What's New - Jun 18, 2008
By: Benjamin Martin - Revised: 2008-09-05 ben
Introduction
What's new for the Mac in the previous month:
- General issues, workarounds and fixes
- New Software and hardware
- Software and hardware updates/patches
- Apple Inc. related news
Contents
- Agenda
- iPhone 3G
- MobileMe
- SnowLeopard
- FireFox 3.0
- OS X 10.5.3
- Security Update 2008-003
Agenda
- What's New
- InstaDMG
- Self-Servicing Account Overview
iPhone 3G
Reference:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/ - 2.4x faster downloads (HSDPA - high speed downlink packet access
- Also delivers UMTS, GSM, Wi-Fi, EDGE
- GPS
- Uses multiple sources (cell towers, Wi-Fi, GPS, etc to pinpoint inside and out)
- iPhone 2.0 Software Update
- Enterprise
- Push: email, contacts, calendar
- WPA2/802.1x
- More VPN protocols
- Remote wipe
- Enforced security policies
- Certificates and identities
- And 3rd party applications ...
- Available July 11th
- 8GB $199, 16GB $299
- $30/month data plan + voice plan
- See AT&T for local voice plan prices ($40+)
Mobile Me
Reference:
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/ - Exchange for the rest of us ...
- Push email. Push contacts. Push calendar.
- Sync from one device to all your devices
- Mail, Address Book, iCal on Macs
- Online: Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Gallery and iDisk
Snow Leopard
Reference:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/ - Microsoft Exchange Support
- 64-bit (throughout including the kernal)
- Multicore support
- QuickTime X
- OpenCL
- Akin to OpenGL OpenCL makes using the system GPA more accessible
FireFox 3.0
Reference:
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/ - Performance
- Improved memory management, faster javascript, smaller memory footprint, faster page load, graphics engine improvements
- Personal
- Library (history/bookmarks) searchable, smart location bar, tagging, one click book marking
- Security
- Instant website ID, anti-phishing, anti-malware, etc.
OS X 10.5.3
Reference:
www.versiontracker.com - Improves Active Directory binding and login
- Eliminates a delay when logging in as an Active Directory user in a .local domain
- Improves Spotlight over AFP
- Improves 802.1x behavior and reliability
- And much more ...