What's New - Jun 20, 2007

Introduction

• General issues, workarounds and fixes
• New Software and hardware
• Software and hardware updates/patches

Section Links

1. Leopard WWDC 2007 Keynote
   
2. Games making a Mac comeback?
   
3. Safari for Windows & iPhone
   
4. New Hardware
5. Microsoft's MacBU
6. Campus Big Buy
   
7. Humor

Leopard WWDC 2007 Keynote

• Desktop
• Finder
• Quick Look
• Time Machine
• Spaces
• 64-Bit throughout
• Multi-Core
• Core-Animation
• Security

Games making a Mac comeback?

• Cider?  The hidden engine underneath Macintosh EA games
• http://www.transgaming.com
• Provides access to Win32 APIs
• Targeted to game developers
• So ports are NOT native Mac applications

Safari for Windows & iPhone

• Apple brings Safari to Windows
• Web 2.0/Ajax is SDK for iPhone
• iPhone has full featured Safari
• Safari Windows mixed reviews, pretty buggy

New hardware

• MacBook Pro refresh
  
• CPUs @ 2.2 GHz and 2.4 GHz
• 2 - 4 GB RAM
• 120 GB - 250 GB HD
• New LED backlighting, higher resolution for 17-inch model
• 1920 x 1200
• NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
• Prices remain the same for base models

Microsoft's MacBU

• Microsoft Office Open XML Converter 0.1.1
• Lots of reported problems (see macfixit.com)
• Alternatives: MacLink Plus, docXConverter, and NeoOffice seem to do a much better job

Campus Big Buy

• iMac 20-inch
• 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 1 GB RAM
• 250 GB Drive
• ATI Radeon X1600 w/128 MB VRAM
• SuperDrive 8x
• Apple Care Protection Plan
• Our price: $1335
• Typically: $1518
• Mac Pro
• Two 2.66 GHz Intel Dual-Core Xeons
• 1 GB RAM
• 250 GB Drive
• 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT w/ 256 MB VRAM
• SuperDrive 16x
• Apple Care Protection Plan
• Mac Mini
  
• 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo
• 1 GB RAM
• 160 GB Drive
• SuperDrive 8x
• Intel GMA 950
• Apple Care Protection Plan

Humor

• "At about 8pm a user's macbook erupted- spewing smoke, ash, and battery acid on the table."