By John Gruber
Mux — Video for developers
MacInTouch special report benchmarking and comparing Apple’s consumer Macs — the G4 iBook and eMac, and the iMac G5 — concludes that the iBook and eMac are “surprisingly” speedy. Also concludes that changing the Energy Saver “Processor Performance” setting from “Automatic” to “Highest” makes a significant difference.
Brent Simmons’s behind-the-scenes look at the creation of MarsEdit.
Just in time for the holidays: a new 73-page PDF e-book by professional photographer Larry Chen. Published as part of the TidBITS ‘Take Control’ series, the book costs only $5, and a free 27-page preview is available.