble-free. Because it's
difficult to quantify, it must therefore be false. It's a
subjective data point. As a longtime Windows author, reviewer and
expert, I know that I felt that I could solve any Windows problem
(and probably could), and as a result, the Mac's advantages held
less benefit for me.
"But I was wrong about that. The unexpected advantage I gained
is that using my computer is more enjoyable. My concentration isn't
broken periodically by problems, updates, security pop-ups and the
like. I'm not thinking that I'm using a Mac. I'm thinking about
what I'm using the computer to do - what I'm reading, writing,
figuring, buying, watching and so on. The Mac becomes just so much
chrome wrapping the data I'm interacting with.
"You're not conscious of your TV while you're watching it.
That's the way it is with a Mac. I found that much harder to
achieve on Windows PCs, which are constantly drawing attention to
themselves."
Link:
Ding! Mac vs. PC Cost Analysis, Round II
Beginning of the End for the G4 Processor
Dr. Macenstein reports:
"Does it matter that your OS can run on a bare bones machine if
the apps you use can't?
"Apple lists the current minimum system requirements for the
upcoming Mac OS X Leopard as a very reasonable "G4 (800 MHz or
faster)-, G5- or Intel-based Mac". This was very welcome news for
G4 owners like myself who like to try to keep as many of our
machines as current as possible.
"However, at this week's iMac/iLife/iWork unveiling, G4 owners
were dealt a stealthy blow to the gut. It seems iMovie '08 lists
its minimum requirements as 'a Mac with an Intel processor, a Power
Mac G5 (dual 2.0 GHz or faster), or an iMac G5 (1.9 GHz or
faster).'"
Link: The Unofficial Death
of the G4 Processor
Apple's USB 2.0 Keyboard: Too Different?
TUAW's Mike Schramm reports:
"Yesterday I took a little trip down to my local Apple Store
(the Michigan Ave. store here in Chicago) to check out the
Keyboard. That's what Apple is calling their latest engineering
marvel - not the iBoard or the MacBoard, just Keyboard. I got a
chance to check out the new iMac, and play with the new iLife apps
for a bit, then I cracked open TextEdit and started typing.
"So what did I think? I wasn't kidding when I called it an
engineering marvel- the Keyboard is unlike any other keyboard I've
seen. It is extremely, almost dangerously thin - Apple is already
making stuff the width of cardboard, and pretty soon they'll move
on to paper-thin. It's not actually flexible, but I got the feeling
that if I really tried (or just landed a heavy phonebook on it), I
could break it in two. Probably not true, but I still felt that
way.
"But you don't buy a keyboard for its durability - you buy it to
type on, and that's where I ran into problems."
Editor's note: What Mike didn't like about the Apple aluminum
keyboard is precisely what I find attractive about it -
short-travel, low-effort key action. Different (key)strokes....
cm
Link:
TUAW Hands on with the Apple Keyboard
Corporations Eye iMacs
Computerworld Canada's Rafael Ruffolo reports:
"While Apple hopes its revamped
iMac desktop line will continue to grow the company's consumer
computer business, it may be indirectly making inroads into the
enterprise space.
"According to Q2 results from IDC, in the overall U.S. computer
market, which includes desktops and notebooks, Apple is now tied
for third with competitor Gateway at 5.6 per cent of the total
market share.
"The thinner and sleeker all-in-one machines, which now feature
an aluminum-and-glass design, were announced at a slightly more
competitive price point than its previous incarnations. The
20-inch, 2 GHz machine will sell for US$1,199; the 20-inch 2.4
GHz model for $1,499; and the 24-inch 2.4 GHz offering for
$1,799.
"IDC's Richard Shim said that with notebook shipments expected
to surpass desktop shipments worldwide over the next few years,
Apple's hip new design and lower price point will give the company
the advantage to compete in the struggling desktop market."
Link: Corporations
Eye iMacs
Mac mini in a Corvette
The Unofficial Apple Weblog's Mike Schramm reports:
"After our little scare with the Mac mini last week, the little
boxen that could is quickly becoming my favorite computer (still
can't wait to get one with Leopard on it). So seeing cool
applications of it like this one thrills me to no end: Andrew sent
us his writeup of putting a Mac mini into a Corvette (complete with
touchscreen monitor) as a music player."
