SuperDrive Firmware Update v2.0 for some PowerPC-based Macs

by David Chartier (Jun 1st 2006 6:00AM)

Apple has released a firmware update for SuperDrives in a variety of PowerPC-based Macs, including: PowerBook G4 (12 -inch 1.5GHz) PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.33GHz, 1.5GHz, or 1.67GHz) PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.67GHz) iMac G5 (17-inch 1.6GHz ...

New Motorola 1.5Ghz G4 chip

by Sean Bonner (Feb 23rd 2004 9:15PM)

Which means we’re going to be seeing another G4 powerbook revision before we get a chance at a G5. I need a new powerbook, since I am using a first version 667Mhz TiBook and have been eyeing the 15” Albooks, but this might be the news I...

Firefox 1.5 G4-optimized Version

by Damien Barrett (Dec 1st 2005 3:45PM)

Ask and ye shall receive. Shortly after yesterday's post about a G5-optimized version of Firefox 1.5, readers began asking if there was a G4-optimized version. Thanks to Neil Lee, now there is. I haven't tested this yet as I'm away from my G4 right n...

How Does a 0% Lease Sound?

by Sean Bonner (Apr 22nd 2004 6:02PM)

In hopes of selling more G5s, Apple is offering a 0%, 24 month, Fair Market Value lease to businesses. You gotta pick up at least $3,000 worth of stuff, with hardware being 90% of that, but basically, that’s the deal. If you need a new PowerB...

Rig of the Year (So Far)

by Dan Lurie (Jan 2nd 2007 6:00PM)

Digg today brings us our first TUAW rig of the day/week/month/year. Owned by flickr user washington_dc_photographer, this workstation sports three 30 inch Apple Cinema displays, 1 G5 Quad, 1 G5 Dual, 1 15 inch PowerBook, 6TB of external storage, 6 C...

Powerbook HD?

by Barb Dybwad (Feb 15th 2005 2:22PM)

So this rumour has been circulating: apparently the manuals that ship with the new Powerbooks hint at the possibility of a Powerbook screen with a high-definition resolution of 1920x1200. The language of the manual has been changed to read: &#...

Funeral for the Powerbook

by Scott McNulty (Jan 18th 2006 9:00AM)

The Powerbook served the Mac faithful well for 15 years, and it is now time to say our goodbyes and lament the loss of this piece of computing history. Supr.c.ilio.us is holding a funeral for the Powerbook today in San Francisco at the House of Shiel...

G5 Mac "Pro" (sic) receives Macquarium treatment

by Erica Sadun (May 18th 2012 1:00PM)

All the little fishies in bottom of the sea wish that they were swimming in my G5 Mac PC Or for the geekier devs among you: Joy to NSFishies in the G5 PC, @selector(joy:) to you and me... Video of the case conversion follows for your d...

Firefox 1.5 G5-optimized Version

by Damien Barrett (Nov 30th 2005 8:15AM)

Right on the heels of the Firefox 1.5 release comes a G5-optimized version. You can download it here....

Rumor: Liquid cooling system causing delays in Quad G5

by Fabienne Serriere (Oct 29th 2005 5:00PM)

The word on the street is that the delays in shipment of the Quad G5 may be due to production issues with the liquid cooling system. We've seen a liquid cooling system on a G5 release before; liquid cooling obviously cuts down fan activity in a high ...

It’s Official: Next iMac’s To Have G5 Chips

by Sean Bonner (Jul 14th 2004 7:05PM)

The official word came down from Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer that the much talked about, and delayed will indeed have G5 chips. MacCentral has the scoop: Oppenheimer also let it be known that the new iMac coming this September will...

10.4.3 Bluetooth Firmware update

by David Chartier (Jan 3rd 2006 11:30AM)

Apple has released Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.2 for the iMac G4 (Gooseneck), 12" Titanium PowerBook, 15" Titanium PowerBook, iMac G5 and the Mac mini. The Different District, where I found this, thought Apple might have meant the Aluminum ...

Future of Spotlight

by C.K. Sample, III (Apr 21st 2005 12:00PM)

Looks like my take on Spotlight as an OS-integrated version of QuickSilver is quite possibly dead wrong. Kottke discusses some interesting comments in a Slashdot thread in his recent post, The Future of Spotlight and OS X. The majority of the ...

KMRemoteControl 1.5

by C.K. Sample, III (May 9th 2005 11:30AM)

KMRemoteControl is a nice little cross-platform program that automates some things you could do for free if you put enough elbow grease into it, but it does it nicely and I've been a long time user and fan. Better yet, there is a new Tiger compatible...

Do you find Tiger to be memory hungry?

by C.K. Sample, III (May 9th 2005 12:34PM)

D'Arcy Norman posts about Tiger's memory usage on his blog, noting, "It seems as though MacOSX 10.4 is a wee bit memory hungry My Powerbook has a gig of RAM, and Ive been stuck in VM thrash hell for several minutes on a couple of occasions (whic...