Tag apple

WWDC'06: OSX Dtraced

XCode 3.0 seems nice! Graphical front-end to Dtrace included; Sun's dtrace is lauded as one of the most impressive dev/admin tools to appear in the last few years and Apple's adoption and integration into XCode is definitely well received. In related news, Apple published the intel kernel sources and introduced MacOSForge.org, a site for Mac OS X open source projects. Well done Apple!

Apple juice.

Apple CEO’s WWDC keynote was probably one of the least impressive for years, but there are one or two things that are of some importance: It’s payback time Judging from the attractive pricing of the Mac Pro (leaving aside the mediocre standard configuration Apple has presented the world with; Geforce 7300GT is surely not worthy […]

Routebuddy

Commendable Idea. Bad Implementation. Last week the first, Mac-only vector-based GPS application was released to the public; Routebuddy. The Carbon/OpenGL application fits in with OS X’s look and feel although it failed to impress me with its bog-standard aqua interface and mediocre icons/layout (see Usability). The developers advertise its support for TeleAtlas vector maps, one […]

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...

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.

The Collaboration API

I just read that Apple might include a Collaboration API in Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard”. I have seen no information about the technical aspects of this (and it’s just an unreliable rumour), so my critique will remain rooted in past technologies Apple has released and their general approach to sharing their technology with the […]

The Steve on CNBC

Here's an interview with The Steve. Content-free (as usual), but interestingly enough he manages to dodge the 'international market' question --- which is a valid one: Some small countries in the EU even lack official Apple presence and suffer from sub-par services provided by sub-par IMCs (hint hint). That's probably the last of his concerns, I guess.

The day-after Apple woes.

In 2001, they touted Titanium. They Failed. Then they turned to anodised aluminium. They Failed once again. It's been slightly more than a day since the Macbook came out. It seems that it flakes. They probably failed again...Where did that QA dept. go? In other news, OS X is no longer Open Source at any level [1] as Apple removed the source for the Intel version of the OS. Very sad. Back in 2002 they were advertising its 'Openness':

Open at the Source

The Darwin project coordinates contributions from thousands of programmers in the open source community. Through the open source model, Apple engineers and the open source community collaborate to create a better, faster and more reliable foundation for Mac OS X.

I guess all that rhetoric just joined the QA dept. :)