Link: Mac mini
in a Corvette
iMac Reviews
New iMac Tempts a Windows User
AP Technology Writer Peter Svensson says:
"Apple Inc. has dropped 'Computer' from its name, but its
computer business is still growing, even if the iPod player is the
company's real star.
"Apple's resurgence started with the first iMac, in 1998. Little
by little, Apple has been persuading people to opt for Macintosh
computers over Windows PCs.
"After Apple refreshed its iMac line last week, I decided to
test one from the perspective of a Windows user. I found it to be a
powerful if not completely irresistible enticement to switch.
"If you haven't looked at iMacs in a while, they now look like
half a laptop - the display half, with the processor and other
components built into the flat-panel screen. The new iMacs ditch
the plasticky look that's been a hallmark of the line since the
beginning, replacing it with an aluminum casing that's even thinner
than before....
"The iMac deserves to be a strong contender for any PC user
looking to get a new computer. If I was looking to replace my PC
right now, I would be sorely tempted. Even the Windows software
I've accumulated over the years isn't a real reason not to switch,
because Macs can now run Windows, too (with some additional
software purchases)."
Link: Review:
New iMac Tempts a Windows User
New iMacs' Form and Function a 'Fabulous
Combo'
Computerworld's Ken Mingis reports:
"There is, in the design world, always a natural tension between
form and function.
"Sure, that favorite desk, couch, car or computer might look
like a million bucks. But does it do what it's supposed to do, in
the way it's supposed to?
"When it comes to marrying form and function in computers, no
one does it better than Apple Inc. - although even it offers up the
occasional clunker. One-button mouse, anyone?
"Such is most definitely not the case with its latest all-in-one
computer, the revamped, beefed up and very, very stylized iMac,
released just last week and already available on store shelves at
prices ranging from $1,199 to $2,299.
"The iMac sitting on my desk - sent by Apple for review purposes
- hits the sweet spot at $1,499, with all the Intel power most
users would need, a gorgeous 20-in. screen, a new (and thinner)
aluminum case, and the new iLife '08 digital suite of
software."
Link:
Hands on: New iMacs' Form, Function a 'Fabulous Combo'
Aluminum and Glass: An In-depth Review of the
New iMac
Ars Technica's Eric Bangeman has posted the most comprehensive
review of the new iMac so far:
"Although the white, thin-profile iMac form factor has had
a long and venerable run since its introduction as the iMac G5,
many felt it was time for a change. In the weeks leading up to the
unveiling of the new iMac, the Applesphere twittered with rumors of
aluminum enclosures, Santa Rosa chipsets, and the death of the 17"
iMac.
"Most of the iMac speculation turned out to be right on. The 17"
iMac is no more, with the product line streamlined into two 20"
models and a single 24" behemoth. Gone is the matte display, too:
the new iMacs have a glossy display - and come with a black cloth
to keep the extremely-reflective display smudge free.
"Apple kept the same form factor but drastically revamped the
look. The sleek white look has been replaced with anodized
aluminum, and there is now a black bezel around the display - which
is now under glass. The Apple logo on the chin of the iMac is now
black. It's very different, and after two years of having a white
iMac G5 or iMac Core 2 Duo in our kitchen, the anodized aluminum
iMac is going to take some getting used to."
Link:
Aluminum and Glass: An In-depth Review of the New iMac
Macworld Reviews Aluminum iMacs
Macworld's Jonathan Seff reviews the new iMacs and especially
likes the new aluminum keyboard. He reports:
"Let's face it - the iMac, Apple's flagship consumer desktop
model, was long overdue for a facelift. The
thin-display-on-a-solid-foot design first arrived on the scene in
August 2004 as the iMac G5, and
survived through the Intel transition (the iMac was Apple's first
Intel-based system) in January 2006. Sure, Apple has made some
major improvements inside, but it's been three years since the iMac
has gotten any cosmetic enhancements. That's definitely changed
with the latest round of iMac updates....
"Apple says the silver and black look appeals to professional
users, who are opting for iMacs more and more, but also to
consumers looking for something a little more, well, mainstream.
The overall look resembles an LCD television you might have in your
living room.
"Interestingly, Apple decided to keep the gray power cord, white
mouse, and white cables for the mouse and keyboard. Also, the
keyboard (more on that shortly) retains its gleaming white keys - a
design decision, Apple tells us, because it looked better than
having black keys....
"Until now, all iMacs have had matte screens. The current lineup
features a piece of glass covering the front of the display, which
gives it a much more reflective quality...
