Michael Jardeen: ...mac, x and mecomments and articles related to the macintosh and os x(Untitled)- June 28, 2003 Paul Boutin is an idiot... Read this article on Slate. The best garbage has the stentch of sweet perfume, and this one reeks of it. People using Linux may be doing it because they hate MicroSloth, but they are doing it more often as not over price. This is the same mentality that makes people pick Microsoft over Apple. People use Apple for design, style, performance, reliability, and USABILITY!! The word usability has never been whispered by anyone involved with Linux, except when explaining.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/macXAndMe/2003/06/27.html#a863 (Untitled)- June 24, 2003 Martin...take that! Apple rolled out the new G5 machines, and the speed is the toast of the town, so stuff it Martin!..mjhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/macXAndMe/2003/06/23.html#a859 (Untitled)- June 21, 2003 Martin Reynold...DOH! On Monday Apple will put Steve Jobs on stage and roll out the new G5 processor (also known as the Power PC 970). It appears that someone at Apple goofed and the specs for the new machine got leaked. As usual, we have one of the Gartner Group Mac-Doomsayers speaking up about why this event doesn't mean much. Gartner analyst Martin Reynold says that "Although it's a new processor, I'd expect to see less brandishing around the processor and more around the features and...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/macXAndMe/2003/06/20.html#a857 (Untitled)- June 16, 2003 Maine school gives students own laptops The end of the school year is near and children are playing baseball outside. But the students in Shawn Favreau's classroom are focused on their laptop computers. For their final social studies project, they're using the computers to create multimedia presentations on ancient Greece. Some of the Freeport Middle School students find it hard to imagine going back to using just pencils and paper. We still do the same things. We just do it differently....http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/macXAndMe/2003/06/15.html#a854 (Untitled)- June 5, 2003 Anniversary of the Apple II It was 26 years ago today that the Apple II was released for US $1,298. "Standard configuration included 4K of memory, two game paddles, and a demo cassette with programs. Home televisions were usually used for monitors." Apple2history.org I still remember going over to "Mythos Manor" to vist the gang; being led upstairs, and shown this cool new thing called a personal computer...mjhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/macXAndMe/2003/06/05.html#a849 |