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    Apple Computer has updated its entire portable line, most notably adding its first PowerBook capable of burning DVDs.

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  • Apple pitches Mac OS X to Linux fans

    This year Apple attended Linux Expo for the first time to explain why Linux fans should take a look at its operating system.

  • Truce produces new Office for Mac

    It's been a bumpy five years in the making, and it took a detente between old rivals Microsoft and Apple to do it. Office for Mac OS X is finally here--could it be the start of a beautiful friendship?

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    This year Apple attended Linux Expo for the first time to explain why Linux fans should take a look at its operating system.

  • Could Macs mean business at last?

    Is recently released Mac OS X Jaguar just a catch-up to Windows XP features, or is there more to Apple's latest operating system than meets the eye.

  • Why Apple should support Microsoft's .Net

    Will Microsoft's much-hyped .Net strategy affect the Mac world, too? Well, it just might--thanks to two open-source projects and OS X's Unix roots--and Apple should support the effort.

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  • iBook: not just for kids

    The original iBook wasn't everybody's cup of tea: veteran columnist John Dvorak described it as "girly". But this year's model sports a more conservative industrial design.

  • Apple adds DVD burner to PowerBook

    Apple Computer has updated its entire portable line, most notably adding its first PowerBook capable of burning DVDs.

  • Apple's Mac OS X

    Apple has announced Mac OS X, the new Macintosh operating system which combines the openness of UNIX with the broad applications base of Macintosh.

  • Apple iBook: Is bigger always better?

    Apple's charming little iBook with the 12.1in screen now has a higher-end iBook sibling with a 14.1in screen,"giving small-business users a nice midrange choice among Mac portables.

  • Magnesium: the pearl of budget portables

    Apple Computer pulled back the curtain on a new generation of its iBook portable today. Apple CEO, Steve Jobs told media and industry analysts that the new machine "takes design cues" from the Titanium PowerBook G4 during a presentation at the Apple campus in California two days ago. Acknowledgng Apples renewed focus on the education market, he went on to tout the new system as a boon to schools.

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