The OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 is a consumer-grade RAID storage system that can support RAID levels 0,1,5 and 10. It’s a modest sized, handsome aluminum enclosure that has slots for four user-replaceable drives. It’s one of the first consumer RAID 5 or better systems, and the benefit is that a failed drive can be…
Apple Home
Rumor: Apple Working on Mac Home Server
Details provided by 9to5Mac.com include a tie into MobileMe that handles much of your personal file sharing and server needs, but through a MobileMe.com URL that would make your account accessible anywhere. The device would also serve all iTunes media, and be able to specifically serve media out to your iPods and iPhones. Lastly, it…
Forrester Research: Apple will Colonize the Household
Forrester Research looked into the future and came up with some logical predictions about where Apple is going with its products. The vision was that Apple would be colonizing various rooms in the household in the year 2013. The first item envisioned, according to Nick Wingfield at the Wall Street Journal, is a wall-mounted display…
Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #91: Home Networking Dissected and Explained
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For February 12, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%6a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%4d%69%63%68%61%65%6c%20%4a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29’))Michael Johnston). Dave and John dig into what it takes to create — and keep running — a network of Macs in your home… and maybe some Windows machines, too! Sponsor: Yojimbo:…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab: Wireless Base Stations Revealed
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, week of June 27th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, June 27th, 2005 This week, John F. Braun and Dave Hamilton have each had a crazy week, but come together anyway to talk about wireless/airport connections, focusing on base stations, options available, and…