Apple Rumors

October 10, 2008, 03:46 PM Macworld.com If you have multiple Macs in your home, and you’re running OS X 10.5, you may run into a permissions problem with each user’s Drop Box. For those not familiar, the Drop Box folder (in your user’s Public folder) can be used to copy files and folders between machines and users without logging into the remote machine. When connected as a guest, you have rights to add files to–but not see the contents of–any user’s Drop Box.

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Engadget posts two photos of what appears to be the new MacBook Pro. The new Macbook Pro has a black bezel similar to the iMac. Also, of note is that there are no buttons on the MacBook Pro trackpad, indicating the use of a “tap” system instead. …that “metal and glass” enclosure now houses an NVIDIA GPU, but no FireWire 400, and video-out is apparently through a connector “more compact” than MicroDVI.

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Heartbroken! The new Macbook Pro = UGLY. The black keyboard and the black screen border are just awful. Gone is neat slab of pure silver. In is the hodge-podge laptop that looks as if it comes from any old manufacturer. I was all set to go and buy one right now but I can’t face it. The great iMac look does not translate to the laptops. Heartbroken. I’ll now have to wait another year, the only consolation being that I can stick with my superior original Macbook Pro, which is still going strong.

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I even had a situation where we got a new MacBook Pro to replace a horribly faded display on an iMac G4. Did Migration Assistant to the MBP which ended up with the SAME display problem. Reinstalled systems on both of them and the problem went away. On. Both. Of. Them. To think we considered (for a brief moment) paying big money for a new display on the iMac.

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I would love to see an updated Mac Mini with a new nVidia chip in it plus a Blue-Ray option. It would also be awesome if they redesigned the Mac Mini to use 3.5″ drives instead of 2.5″ but I don’t see that happening. I think the basic design of the Mac Mini is fine they just need to update it and the iMac before Christmas if possible.

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November 16, 2007 (Computerworld) — An update issued by Apple Inc. yesterday appears to have solved most of the screen freezing problems iMac users have been reporting since August, according to messages posted on support forums. Targeting the newest 20- and 24-in.

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“Failing en masse?” That is total crap. First of all, this issue affects only a few of the 17″ white imac core duos that were made almost 2 years ago. All electronic components will fail at some point. Apple has a one year warranty and allows you to extend it by 2 years at a nominal cost. So, your computer failed after the warranty expired. BFD. And the writer of this macnn piece is just trying to create a story where there is none.

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Apple is offering its newest black glass and aluminum iMac as a refurbished item at a discounted price. The company’s reconditioned iMac 20-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo includes 1GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, an 8x DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW SuperDrive, an ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics card with 256MB of video memory, and a built-in iSight camera for $1,299 — a 14 percent savings off the original price.

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Guys, this update is the real deal. I have a bad freezer that is actually scheduled to be shipped back to Apple for a replacement tomorrow. I applied the firmware update (and 10.5.1) and have been working it hard for the past two hours, doing all the stuff that used to make it freeze in minutes. iTunes visualizer, CoverFlow, screen savers, Photo Booth, Front Row, the whole nine yards. Not a single freeze. I had this thing freezing on command before.

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The first Intel Macs were actually released nearly two years ago in January 2006. The first Macs were the MacBook Pro (15 only at the time) and the iMac Core Duo at MacWorld. The entire transition was announced complete over a year ago at WWDC 2006 (August 7). Based on that, I’d say it’s been more than a little over a year since Apple made the switch .

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