Filed under: Apple Corporate, OS, Portables, Macbook Pro, Apple History
Apple among InfoWorld's Tech of the Year
Infoworld has identified its 2008 Technology of the Year award recipients, and Apple's name shows up twice. First, the MacBook Pro gets the nod as their Best Notebook Computer, calling its glossy screen a "revelation" (that might be a little extreme) and praising its performance and build quality.
But wait, there's more! Mac OS 10.5 was named Best Operating System. We all knew that, of course, but it's nice to see some recognition outside of the faithful.
Reading this report after watching the videos of old Steve Jobs keynotes makes me marvel at the company's success. Apple was so close to the brink just ten years ago. Here's to a tremendous 2008!
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Kevin said 5:38PM on 1-09-2008
Yeah, I will never, ever forget this Wired cover:
http://www.magazine.org/Editorial/40-40-covers/33b.jpg
In fact, I have that issue and will probably never let go of it. Anyone frame magazine covers?
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Amit said 9:35PM on 1-09-2008
Hmm....why am I not surprised?
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B. said 10:08PM on 1-09-2008
I'm still waiting for some of those 300+ Leopard new features to work properly...and its already the best operating system...imagine when all of them they work as they should...
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Adam said 11:16PM on 1-09-2008
Anyone else think the glossy screen is not the better version of the MBP???
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Ian Solley said 9:23AM on 1-15-2008
Relating to changing the Hard Drive on a Macbook Pro here's some advice:
HARD DRIVE FAILURE:
I have had 4 replacement Apple laptops from Apple in 18 months. If you believe in Murphy's Law and Probability theory then that means Apple reliability CAN NOT be relied on i.e. the more you work a machine the more you will expose its flaws. The worst laptop has been the Mac Book Pro 17". I have endured owning the first machine (Powerbook) for 5 days before a fatal crash, flickering screens, loose battery, noisy fans, overheating, memory leaks (Safari slows down/crashes), inability to quit applications so you have to either force quit them or pull the battery out to turn off. Preference file (plist) corruption, inability to wake up from sleep mode (surely a Freudian message here for the technical department), view corruption/missing folders in Mail, loss of data in burn folder operations, incomplete data transfer in target disk mode, incorrectly seated memory chip and finally hard drive failure on laptop number 3 (less that 12 months old) - yes that is correct! 2 out of the 4 Macs I have owned, have had Fatal Crashes/Hard Drive Failure! If you are interested in taking up meditation/enrolling in stress management classes or just prefer to waste an inordinate amount of time and money, then this is the machine for you.
P.S. Something Apple won't tell you: If you are unfortunate enough to have bought one - Don't move the laptop whilst it is going into sleep mode.
IN SUMMARY: APPLE = THE MOST OVERPRICED UNRELIABLE CRxP YOU COULD EVER HAVE THE MISFORTUNE OF BUYING
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