Category: 733: New Apple Announcements and the Roar of Lion

Blueberries, corn on the cob, fresh produce of all types… you gotta love summertime! We have our annual board of directors meeting this Sunday and I think we will be sipping some cold beverages as we gather to talk about the future. Thanks for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes! Your Kibbles & Bytes…

With all of these new announcements, we’ve noticed a running theme: Apple is eliminating an optical drive from many of their machines. Makes sense, right? Save for many of us here in Vermont (and other equally remote areas) who are burdened by dial-up, the push is being made to make physical media obsolete. Grab an…

Tired of trying to keep up with an increasingly digital world? Do computer screens give you eye fatigue? Hate things that start with a lowercase “i”? Well, the MEpad Paper Notepad is your perfectly iPad-shaped way to take note the old-fashioned way. You will often find me scribbling on Post-Its in lieu of an iPad…

I mean, they turned it to mush! All the analysts were upping their predictions before Tuesday’s announcement of the 3rd Quarter earnings by Apple. To my knowledge, not a one of those “experts” came close to the most spectacular financial performance from Apple, EVER. That statement–“best financial performance ever”–says it all. Apple reported profits of…

Apple announced brand new Mac minis on Wednesday, with notable changes. Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors have been added to Apple’s new line of Mac minis in the form of Intel Core i5s. Now, what is “Sandy Bridge,” you ask? Specifically, that’s the name of the processor that is the successor to the Nehalem processor. Sandy…

Alongside the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple has debuted the next generation MacBook Airs, bringing an array of state-of-the-art features to the world’s thinnest line of notebook Macs. Among the top billed features of the new machines are Intel ‘Sandy Bridge’ processors offering up to twice the performance of the previous generation,…

Apple’s Display offering got a little sweeter this week as well. As a replacement for the former Apple LED Display, the new 27-inch Apple Display includes Thunderbolt technology, which is quickly becoming an industry-leading connection standard. The Display still boasts the same 16:9 aspect ratio, glossy LED-backlit screen and 2560×1440 resolution. Thunderbolt technology lets you…

On Wednesday, Apple released the highly anticipated Mac OS X 10.7 Lion via the Mac App Store. The eighth major release of OS X, Lion marks the first version of the world’s most advanced operating system available exclusively through the Mac App Store. Bypassing the traditional CD/DVD format of past releases, Mac OS X Lion…

_Dear Friends,_ Heat wave! The dog days of summer are here. Even though most of the country is sweltering in the heat, here in the Green Mountains, the days are sunny and warm and the breeze on Prickly Mountain keeps the mosquitos (mostly) at bay and the nights cool. My blueberry bushes are loaded with…