News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
My Windows needs have always been modest. When I bought my first Intel iMac I was advised to use Parallels Desktop instead of Boot Camp, which I did. It took me a while to set it all up but soon I was able to run those interesting little Windows-only programs and avoid previous bouts of impotent fury. I'd been happily using Parallels version 2 for quite a while until it started causing kernel panics and asking me to do some stuff that did my head in. And then last week, Parallels 4 was released at a special changeup price of US$39.99 -- too good an opportunity to miss, so I downl...
My Windows needs have always been modest. When I bought my first Intel iMac I was advised to use Parallels Desktop instead of Boot Camp, which I did. It took me a while to set it all up but soon I was able to run those interesting little Windows-only programs and avoid previous bouts of impotent fury. I'd been happily using Parallels version 2 for quite a while until it started causing kernel panics and asking me to do some stuff that did my head in. And then last week, Parallels 4 was released at a special changeup price of US$39.99 -- too good an opportunity to miss, so I downloaded the upgrade and bought myself a license key.
Keith White | Nov 20, 2008
The iPhone has done more for the Mac gaming world than any number of late ports, cross-converted games, or even the introduction of higher quality graphics chips in the new model Macbooks ever could. Why? Well, largely because it's made people (and programmers) think of Apple as a gaming platform once again; while there's always been a steady trickle of some titles, the sheer mass of games never saw light of day on the system due to a perception that Macs just weren't "cut out for gaming" or that Apple users "weren't interested".
Alex Kidman | Nov 18, 2008
When Terry Weaver wants to create .Net applications, he fires up Visual Studio and types away like any other .Net programmer. The setup gets a bit weird when he wants to test how the .Net application might appear to a Mac user visiting the Web site. Instead of starting up another machine, asking a colleague with a Mac, or simply ignoring those crazy followers of Steve Jobs, Weaver just pops over to the browser in another window. That's easy because Visual Studio is running on Windows inside a Parallels virtual machine, which, in turn, runs on his Mac. He has a PC, a Mac, and a Unix development box all in one.
Peter Wayner | Nov 18, 2008
As I write this, we are on the penultimate day of the MacMania 8 Mediterranean cruise - five countries and eight ports of call in ten days. This was my first MacMania Cruise and my first time on a cruise ship so I had little information to go on as to how this would all come together - and, for the most part, it has gone about as well as can be expected.
Shawn King | Nov 18, 2008
Is it just me, or are Apple's lawyers just swimming in lawsuits? Even Microsoft, whose antitrust punishments have set records in many countries, doesn't seem, in my admittedly cursory investigations, to have been sued as often this year as Apple has. Apple's cases were all subject to interim determinations by judges since the beginning of October, and as far as I can tell Apple has failed to quash any of them. That means there is lots of bothersome, annoying and potentially expensive litigation ahead.
David Braue | Nov 17, 2008
Apple has long been in the educational market, but now the educational market is working its way into Apple.
Dan Turner | Nov 17, 2008
On Tuesday, Apple announced the retirement of Al Shipp, the company’s senior vice president of enterprise sales. As part of that announcement, Apple also said it had no plans to directly replace Shipp. Instead, it plans to spread out his former responsibilities among other sales executives.
John C. Welch | Nov 14, 2008
Two rumours currently bouncing about have piqued my interest. The one that interests my credit card company is that AT&T in ths US are considering "tethering" - allowing the iPhone to provide networking via 3G to other computers in its wireless network. The other, and the most likely to affect us here in Australia, is that the Mac mini may be getting an update.
Tony Williams | Nov 13, 2008
Going on your first cruise is exciting, fun, scary, challenging, frustrating, aggravating… And sometimes, all of that within moments of each other.
Shawn King | Nov 11, 2008
There are two rumours currently bouncing about that have piqued my interest. One is that AT&T in the US are considering "tethering" - allowing the iPhone to provide networking via 3G to other computers in its wireless network. The most likely to affect us here in Australia first is that the Mac Mini may be getting an update.
Tony Williams | Nov 10, 2008
Last week, I suggested that struggling computer giant Sun Microsystems would make a great takeover target for Apple, which could buy its way into pole position in the enterprise market and gain access to a colony of developer skills responsible for the likes of Solaris and Java. This week, in what appears to be part 2 of my "If I ran Apple" series, I'd like to suggest another option, this one perhaps more appealing to those who worry about Apple extending itself too far into the enterprise space, too soon. And that option is Yahoo!
David Braue | Nov 10, 2008
Eighteen months ago, Serena Software began exploring the feasibility of supporting Apple MacBooks as an option for its users, most of whom are developers. It was interested in lowering support costs and increasing satisfaction among employees who used Macs at home, including the CEO.
Mary Brandel | Nov 10, 2008
Myvu has announced that its Crystal video goggles now work with the iPhone. The Crystal glasses require a new cable which costs $US24.95.
