Steve Jobs did mention that Apple will be taking a more streamlined direction to consumer products, bringing the Apple brand into more than just cars, pockets and workstations. The living room and the wireless industry are two obvious starting points as rumors of the “iPhone” draw near and the “iTV” concept was announced late last year.

While daydreaming about the inevitable second iteration of the MacBooks, I’ve considered several possibilities for what the upgrades would include.
Some say changing the video card memory from shared to dedicated would be a huge step, but that’s treading into the MacBook Pro territory. And doing this would greatly anger those who bought Pros.
So aside from the incremental speed increases, I’d have to say that the MacBooks will have an aesthetic change – like the iPods. Hey its been 30 years so might as well revive the retro look and have the MacBook in different iPod colors.
I want the pink one.

Running Linux, Windows and Mac OSX simultaneously in one computer is something any geek would look forward to. This was done using a virtual desktop manager and a hotkey to switch OS.

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Yep that’s right, Apple is building a new campus in Cupertino.
If you’ve listened to Apple’s recent earnings webcast, or read the recent Reuters report, you’ve heard a slight mention of a “second Cupertino campus.” There’s not much information out there, but with Steve Jobs’ public testimony available from Cupertino’s City Council, we’ve got word (and quasi location details) straight from the horse’s mouth. The CCC’s website is woefully difficult to navigate, so I’ve encoded a Quicktime version of their webcast and uploaded it here. Steve seems pretty happy about Apple’s recent acquisitions, and hopes others on the city concil are …read more

It’s really cute that within Microsoft, there’s a bunch of guys and gals who work in a Microsoft-Macintosh “safe zone.”

Here’s the thing though, with the new bootcamp software, it makes some of us wonder how Microsoft Office for the Mac will keep its toes above water.
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Thanks, WinZu!