"The glass makes the display look bright and crisp. Colors pop,
the blacks look rich, and images are very pleasing. I've come to
enjoy the glossy displays on Apple's laptop models, but it can be
potentially problematic on this larger model under certain
conditions....
"...The new keyboard uses the same type of keys (with identical
spacing) as the MacBook, but placed atop a thin piece of aluminum
that matches the iMac's body.
"As a MacBook owner, I've come to enjoy - in very short order, I
should add - these new keys. And they carry over well to the iMac's
keyboard too....
"In some ways, I think the keyboard design is more of a triumph
than the iMac itself (and for $49, you can add it to an existing
Mac as well), and I highly suggest giving it a chance before
writing it off as being too different...."
Link: 20-
and 24-inch Aluminum iMacs
20" iMac a PC Magazine Editors' Choice
PC Magazine's Joel Santo Domingo reports:
"The
latest iteration of the Apple iMac ($1,499 direct, $1,649 with
2 GB of RAM) comfortably straddles the worlds of consumer and
business. It's the fourth generation of the popular system, if you
count the first as the CRT G3
iMacs, the second as the
'Luxo-style' iMac G4, and the third as the white plastic iMac G5 and Intel systems.
Though the last white iMac was marketed as the 'consumer Mac' (the
Mac Pro was the 'professional Mac'), the latest iMac doesn't fall
into the pigeonholes of 'business' or 'consumer.' Its aluminum and
black appearance can work in the home, next to your iPhone, or in
the office next to your Aeron chair. With its Mac OS X and
Microsoft Windows compatibility, it is certainly the 'computer for
the rest of us,' making good on the promises put forth in the original
'1984' Macintosh ads. All that earns it our Editors'
Choice."
Link: Apple iMac
(20 Inch Aluminum) Reviewed
24" iMac Improves Design and
Performance
PC World's Melissa J. Perenson reports:
"The 24-inch iMac (list price: $1799) is a refresh of the big
boy of its all-in-one desktop line. Despite tweaks to the design
and specs, this is a modest, nonradical iMac update. Even so, the
striking system will make you look twice.
"We tested the retail-store configuration of the 24-inch iMac:
It comes with a 2.4-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 processor, 1 GB
of memory, a 320 GB Serial ATA drive, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
graphics with 256 MB of GDDR3 memory, and a slot-loading SuperDrive
DVD burner."
Link:
New iMac Improves on Its Predecessor's Design and
Performance
New Macs 'a Little Faster than the Old
Macs'
TUAW's Chris Ullrich reports:
"Personally, I crave speed. No, not the kind that can often be
purchased on some local street corner in that part of town on the
wrong side of the tracks. No, I'm referring to processors, front
side buses, RAM and other factors that go into calculating the raw,
unbridled, number-crunching power of the latest and greatest
Macs.
"No doubt you are aware that Apple recently released an updated
version of its flagship prosumer desktop iMac as well as an updated
Mac mini too. The new iMacs feature changes both external and
internal with increases to the clock speed of its Intel Core Duo 2
processors as well as a switch to the faster Santa Rosa chipset.
Yes, that all sounds great but what does it mean in terms of the
new iMac's ability to crunch those numbers?"
Link:
Meet the New Macs, a Little Faster than the Old Macs
24" iMac Performance Comparison
Primate Labs Blog reports:
"I thought I'd compare the performance of the latest 24-inch
iMac against the previous generation of 24-inch iMacs using
Geekbench 2. While I don't have any results for the 24-inch iMac
with the Core 2 Extreme processor right now, I'll update this
article once I receive results for the Core 2 Extreme processor.
I've updated the article to include results for the 24-inch iMac
with the Core 2 Extreme."
Editor's note: This articles was later updated with results for
the 2.8 GHz iMac. dk
Link:
24-inch iMac Performance (August 2007)
2.8 GHz iMac vs. Other Macs
Bare Feats' rob-ART Morgan reports:
"We are busily testing the new 2.8 GHz iMac Aluminum against
various other Macs. In this second installment, we have a mixed bag
of test results to share.
"First, we used Boot Camp 1.4 to create a partition for install
Windows XP Pro and the newest Boot Camp 1.4 drivers for Windows. So
far we've only run the Aspyr Prey test. We wanted to see if the
Windows drivers produced faster frame rates than the Mac OS X
drivers:
"INSIGHT: Yes, the Windows drivers are 'more mature.' Hopefully
we will see the Mac drivers optimized to at least match the
performance of the Windows drivers in the near future.
