Hardware

Mouse BT from Chwang Yi is the answer for all you Mac mini and iMac users who long to use a two button mouse without a cord. While many RF mice exist, you’re hard pressed finding a Bluetooth version. It was our hopes to find the Mighty Mouse BT at Macworld this year; however, [...]

Is it because Mac is going the way of Intel or is it because more manufacturers are realizing that there is a market for Mac products that we are starting to see more Mac stuff? Either way, I’m glad to see that now there is a USB phone that fully supports all hardware functions [...]

When Apple showed off its new Intel based notebook at Macworld last week, many were surprised to find the lack of a Firewire 800 (1394b) port. Where was it? Since most of the Apple staff on site was seeing the MacBook Pro for the first time like everyone else, no one could be [...]

It’s finally here, the new Intel PowerBooks. Well, they’re not PowerBooks anymore, they’re MacBook Pro’s. Whle nearly everyone else was saying the Mac mini would be the first new Intel release, I’ve been saying it for more then a month that the PowerBook would be the one updated. I guess this adds [...]

One thing I’ve never quite understood was Apple’s lack of a power light indicator on its PowerBook. When I turn on a PC notebook, I know if my button press activated the computer or not because I immediately see a green light on the laptop somewhere come on. With the PowerBook, if I’m [...]

Hey, here’s a rumor to add to the already busy wheels of Macworld: Apple will reveal its first tablet computer. Ya, with the new Intel chips inside and with the ability to keep heat down and speed up, it would only makes sense, right? I mean I’ve been trying to figure out what [...]

Infiniti’s don’t seem to hold that same “cool” factor the ultra-large Escalades hold but once someone peaks inside this M45, that might change things a bit. Sporting a Mac mini inside with a fold down LCD “big” screen, this Infiniti can take a corners at speeds far greater then that over price big ‘ol [...]

There is a rumor going on that Apple will drop FireWire support on the new Intel laptops. This rumor is based on the fact that there is no FireWire sync option within the iPod nano.
Another fact is that the FireWire Web page on Apple.com has been moved from a top location to one of the [...]

Today a friend calls to say that their daughters iBook keys are all popping off and they don’t know how to get them back on. I told them I’d be right over as I was in between calls. When I got there, I found the “P”, ” ; ” , and the ” [...]

You know, the Mac mini really is small enough that you can take it anywhere. Heck, you can even take it in your car…and let it be part of the car. That’s the idea behind the mini dock that has the tag line, “for car computing mac mini.” Hey, it’s translated from [...]

Skype has made Voice-over-IP the big rage and why shouldn’t it? It’s free! But it seems only the Windows crowd has been able to enjoy the USB handset fun, until now.
San Jose-based IPEVO has one of the slickest looking handsets that plugs into your USB port and it just released an OS [...]

I love this time of year. You get to bundle up in your Steelers stadium jacket, sip some hot Starbucks coffee in the neat little Christmas cups, and enjoy the Christmas cheer at the mall. Oh yes, the Macworld rumors ramp up, too! With the iPod entrenched in its fifth [...]

I’ve been playing around with Bluetooth headsets now for several years. I’ve had two of them, the last one being a Jabra 250. They worked, but the sound quality was poor and the reception was mediocre. They were not real comfortable and they only worked well with my phone, not my Mac. I think I [...]

We all know that the iTrip from Griffin Technology is a great wireless FM Transmitter. But the problem is that it has a very short range before the signal starts breaking up. In most cases, moving the iPod to the backseat or even the passenger side will cause static and fading in the sound. How [...]

The idea of playing your iPod in your auto is not new. There’s been FM transmitters around almost as long as the iPod’s been here. What’s new is that the feature list on the FM Transmitter keeps growing. Tekkeon’s new myTune FM Transmitter has a long list of features that make using your iPod in [...]

I recently discovered the “iPod Linux Project,” an Open Source project committed to porting linux onto the iPod.
It works.
Imagine using your iPod and a regular old microphone to record studio-quality audio. Or sitting on a commuter train and playing Othello, Pong, Tetris, or Asteroids. All this and more is possible when you install Linux on [...]

Boy, am I glad that’s over. What a freaking ordeal. You see, a few days ago I continued my Mac switch (which, up to that point, included a Mac mini and 12” PowerBook G4) with the purchase of a 20” 2.0 GHz iMac G5. The thing costs about $2,000 after taxes are said and done, [...]

Apple finally has released a multi-button mouse. This mouse has a small scroll wheel, and a left and right button, which I think is
really cool but for the price tag of $49.00, I think I will pass for now.
Jim Dalrymple of Macworld writes:
“Apple Computer on Tuesday introduced Mighty Mouse, the company’s next
generation USB 1.1 and [...]

I don’t personally own a G5 yet, but I’m one of those people who loves to have as many hard drives as they can fit into their case.
If you’re like me, but have a G5, you might consider tackling this project. Just do it carefully, as that G5 is a precious work of art.

Update - it’s now on the Apple site: Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006
In the New York Times this morning - free registration required to read the story:
“Steven P. Jobs is preparing to take an unprecedented gamble by abandoning Apple Computer’s 14-year commitment to chips developed by I.B.M. and Motorola in [...]