New Apple Products 2006 - The Introduction of the Intel Macs by John Conanan
In the past two months Apple has released a number of completely new products, and more importantly has started their transition to the Intel processor. In this article I will detail the new product offerings and options available on each. The first new Intel product announced by Apple was the... Previously there were the PowerPC G4-based products - the Mac mini, PowerBook, and iBook - and the PowerPC G5-based products – the iMac G5 and Power Mac G5. ... While the PowerPC G4 is a viable and powerful processor, it is no match for the PowerPC G5, and left many purchasers of G4-based Macs...

History Of Apple Computers by Yina Dong
The Macintosh computer began life as the Apple I in 1976 when two friends, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs with the aid of some friends built the first of fifty computers for the Byte Shop for $500 each. This first Apple computer came equipped with a display screen (a rarity at the time), and was... After many trials and errors, Apple came out with a true home computer, the Apple Macintosh or Mac in 1984. ... By mid-1977, they had improved upon the design of the Apple I and the Apple II was made available to the public.

Buying a New Apple Power Mac G5: A Smart Way to Get One by Daniel Powers
I needed a new computer in a big bad way. I was three months into my plans to open a new recording studio and I was maxing out my resources just to get the studio built. With all my money going to the construction and, of course, unforeseen circumstances, I had to figure out a way to get a new G5. ... Turns out that since my business credit was less than a year old and since that my personal credit was being compromised to bear the burden of my new venture that Apple kind of frowned upon my lease inquiry.

Hard Disks: FireWire Vs. USB by David Stone
These two technologies are competing to be the best way to connect electronics together. They both began as a connection to your PC or Mac, but they have grown to be a form of data transfer between almost any electrical data storage device. See who is the winner in one of the biggest... It was developed by Apple and released in 1995 on its G3 Power Mac. ... Apple had the advantage of being the standard computer in the artistic community, so this was the edge that they had on USB. ... Mac still embraces it; even cell phones have USB ports on them.

Athlon 64 Processors by Sezer Bozkurt
For a long time Intel has been leading the market in processor sales and popularity but AMD is finally putting a stop to that. With the release of their Athlon 64 processor, with 64 bit computing capabilities, they have been slowly but surely regaining the market back from Intel. ... Intel is trying to fight back by forming an alliance with Apple. ... They provide the power of two processor running in unison while still being able to fit in a single processor motherboard. ... The Athlon 64 processors have been around for a while now and they have proven themselves the market leaders in...

PC or Mac? A Big Decision for Your Business by Jeremy Maddock
When purchasing new desktop or laptop computers for your business, there are a few important decisions to be made. These include which exact features you want in a computer, as well as which manufacturer you wish to purchase from. The most fundamental decision of all, however, is whether your... In terms of graphical editing, video, and multimedia, for example, Apple’s Mac OS computers are known to perform extremely well, often making more efficient use of memory and processing power. ... Overall, the decision of Mac or PC rests solely on what functions you value most.

Five Computers With Soul by Ivan Cherevko
Boys and girls, Today I will tell you about five computers (in fact, two computers, a video game console, a MP3-player and a cell phone) that really have got the thing that most others lack—the soul. How often did you wonder—what distinguishes classy iMac from standard gray box computer out of... iMac Core 2 Duo Even if Apple products feature prominently in my blog, I'm not an Apple fanboy. ... Even more, I disregard Mac Pro (which I still remember as Power Macintosh back from G3 days) as one of the most disgusting leviathans in computer industry.

iPod Capabilities by Daniel Dwase
Software iPod Capabilities include playing: 1. MP3 audio file formats. 2. WAV audio file formats. 3.M4A / AAC LC audio file formats. 4. Protected AAC audio file formats. 5. AIFF audio file formats. 6. Audible audiobook audio file formats and 7. Apple Lossless audio file formats. ... This has drawn some criticism from the Mac community, since FireWire has been a standard feature on Apple Macs for many years, while USB 2.0 support was only added in October 2003. ... Apple has designed the iPod to work with the iTunes media library software, which lets you manage your music libraries on...

Personal Wireless with Bluetooth by Karen Wilkinson
If you already have a wireless network for your computers, you may be very interested in what's coming next. Would you like it if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? ... Part of the power of Bluetooth is that it isn't just used to connect things to computers -- it can be used to connect almost anything to anything else, if both things are Bluetooth-enabled and recognise each other. ... Many computers now come with built in Bluetooth, especially Apple Macs.

Personal Wireless Networking by Jason Keno
If you've got a wireless network for your computers already, well, you might get a bit excited about what I'm going to say next. How would you feel if your PDA, your mobile phone, your mp3 player and almost everything else you connect to your computer could be wireless too? ... Part of the power of Bluetooth is that it isn't just used to connect things to computers -- it can be used to connect almost anything to anything else, if both things are Bluetooth-enabled and recognise each other. ... Many computers now come with built in Bluetooth, especially Apple Macs.