Apple has revealed Australian pricing details for the new hardware line-up it announced overnight in the US, with the vendor's new low-end MacBook laptop starting at AU$1299.
Apple began shipping Snow Leopard on Friday, but the true importance of the Mac OS X update likely will emerge well afterward.
Apple's OS X 10.6 operating system Snow Leopard by default loads with a 32-bit kernel, despite running 64-bit applications.
Snow Leopard is finally here and we've had a chance to check out all the newest features and improvements to Apple's big cat OS.
Snow Leopard isn't so much about adding new features as it is about refining the code in the Apple operating system.
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was officially released overnight and marked the eleventh release of the distribution. It's attractive, polished and measured, but fails "the grandma test".
In this week's episode of Patch Monday, we discuss the experiences, problems and security issues associated with Snow Leopard after a week of usage.
Feeding Snow Leopard with juicy Office 2008 discs caused a few problems for our New Zealand correspondent.
Plans for the next major iteration of the GNOME desktop have been released with the major change being a new user experience.
I caved in. I had all intentions of pre-emptively spending my $900 government handout on a $700 HP netbook this weekend. But I was pwned by a shiny little MacBook in about the time it took white hat Charlie Miller to hack its upscale brother, the MacBook Air.
Two weeks after the release and one update to 10.6.1 later, it was time to upgrade from OS X 10.5 Leopard to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Just how hands-free and painless was this upgrade going to be?
It seems that thinning down your application for greater performance has finally caught on, and bloat is being stripped away. This year's surprise contender: Norton.
There's no doubt that Ubuntu is a worthy rival to Windows 7 and even hands Mac OS X a cold dish of nasty in its stellar 9.04 release. Hats off to Mark Shuttleworth and his team: you got game.
Federal Government plans to introduce ISP-level filtering to provide a 'safer' internet experience for Australian families are likely to be met with significant resistance from within the ISP community.
Steve Jobs unveils an ultrathin notebook and take two for the Apple TV, amid an array of iPhone, iPod, and iTunes updates.
Snow Leopard is finally here and we've had a chance to check out all the newest features and improvements to Apple's big cat OS. Check out our First Look video for an overview and find out if it's the right time to take the leap to Snow Leopard.
It's a hands-on preview of Snow Leopard with a few goodies Apple hasn't shown off; iPhone 3GS' are now available in colors, thanks to overheating; and the iPhone 3.1 software beta is revealed!
Apple showed off some of the new features in its upcoming OS X \"Snow Leopard\" release: dock expose, zoomable live previews in Finder and improved workflow.
It runs Apple's Mac OS X Leopard, but doesn't look anything like an Apple computer and certainly doesn't come with an Apple price tag. Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss Psystar's open computer.
Apple debuts its new wireless backup device at Macworld 2008.
Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).
The T50 is a reasonably priced single-function printer that produces good photos and can handle CDs too, but the ongoing consumable costs and text quality let this inkjet down.
Intel Mac users will like Snow Leopard's smartly designed interface enhancements, and its Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way). With a ton of technological improvements, Snow Leopard is worth the AU$39 upgrade fee.
Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro makes only minor tweaks to the previous version, but cutting prices and swapping the ExpressCard slot for an SD card slot are enough to make it a solid improvement over its predecessor.
Previously known as the MacBook, Apple's basic 13-inch aluminium unibody laptop has been promoted to the "Pro" series, all while adding features and cutting the base price.
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