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• 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: It's the software, stupid

  Sure, it keeps turning out shiny new iBooks. But the big news from Apple lately has been apps like Keynote and iLife. Is Apple turning into a software company?

• 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.

• 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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  Is Apple's MacBook Pro rotten to the core?

  When companies launch a brand new product it usually takes some time to weed out the niggling issues; but how many systems need to break before the situation is recognised as a disaster rather than an unfortunate blip in quality control?

Features and Case Studies (4)

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Reviews (40)

• A Month With The Mac: Week Four: Is the Mac for me?

  ZDNet Australia's reviews editor wraps up his month-long Mac odyssey, but which platform will he end up on?

• 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 G4 iBook series

  The iBook G4 is a rugged notebook, well suited for students and home users who want a small, affordable Mac notebook.

• 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 G4 (1.33GHz, 256MB, 14.1-inch TFT)

  The 14-inch iBook G4 is a solid and stylish laptop, but it's considerably more expensive than the PC competition.

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