Category: 611: All-New Apple Product Announcements, Mac Treat #75, Battery Updater

It is Daylight Savings Time on Sunday. Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour. This is going to cause a wicked case of spring fever in at least one Vermonter. Can I get my motorcycle out yet? It is March though, and that usually means we will have at least a couple of…

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We’ve been seeing very strong interest in iWork ’09 since it was released in January. Many people seem to be considering iWork ’09 over Microsoft Office. Both are great programs, and I recommend both. However, over the past year I’ve used Office two or three times, but use iWork daily. Numbers is fulfilling my Excel…

In addition to the slew of new products announced on Tuesday, Apple also released the MacBook Battery Updater 1.4. A small number of MacBooks (both the latest unibody-style MacBooks as well as the “older” white and black plastic models) have batteries that can become inoperative after long periods of inactivity. This update presumably updates the…

Time Capsule and AirPort models were updated on Tuesday, adding some fun and much-needed features. New features on both: * *Simultaneous Dual-Band WiFi:* Time Caspule and AirPort Extreme now work on both 2.4GHz (the same frequency as cordless phones, by the way) and 5GHz bands at the same time. * *Guest Networking:* Now Time Capsule…

The Mac mini was also updated on Tuesday. It had been over 600 days since the Mac mini’s last update, and there was some expectation that it would be discontinued by Apple. I’m glad Apple is keeping the Mac mini in production, as it fills an important niche in the sub-$1000 desktop category. It’s a…

New Mac Pros were announced this morning, and boy, are they hot. Here’s a rundown of the new features: New Intel Processors Intel’s road map indicated that an update was coming; however, the Xeon Nehalem processor beat those expectations. The Nehalem processor has single-die, 64-bit architecture that is touted to be more efficient than the…

On Tuesday, Apple upgraded the entire iMac family, and now offers the iMac in four new configurations. General specs: *20-inch* “2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 320GB hard drive, 8x double-layer SuperDrive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, $1199.99”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/73293 *24-inch* “2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB memory, 640GB hard drive, 8x double-layer SuperDrive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M…

It’s sad but true: there are still many conference centers, hotels, and office buildings that lack Wi-Fi. However, many of these do offer hardwired internet access via Ethernet or (egads) a dial-up connection. If you’re solo, this is only a minor inconvenience. However, if you’re traveling or working with other people, a single wired connection…

_Dear Friends,_ The big news this week is a complete refresh of Apple’s Macintosh desktop computers. iMacs, Mac minis and Mac Pros were all upgraded this week and new versions of the Apple Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme Base Station were released. We will review this new products in this issue of Kibbles & Bytes…