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Apple’s PC market share rises to 5.6 percent in Q2
Apple’s PC market share rises to 5.6 percent in Q2
The Cupertino-based Mac maker was bested only by Dell, HP and Gateway, respectively. Dell maintained its rank as the top U.S. vendor, having shipped 4.85 million units for a 28.4 percent U.S. share. However, it continued to see its share of the market eroded by rivals, registering a near 11 percent yearly decline.
No question about it… There is a fundamental change afoot in the desirability of a new Mac to average PC users that NEVER would have previously dared think such a heretical thought just a few short years ago.
I’m thinkin’ AAPL @ 160 by summer’s end, 180 by EOY 07… Hmm.
Can Michael Dell Pull A Steve Jobs?
By now, you must have heard that Michael Dell has booted his company’s CEO and is taking the reigns back over himself. Given the great sucking chest wound the outgoing chief executive leaves behind, it’s probably a good idea.
The sweet poetic irony of this, however, is that Dell was such a collossal cock in the press about Steve Jobs and Apple Computer just a few short years ago. His smug prediction was that Apple would fall apart and be bought up by somebody in short order.
Now, Dell finds himself in the unenviable position of not only eating an enormous plate of crow about Apple’s fortunes in the ensuing years, but having to live up to the inevitable parallels the business world will draw between his return to Dell versus Steve Jobs’ return to Apple. Good luck with that, buddy…
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PowerBook G4 & iBook G4 Battery Exchange Program
Apple has a very simple program established for swapping out the recalled batteries from Sony in the PowerBook G4 and iBook G4 lines.
My PowerBook G4 1.67 Hi-Res 15″ battery is on the list and I’ve placed my order by filling out the form at the link below:
Battery Exchange Program iBook G4 and PowerBook G4
They said it will take 4-6 weeks for the new battery to arrive along with prepaid mailing materials to send the old one back afterwards. Simple. Kudos, Apple. Funny thing is, my battery is fantastic. It’s not hot at all compared to my old 667 TiBook. Ah well…
John Lennon Invented The iPod!
LOL – This clip demonstrates the factual proof that John Lennon actually invented the iPod. Absolutely brillliant, especially the accents and mannerisms of the Fabs.
Which IntelMac – Logic or DP?
Here is part one in a series of topical posts I responded to on the NextList recently.
Part 1 – Which IntelMac to get, MacBook Pro or iMac Core Duo?
I’ve already ordered a MacBookPro, 17″ 2.16Ghz, 100 gig 7200 rpm drive with 2 gigs of RAM. HOWEVER…
Nice… It’s a fast PC too if you load XP via Boot Camp (from all reports I’ve read).
Yesterday my wifes’ ancient PC died, and I bought her a 17″ 1.83 Ghz iMac Core Duo (Intel). It has a 160 gig drive (also 7200 rpm) and 512 mb of RAM, upgradeable to 2 gigs.
It is SEXY and even after the upgrade of RAM and case, still literally half the price of the MacBookPro. It’s not as portable as a laptop, but it’s definitely moveable with a padded custom case from iLugger.
So my questions are:
Is it good enough to score an indie film in Logic, if I keep my samples on an external drive?
Yes and no. For some people, even the fastest G5 isn’t fast enough. I am currently working on a 17″ 18Ghz G5 iMac and it’s plenty fast for full productions. Not doing any video, however.
I know it has a slower processor–1.83 vs 2.16. Are there other factors that come into play, say a desktop drive being faster than a laptop drive? Will one run hotter or quieter?
Yes, the Serial ATA drive in the iMac is definitely going to be faster than the one in the MacBook but not by a mile or anything. If you use an external FW 400 drive, you can switch between them seamlessly, actually. That’s what I did, track on my old PowerBook G4 and mix on the iMac with a FW drive bopping between garage and “studio”.
I don’t want to set myself up for increased latency or noticeably slower function. But did I mention how SEXY this thing is?
Indeed. Latency isn’t going to change between them really as you’ll set your buffers between 128 and 64 on either to minimize latency. If you’re recording an external box, there will be no latency if you monitor via the Ultalite’s CueMixDSP which is a built-in hardware playback DSP chip that sends the audio to whatever output you choose before it hits the A/D converter. So, you’ll be monitoring the live, analog audio while the signal prints.
More importantly, Logic is able to run on the IntelMacs while DP cannot YET.
I expect the universal binary of DP5 will drop at Summer NAMM in July.
