25610
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Overly Critical Guy writes:
Apple has done it again and beaten Dell on price. The equivalent 15-inch Dell Precision laptop is almost $1000 more expensive, and when comparing 17-inch laptops, the high-end MacBook Pro is almost $1500 less expensive. It appears that Apple is now committed to competing not only on features and style, but on price.
24530
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Overly Critical Guy writes:
Apple developers can now sign up for the Leopard Early Starter Kit and watch WWDC '06 sessions through iTunes. The page goes into Leopard's new features for developers, including XCode 3.0, Core Animation, the Xray profiler built on Sun's DTrace, resolution-independence, the adoption of TrustedBSD's Mandatory Access Control framework, and more. And this is just the stuff they're showing us!
20709
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Overly Critical Guy writes:
Microsoft is touting the power-saving features of Vista, including Vista's ability to enter sleep mode. Dean DeWhitt, Windows kernel director, explains for everyone that "this is energy (consumed) when you are not even using the PC. It truly is a waste." In Windows XP, programs can cancel the sleep process and keep the computer running, draining a user's laptop battery, but Vista plans to change that. From the article: "By adding the new sleep option, businesses can wake machines to install security updates, while letting them remain in the power-saving mode the rest of the time." No word on whether this so-called "sleep mode" will appear in competing operating systems.
18293
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Overly Critical Guy writes:
Microsoft has made changes to Vista's EULA and added several usage restrictions. For instance, Home Basic users can't copy ISOs to their hard drives, can't run in a virtualized environment, and can only share files and printers to a maximum of 5 network devices. Ultimate users can share with up to 10 devices and can run in a virtual environment but without access to DRM-protected content.
18265
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Overly Critical Guy writes:
The Daily Princetonian is running a surprising report that 45% of the computers purchased at Princeton are Macs, used by students and faculty alike. In 2003, the number was only 15%. The top factor cited for the increase was the reliability of the platform and the lack of malware plaguing OS X users. This coincides with rising trends at other schools like Harvard.
