Linked List: May 6, 2008

Tuesday, 6 May 2008

‘Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong’ 

John C. Welch on Matt Freestone’s claim that Leopard doesn’t run well on three-year-old Macs:

Matt is so far out in left field here, he’s in right field. While Apple does regularly cut off older hardware from the latest OS releases, that is still not, nor never has been the same as “You have to buy new hardware to get new OS versions”, nor is it even close. In fact, prior to Mac OS X, Apple would constantly provide for truly ancient hardware in their OS releases. Mac OS X 10.5 still supports a machine with at least an 867MHz G4, 512MB of RAM, and a DVD drive. You have to go back into 2002 to start hitting sub-867 MHz G4s.

AT&T Purportedly Nixes Retail Employee Vacations Between June 15 and July 12 

Leaked memo states they wish to ensure sufficient staffing for “an exciting Summer Promotional Launch.” They did the same thing last year for the original iPhone debut.

So, question: Will there be tens of thousands of people across the country lined up all day waiting to buy the new iPhones, just like last year? I say yes.

iMovie ’08: Don’t Use Periods in Project Name 

Sad that in 2008, Apple is still producing OS X software with DOS-style file name limitations.

‘Citation Needed’ 

Funny t-shirt.

iPhones in Italy 

Another short press release. In fact, the URL is longer than the PR itself.

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination 

I took the boy to see this exhibit of props and costumes from the Star Wars films at the Franklin Institute here in Philly over the weekend. Some favorites here, here, here. and of course here.

Vodafone to Offer Apple’s iPhone in Ten Markets 

On the newswire today:

Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network.

Best press release I’ve seen in years. 56 words, short and to the point. No mention of exclusivity, so there’s speculation that other carriers will have the iPhone in these markets, too.

VMware Fusion 2.0 Public Beta 

Free upgrade for current VMware Fusion owners. New features include multiple monitor support, 3D acceleration, and conversion of Parallels virtual machines.