MacOrama für den 25. September 2004

Nachdem der ungeglückte Versuch von Jillian Myers ihr HP Tattoo vom iPod zu entfernen sich rasend schnell verbreitete, wurde sie inzwischen von HP kontaktiert: "Well, later in the day, I recieved another phone call, this time from someone more directly involved with this product. He wanted to verify the circumstances surrounding the use of the tattoo, making sure he had all the correct info. He said the product had been thoroughly tested, inside and out, in HP labs, by various employees, etc. I suggested perhaps it was because I had gotten mine out of the magazine, but he said they took several out of various issues of Rolling Stone and tested those too." (via Cult of Mac)
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iMac G5 Benchmarks aus dem Macworld Labor: "As you could probably guess, the new G5-equipped iMacs out-performed than their G4-powered predecessors. Still, they weren’t as fast as the Power Mac models that come equipped with two G5 processors. Speedmark, our all-around system performance benchmark, showed that the 1.8 GHz iMac G5s were 35 percent faster than the 1.25GHz iMac G4. Some individual application tests, like rendering a scene using Maxon’s Cinema 4D, showed the new 1.8GHz iMac completing tasks in less than half the time it took the 1.25GHz G4 version."
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Das '15-inch PowerBook G4 Display Repair Extension Program' für das White Spot Problem, kostenlos repariert werden folgende Modelle:

"Your PowerBook G4 serial number must fall between one of two serial number ranges:
V7334xxxxxx to V7345xxxxxx
QT331xxxxxx to QT339xxxxxx
These computers were manufactured from July 2003 through November 2003. PowerBooks with the serial numbers listed above may be referred to as:
PowerBook G4 15-inch Aluminum (1GHz G4 or 1.25GHz G4)
PowerBook G4 Titanium (867MHz G4 or 1GHz G4)"
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Bryan Bell, Designer des NNW (und MarsEdit) Icons, erzählt von der Entstehungsphase: "The space ship took on more than a few forms. The first version was awful, and I'm really glad Brent gave me some push-back. A later version was more sleek, but the heavy outlines took away from the look, and the colors (Blue and Orange) confused beta testers who would accidently click on the Firefox icon instead of MarsEdit."
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'Griffin iBeam: Laser Pointer and Flashlight for your iPod or iPod mini'
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Mal wieder: "Apple Computer Inc.’s Apple.com was the leading site for hardware retailers by unique audience for the week ending Sept. 12 with 4.6 million unique visitors, Nielsen/NetRatings reports." InternetRetailer.com .
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Und natürlich ein Fehler.
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Außerdem (Halb-)Wissenswertes aus dem Terminal:
09/25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981
(So geht das).