Archive for Mac Hardware

12

Apr

Leopard delayed due to iPhone

I am not a fan of cell phones. The technology behind them is great, with a nearly endless list of features and extentions. But there are just too many security risks behind them; a friend of mine actually has been able to get his Palm pilot to hijack people’s cell phone via their bluetooth capabilities. Let alone that all of your personal information is ready at hand once physical access is attained; IM handles, personal information, your phone number, etc. That aside, the iPhone looks like it has a lot of promise and a lot of functionality; I won’t/can’t buy one due to the steep $500 price tag.
Apple has announced that they will postpone the release of Leopard (which I’m not really all that pleased about anyways, but that’s for another day, another post). Seeing as how Apple will have to do some juggling with the pans on their respective burners, I will have to hold Apple to an even higher standard for both Leopard, and especially for the iPhone.
Not only will the iPhone be a landmark for Apple in the tech world, so I hope that they don’t botch it up.

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–snarfer

24

Jan

Apple System Font

I was staring at my computer screen, wondering, thinking, and all of a sudden, BAM!!! What is Apple’s system font text?!? I mean, it is part of the reason why I love Mac OS X, it’s pretty, in simpler terms! After research and some suggestions I narrowed it down to the following:

Helvetica, Lucida Grande, and Verdana. What do you think? I vote Helvetica.

12

Jan

Unified Vienna

DKocher, the inventor and lead developer of Cyberduck, the free open source Cocoa-Java FTP client, has released a prototype of a unified window Vienna. Below is a screenshot:

You can download it here.

11

Jan

New updates Tiger

Apple has released some updates, including the following:

Updates

Ignore the Quicktime one as I have chosen not to update. All the updates accept the iTunes Phone Driver are security updates.