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Tom's Macs Blog January 2008 Archive

By Tom Nelson, About.com Guide to Macs

Apple TV Update Delayed

Thursday January 31, 2008
If you want your existing Apple TV to have the same capabilities as Apple TV Take 2, you'll have to wait another week or two. When Steve Jobs introduced Apple TV ... Read More

Where Have All The High Def Movies Gone?

Sunday January 27, 2008
Courtesy of Apple Apple recently announced the availability of movie rentals from the iTunes Store. I didn't get a chance to download the newest version of iTunes and take a gander ... Read More

Microsoft Removes Virtualization Tax

Wednesday January 23, 2008
Microsoft product box shot reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation. Well, it wasn't really a tax, but it sure felt like one to anyone who wanted to run Vista using Parallels ... Read More

The Mac Mindset

Friday January 18, 2008
Every day I receive a flurry of press releases, from many sources. Press releases tend to follow a standard format, and some days it feels like I'm just reading the ... Read More

Steve’s 2008 Keynote Address: Part 3

Tuesday January 15, 2008
Photo © Apple Inc. Here's the wrapup from my spot at Virtual Macworld. There's Something In The Air… … and we finally know what it is: The MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook. ... Read More

Steve’s 2008 Keynote Address: Part 2

Tuesday January 15, 2008
More on-the-spot reactions from my spot at Virtual Macworld. iTunes: That ka-ching you heard last week was the iTunes Store selling its 4 billionth song. On Christmas Day 2007, iTunes sold a ... Read More

Steve’s 2008 Keynote Address: Part 1

Tuesday January 15, 2008
Photo © Apple Inc. Hello and welcome from my place here at Virtual Macworld. Sadly, I'm not actually at Macworld SF this year, but I've been listening closely to some of ... Read More

There’s Something in the Air

Monday January 14, 2008
As the Moscone Center was being dressed for its annual appearance in the Mac spotlight, an alert passerby spotted the unveiling of a large banner with a prominent Apple logo. ... Read More

Apple Announces New 8-Core Mac Pros

Tuesday January 8, 2008
Photo © Apple Inc. Apple one-upped itself by announcing new Mac Pros a week before Macworld San Francisco 2008, giving Mac fans even more reason to wonder what's in store for ... Read More

Blu-ray Edges Ahead With Support From Warner Bros.

Monday January 7, 2008
Until today, the HD format race has been too tough to call. The HD-DVD format, championed by Toshiba, and the Blu-ray format, introduced by Sony, have both claimed to be ... Read More

Silence is Golden (and It Comes With a 3-year Warranty)

Wednesday January 2, 2008
Photo © Coyote Moon Inc. I've been plodding along with two hard drives in my Mac Pro: a 250 GB startup drive and a 150 GB drive that I salvaged from ... Read More

Things Are Looking Up

Wednesday January 2, 2008
2007 was a banner year for Apple. Better yet, it ended with a bang. Many of the products that Apple introduced in 2007 really hit their stride during the holidays. Fortune ... Read More
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