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Comment Re:Or (Score 4, Interesting) 237

I started smoking when I was 16, and have been trying to quit ever since.. Once going over a year, only to return, though smoking less. At 24 I tried the patch and gum to no great effect. At 30 I vowed never to buy another pack, and I haven't in 3 years, however I still bum them from friends..
I just can't seem to ever quit entirely, and the idea of a vaccine that would finally let me kick the habit is one I happily welcome.

Comment Not Supported? or Doesn't Work? (Score 2, Insightful) 270

I'd read about them not supporting CS3 in 10.6 as well, but I believe they just didn't test against it.. has anyone come out and said it flat out won't work? I guess I'd wait a bit and see if there are actually any problems before giving up ones workflow to try new apps that may or may not work in 10.6.

Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop? 1224

Domains May Disappear writes "Chris Howard has an interesting commentary at Apple Matters on recent trends in OS market share that says that while OS X has seen continual growth, from 4.21% in Jan 2006 to 7.31% in December 2007 at the same time, Linux's percentage has risen from only 0.29% to 0.63%. The reasons? 'Apple has Microsoft Office, Linux doesn't; Apple has Adobe Creative Suite, Linux doesn't; Apple has easily accessed and easy to use service and support, Linux doesn't; Apple is driven by someone who has some understanding of end-user needs, Linux is not,' says Howard. 'Early in the decade it seemed that if you wanted a Windows alternative, Linux was it. Nowadays, an Apple Mac is undoubtedly the alternative and, with its resurgence and its Intel base, a very viable one.'"
Media

Submission + - Apple's Market Share Up (cnn.com)

Divebus writes: Snips from the article: "Reflecting strong holiday sales of both MacBooks and iPhones, Apple's (AAPL) market share grew sharply in December, as measured by a Net Applications survey released today. The Mac OS share, by contrast, grew 7.4% in the past month, nearly double November's rate. The iPhone grew even more sharply, jumping 33% over November's numbers. The Linux operating system also showed strong growth (up better than 10% to hit a .63% share), as did "other," a category that includes the iPod touch, Web TV and the Nintendo Wii."

Folklore says the Linux install base is much larger than Apple's OS X but a measurement like this says otherwise. This method only appears to measure market share for computers certain hitting web sites. Market share is always the focus of these articles when growth/decline may be the more interesting data point.

Java

Submission + - Mac OS X 10.5 Java Developer Preview 8 Released (apple.com)

HeaththeGreat writes: "An updated developer preview of Java SE 6 for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been posted to the Apple Developer Connection. The download is available in the Java section at http://connect.apple.com/ and requires a free ADC account to login.

For more information please see the accompanying release notes and description at http://developer.apple.com/java."

Software

Submission + - Mac QuickBooks Pro Update Deletes Desktop Folder

krawz writes: Someone on the patchmanagement.org mailing list brought this news to my attention. There is apparently a bug in a recent software update for QuickBooks Pro Mac (2006 and 2007 versions) which can result in the deletion of your Desktop folder. Ouch. More details here... http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2007/12/mac-quickbooks-update-deletes-desktop.html
OS X

Submission + - Mac OS Leopard Bug Cause Data Loss (xuecast.com)

XueCast writes: "The bug can cause data loss when moving data or files on Mac OS Leopard if there is any disruption with the transfer connection ( Data loss not just on the target, which would be normal, but also on the source as well. Continue reading for more information ). And there are reports that this particular bug has been in existence since Mac OS 10.3 Panther. The person who identified this bug in Mac OS Leopard is Tom Karpik, a Computer Science Student at The British Columbia Institute of Technology. So if you try to move a bunch of data or files on a Mac OS Leopard system for example from Drive C to Drive D and if the transfer connection got disrupted anywhere before it is finished, Leopard will delete that data and files from Drive C even though it knows that the transfered data and files in Drive D are incomplete thus corrupted, now you get what I mean right?."
OS X

Submission + - Darwin 9.0 Code Released (macnn.com)

mr100percent writes: MacNN reports that Apple has released the source code to Darwin 9.0, the backbone of OS X 10.5 Leopard. x86 and PPC versions are available. According to Apple's developer mailing list, some key drivers are missing however.

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