Stuart Lowe installed Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.5 on a Gigabyte M912X netbook tablet. For us Mac users out there, this would make a pretty cool little portable. The Gigabyte M912X has a swivel 8.9-inch touchscreen and is powered by the Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor.
by Jon | Tags: Gigabyte M912X, mac os x, netbook, subnotebook
Posted in hardware, os
Fire up Software Update and grab the 10.5.5 update containing updates for Address Book, Disk Utility and Directory Utility, iCal, Mail, MobileMe, and Time Machine. Also included are security updates for ATS, BIND, ClamAV, Directory Services, Directory Services, Finder, ImageIO, Kernel, libresolv, Login Window, mDNSResponder, OpenSSH, QuickDraw Manager, Ruby, SearchKit, System Configuration, System Preferences, Time [...]
by Jon | Tags: mac os x, Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update, Security Update 2008-006
Posted in mac, security
Following Apple’s copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Mac-clone maker Psystar, Psystar has said they intend to countersue Apple for monopolistic and anti-competitive practices.
It will be interesting to see how this all works out.
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by Jon | Tags: apple, lawsuits, mac os x, psystar
Posted in apple, mac
TUAW is reporting that Apple will seed an early beta of Mac OS X 10.6 to developers at the upcoming WWDC. Mac OS 10.6 is said to be simply a polished and perfected version of what we already with Leopard. It will also drop support for the PowerPC architecture and will be completely 64-bit.
Snow [...]
by Jon | Tags: 10.6, mac os x, operating system
Posted in apple, os, software