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news of 2003-12-22

The 'low-cost' iPod rumours

Around the web, several different rumours have come up about a low-cost iPod at MWSF 2004. The first one came up directly after Steve Jobs was heard saying that Apple 'would like' to release a low-cost iPod, but that the truth was they couldn't sell iPods cheaper right now. The rumour then was, that Apple would reintroduce a 5 GB model for cheap. And this one - and only this one - makes some sense. Apple _has_ done the R&D on the iPod. And compatible 5 GB drives are available from Toshiba, the maker of the other models' drives.
However, the news that some harddrive makers would introduce smaller 1, 2 and 4 GB harddrives (some time next year, but not cheaper than available 1.8" drives, rather more expensive instead) led some people to believe that Apple would instead make the low-cost model smaller. Which makes no sense whatsoever.
If we'll see a low-cost iPod model at MWSF 2004, it's going to be a 5 GB model at a price below 200 USD.

[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 22:53 CET ]
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A free (and open source) workspace manager for OS X

At version 0.4.0, it's still considered an alpha version. But it works already. Read the release notes carefully before installing/using the software.

[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 12:20 CET ]
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PowerBook 10.3.2 fan update

You'll find the 10.3.1 fan extensions (mentioned earlier) at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pomme-vaillante/Apple1031fanextensions.zip.

[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 12:15 CET ]
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MWSF 2004 Keynote QT Stream URL

A placeholder page is in place. January 6 at 9am PT. This means 18.00h for CET time zoners like myself.

[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 12:13 CET ]
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Jonathan Ive decorated (again)

"The highest design honour of appointment to the RSAÕs Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry has was given to Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod and iMac, on Friday 21 November 2003 at 6pm at the RDI Annual Event at the RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2. Jonathan Ive is vice-president of industrial design at Apple."

Read more about it at this location.

[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 11:59 CET ]
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Login problems/crashes with 10.3.2?

Some people wrote in with problems in 10.3.2. Some had many application crashes, some couldn't even login after the update. The solution? You have to move your fonts out of the way. Sounds strange? Yes, but it works. At least for most of the users that wrote in to us. It's only about the 'personal' fonts you'll find in "~/Library/Fonts", so you can move them all in single-user mode, for example to your desktop folder:

mv ~/Library/Fonts/* ~/Desktop/

Other sites suggest that you delete your fonts, but this is, of course, not necessary.

[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 11:58 CET ]
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Derrick Story (MacDevCenter) about the 17" PB

He likes it, apparently: "If you live a text-only life, this PowerBook might not be for you. Also, if you're not in the mood to spend over $3,000 US for a notebook, then you might want to look at another model. But if you have the budget for it, and demand crisp audio, saturated pictures, and big time video performance, the 17" PowerBook is a dream machine. And even when I'm working in text, I can have side by side documents open at full size. Spreadsheets are pretty fun too."

[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-22 at 11:53 CET ]
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