Mac OS X: Gentle Migration Or Chaotic Diaspora? September 18th, 2000 My Mac OS X Public Beta is in the Mail! I bought my Mac OS X Beta for $29.95 at the Apple Store this weekend. It’s pretty audacious — though savvy — of Apple to actually have the temerity to make people pay for…
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Viva La France! Tomorrow is Mac OS X Public Beta Day!
Ciscois stock closed below its $60 support level at $58 7/8 per share on twice normal volume. Wall Street has been watching Ciscois stock as a proxy for the Nasdaq, todayis break down bodes ill for the broader tech stocks according to conventional wisdom. Robert McTeer, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Mac OS X Delayed, That Sounds GREAT To Me!
Mac OS X Delayed, That Sounds GREAT To Me! May 23rd, 2000 Before we start, do you remember Copland? I found the original press release from Apple’s site. In keeping with the spirit of operating system history, we will discuss the delay of Mac OS X, announced last week at the WWDC. I understand how…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Mac OS X Performance On A G3, Here Are The Answers!
Mac OS X Performance On A G3, Here Are The Answers! February 22nd, 2000 A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about Mac OS X on a G3, and raised questions about how well it would perform on the machines that dominated Apple’s product line for a couple of years. As you can guess,…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Will Mac OS X Run Well On A G3?
Will Mac OS X Run Well On A G3? January 31st, 2000 Have you watched the keynote from MACWORLD Expo in San Francisco from this past January? If so, did you notice what Steve Jobs gloated about when he unveiled Mac OS X for us to drool at? To make it short, he did an…
Mac OS 8 - Resistance Is Futile
The hype surrounding Mac OS 8 hasn’t been on a par with, say, the Rolling Stones bellowing “Start Me Up” during Windows 95’s rollout a couple years back. However, if you pilot a Macintosh regularly in your work or play, Mac OS 8 is currently, and should remain, the biggest blip on Apple’s radar, at…