Operating system Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple turns next operating system's 3D prowess up to 11

by Aron Trimble (Dec 11th, 2008)

Apple, not shy of shaking things up in the interface department, has been sitting on its laurels since the release of OS X earlier this decade. Sure, iPod changed the way we think about music and iPhone has completely turned the mobile phone industry around, but the Mac OS has been relatively ...

Back to School: Securing your Mac for public use

by Cory Bohon (Aug 20th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. It's time once again to head back to school. Some are entering high school, while others are going to college for the first time. If you're taking your ...

MacHeist sale for Parallels Desktop

by Cory Bohon (Jun 26th, 2008)

If you've been looking to snag Parallels Desktop version 3.0, but don't want to pay the $79.99 associated with Parallels then a summer MacHeist bundle is just the thing. MacHeist is currently offering Parallels Desktop + Mac Pilot for only $49 (US). Returning MacHeist customers receive a $10 ...

Leopard/Parallels/Windows bundle on Mac Warehouse

by Mike Schramm (Oct 23rd, 2007)

If you haven't preordered Leopard yet, but both plan to get it and have a need for a little Windows action, Mac Warehouse has the deal for you. They're offering a bunch of Leopard, Parallels, and Windows XP (or Vista, but seriously, Vista?) for just $279. That's basically getting Parallels for free, ...

Parallels Desktop official release, discount pricing ends July 15th

by David Chartier (Jun 15th, 2006)

After months of betas and release candidates, Parallels has brought their fantastic Desktop OS virtualization software to an official release. As you might remember from their last release candidate, they have also listened to user feedback and bundled their Compressor Server tool for optimizing ...

Happy birthday, Tiger

by Scott McNulty (Apr 29th, 2006)

Reader JP Dane-Castro wrote in to remind us that it was exactly one year ago today that Apple starting shipping the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Take stroll down memory lane by reading Apple's press release. Now, when is Leopard shipping? ...

Parallels releases VM Compactor 1.0 beta

by David Chartier (Apr 23rd, 2006)

Parallels sure has been busy these last couple of weeks, as they have now produced a beta of VM Compactor for Intel-based Macs (as well as Windows and Linux), an app that helps optimize VMs (virtual machines) and compresses the amount of physical disk space they use. The nice thing about VM ...

Windows Vista delayed - again

by David Chartier (Mar 21st, 2006)

I almost decided not to post this on the grounds that a lot of us probably won't be surprised, but then I figured it might still be good for a laugh. A friend passed me an article at CNET which reports that Vista has been delayed yet again to January 2007. Windows chief Jim Allchin explained that a ...