"Next we ran Maxon's new Cinebench 10 CPU and OpenGL tests on
four different desktop Macs...."
Link: iMac 2.8 GHz Aluminum
versus Others
New iMacs Fastest Yet
Macworld's James Galbraith reports:
"With a
new aluminum-and-glass enclosure, the iMacs unveiled by Apple
earlier this week look markedly different from their immediate
predecessors. But the more modest changes inside - a speed bump to
the Intel Core 2 Duo chip that powers the machine - translate to
only a slight boost in
"However, if you've been slow to hop aboard Apple's transition
to Intel processors, this latest iMac overhaul may finally push you
toward an upgrade. The top-of-the-line iMac outperforms the fastest
PowerPC G5-based iMac by 43 percent in our Speedmark 4.5
tests."
"The only test where the older machine came out on top was in
our Unreal Tournament test, in which it managed to display a couple
of extra frames per second."
Link:
From the Lab: iMac Benchmarks
iMacs Should Satisfy All But Gamers
australianit.news.com's David Frith reports:
"Apple is clearly hoping to tempt more Windows users to make the
switch to Macintosh with its classy new line of all-in-one iMacs,
decked out in glass and aluminium cases.
"The new is fast and clicks easily into a mixed network
"The svelte iMacs look terrific, take up very little space on a
desktop, and have faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors than their
predecessors.
"Since they will run Windows programs as well as Mac OS X, they
will appeal to many PC users who have become fed up with the
vagaries and insecurities of the Microsoft system.
"They're ostensibly aimed at the consumer market, but
Doubleclick can see them being slipped into many style-conscious
offices."
Link:
iMacs Should Satisfy All But Gamers
Mac mini Reviews
Mac mini Performance Past and
Present
Primate Labs Blog reports:
"Along with new iMacs, Apple announced (well, sort of announced)
updated Mac minis last week. While the Mac mini updates are much
more modest than the iMac updates, they're still significant, and
with the Mac mini's move from the Core Duo to the Core 2 Duo,
Apple's current computer lineup is 64-bit (which is a first for a
PC manufacturer, I believe).
"Of course, how much of a performance improvement does the
switch to Core 2 Duo processors bring to the Mac mini? To find out,
I've compiled a comparison of the new Mac mini models against most
of the previous Mac mini models (including the PowerPC-based Mac
minis) using Geekbench 2 results from the Geekbench Result
Browser."
Link:
Mac mini Performance (August 2007)
Apple Updates
iMac Support Page Updated for Aluminum
iMacs
Macs Only's Dana Baggett reports:
"Apple's iMac
Support Page has been updated for the new Aluminum iMacs. It
has sections on getting started, troubleshooting, links to
discussion topics, software updates and repair and support."
Link: Apple's iMac Support
Page Updated for New Aluminum iMacs
Developer Note for Santa Rosa iMacs
Posted
Apple Developer Connection says:
"This developer note gives a technical description of the 20"
iMac computer and the 24" iMac computer, based on the Intel Core 2
Duo microprocessor and introduced in August 2007, to help
developers design products compatible with these computers. The
note provides information about the computer's internal design,
input-output features, and expansion capabilities."
Link:
iMac Developer Note for 2007 iMacs
Products
NewerTech miniStack NAS Server for the
Digital Home or Business
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Link: miniStack
NAS
Miglia MiniBank External Hard Drive
Matches Mac mini
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Software
Virtual PC 7.0.3 Update Improves
Security
PR: Virtual PC for Mac lets you run Microsoft Windows
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Virtual PC for Mac employs standard Mac controls and commands. It
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New in version 7.0.3:
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System requirements for Virtual PC for Mac 7.0 through
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of Mac OS. G5 processor requires Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4.1 to run
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- Memory: 512 MB of RAM
- Hard disk: 70 MB of available hard disk space is temporarily
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- Internet access: Internet connection through either an Internet
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a fee to an ISP; local or long-distance telephone charges might
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- System support: PPC
For more information about the Virtual PC for Mac 7.0.3 Update,
after you install it, see Virtual PC Help.
If you have technical questions or problems downloading or using
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to learn about the support options that are available to you.
Link:
Virtual PC 7.0.3 Updater
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