Linked List: January 12, 2005

Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Bungie Releases Marathon Trilogy as Freeware ★: Good god did I waste time on these games.
TextWrangler 2 FAQ ★: TextWrangler 2 in a nutshell.
Henry Norr’s MWSF Report ★: MacInTouch has an outstanding report by Henry Norr from the MWSF show floor, with additional info regarding whether RAM is user-installable in the Mac Mini:

Apple “does not recommend” that users upgrade the memory themselves — you’re supposed to have a service provider do it if you want to add more after purchase — but doing it yourself does not void the warranty unless you damage something. A booth person told me the memory slot is easily accessible once you get the case open.
Mossberg Reviews iPod Shuffle ★: Likes it a lot, and says the battery lasted over 15 hours in his testing (Apple only claims 12).
RAM Slot in Mac Mini Not User Accessible? ★: Nat Irons finds the Mac Mini compelling — but, well, who doesn’t? — but points out that a footnote on Apple’s tech specs page indicates that memory upgrades “must be performed by an Apple Authorized Service provider”. That’ll cost you if you want more than the default 256 MB, and I assure you, you want more.