07 May 07 Get a Mac: Drivers
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Not one of their best ads, but it does point out flaws in Vista.
28 Mar 07 Boot Camp Supports Vista
Apple today released version 1.2 of it’s beta Boot Camp software. This is the first official version which supports Microsoft’s Windows Vista.
Other updates include:
- Updated drivers, including but not limited to trackpad, AppleTime (synch), audio, graphics, modem, iSight camera
- Support the Apple Remote (works with iTunes and Windows Media Player)
- A Windows system tray icon for easy access to Boot Camp information and actions
- Improved keyboard support for Korean, Chinese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, and French Canadian
- Improved Windows driver installation experience
- Updated documentation and Boot Camp on-line help in Windows
- Apple Software Update (for Windows XP and Vista)
Looks like I will be spending my afternoon installing Vista on my MacBook Pro.
It can be downloaded via Software Update today or here.
28 Mar 07 Xbox 360 Elite
Well it’s finally confirmed, the Xbox 360 Elite is making it’s debut. Let’s start off with some of the things it was rumored to have, but doesn’t: There is no HD-DVD player built in, and it isn’t a limited edition item.
Other then those two, the rumors are true: It includes HDMI, and a 120 gig HD.
If you already have an Xbox 360, you can purchase the 120 gig drive for $179, or buy a brand new Xbox 360 Elite for $479 when it launches on April 29th.
06 Mar 07 Amazon Unbox 1.5
Amazon has released a new version of their Unbox service. It now fully integrates with Media Center (Vista and MCE) as well as lots of other new features. It is similiar to Apple’s iTunes service, but uses Windows based DRM, so it won’t work on a Mac.
What I really don’t like about the Amazon service, is that I own two of the top name portable media devices (iPod and Zune), yet neither one is supported by Amazon’s service. You need a Plays for Sure device. When will they learn that people like universal access across all platforms (portable and desktop) for their media?
Key features of Unbox 1.5 include:
- 20% faster downloads
- Improved reliability and performance
- 50% faster application load time
- Reduced PC memory usage
- Full support for Windows Vista and Vista Media Center Edition
- Improved portable device support
- Download portable video files only when you want to!
- New user controls and settings
- Video brightness control
- Contrast control
- Video library organizational and sorting
- Optional tooltips
- Multiple file delete
Download Amazon Unbox 1.5 here
28 Feb 07 Parallels comes out of beta
Recently Parallels, the program that allows you to run Windows on your Intel Mac, has been releasing betas of it’s latest product. For those who aren’t into beta releases, the final release with some MAJOR upgrades has been released.
Parallels runs $79 but comes with a 14 day free trial. You need to have a valid Windows Product Key in order to installĂ‚Â the software, but if it’s Vista, make sure it is Ultimate, Enterprise, or Business. Those are the only versions which the EULA allow virtualization on, although any other version will still install, it just isn’t terribly ethical legal.
The Parallels server is getting slammed right now, so download it from this mirror.
