Category Hardware

Powermac G5 Reliability Study

from Macintouch. Ouch, Apple, that hurts. 'Premium prices, low quality'? I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. For the moment that is...

Japanese dislike of PS3

'Cause sometimes the facts are not everything. It's {also, largely} the expectations. Things are looking increasingly bleak for PS3. Let's hope Sony manages to turn things around.

Conroe, AM2 and the future.

With both AMD and Intel opening new Fabrication facilities in the developed world and the hype on Conroe, a.k.a Core 2 Duo exceeding anything that I can remember in the past 5-6 years, along with the typical exaggeration that ensues, through blogs, tech. sites etc., it’s perhaps time to look at the greater picture of […]

AppleDefects

Useful site, for those contemplating getting a used Mac or just waiting for newer revisions and knowing what to watch out for. Needless to say, the golden rule of thumb is: Never get a Rev. A Apple machine. They almost always suck.

Integrating Skype and Asterisk

What is Skype? What is Asterisk? The Skype/Asterisk Link Some final words Technology is changing the telecoms industry (and market) so rapidly it’s sometimes easy to lose yourself in the chaos, especially if you’re not interested/involved in the technology field. Telecom companies are typically manned by ‘traditional’ engineers/salespeople/managers that have no clue about (and no […]

It's all about the real estate.

Ars argues about the usefulness multiple displays. After using dualhead setups almost exclusively for a few years now, I think the productivity advantage is more than clear, at least to me. One thing is certain: after a while, it makes the run-of-the-mill 17" 1280x1024 desktop look like a PDA.

iAlertU

Funny, yet useless application of the SMS (Sudden Motion Sensor) and Apple Remote as found on the new Macbook Pro.

Come on Stevey. Use some decent components, already!

As with the PowerMac G4 MDD (aka 'Leafblower'), the Powermac G5, the iBook G4 with the faulty motherboards, the Powerbook 'Alu' G4 15" Rev.A with the faulty screens, the last Powerbook G4 'Alu' 15" (discontinued today) having audio, screen, and other hardware issues as well as many other models I won't mention, the Macbook Pro seems to have its fair share of issues in its first revision. It's also getting hot, as many people report.

Hybrid TV interfaces for the Mac?

The hellenic government-owned TV broadcaster, ERT, recently announced their pilot DTT (Digital Terrestial Television) programme starting this spring. Having no TV interface on the Mac, I have started looking around for a Mac compatible hybrid analogue+DTT USB 2.0 interface. For Windows there’s Terratec’s Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS. For the Mac there’s nothing. Funny. Elgato […]