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  • Time to switch to OS X? Maybe

    Mac OS X 10.0 was released to the public a little over a year ago. At the time, the freshly hatched operating system was better suited to tinkerers than consumers. It wasn't until version 10.1 came out in September that things began to get interesting for the non-bleeding-edge demographic.

  • Apple adds DVD burner to PowerBook

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

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • Is Apple on the way out?

    A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh faithful. After all, since Microsoft, which can marshal its forces and target competitors at will with lethal precision, hasn't finished-off Apple after all these years (and I'm not saying that this was necessarily a Redmond goal), how on earth can an operating system like Linux spell trouble for Apple?

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Lack of security plagues Sputnik

    The open-source community entered the wireless arena with the Sputnik Community Gateway. Find out why this product may be good in theory, but needs some considerable work in the area of security.

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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 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.

  • 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 adds DVD burner to PowerBook

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

  • Apple iBook PowerPC G3 900MHz

    The new Apple iBook is as easy to use as any Mac and comes with plenty of documentation.

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