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AppleTalk interview with XP on Mac winner

AppleTalk.com.au score a scoop in getting an interview with Jesus Lopez (Otherwise known as blanka) who was part of the 2 man team that successfully got Windows XP to install and run on an Intel Mac.

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Macbreak: Leo Laporte demonstrates WinXP running on a Mac Mini

Video of Mac mini running Windows XP


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Woohoo! Apple deliver Intel Mac mini

As hoped and expected, Apple have released a new Mac mini based on the Intel CPUs.


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Macs - Windows guru buys his wife a Mac

But the truth is, I’ve owned one or more Macs since summer 2005, and I’m a big fan of Mac OS X, albeit one who is perhaps more honest about the system’s shortcomings than the typical Mac fanatic.


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New Mac Mini Mods Site on Apple

The new section is called Big Ideas. From Apple: Mac mini packs so much power and versatility into its tiny case that it’s no wonder people all over the world are finding fun new ways to use it. Here we highlight some of our favorites.
It’s good to see Apple supporting the modders. Maybe they’ve got […]


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Apple Mac - Intel Macs in February/March? And no iWork updates?

As a Mac user here at Qwertyrash, I look for clues about what Apple is up to. Now I’ve just seen that Apple Australia are offering MS Office at half price with new Macs


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Mac software: sterCleanDesk for Mac

A nifty little utility I use and recommend is sterCleanDesk. It seems though the site to download is offline, so I’ve posted a copy here.
sterCleanDesk automatically removes all files from your desktop and places them in a preset location. As can be seen at this hint on Mac OSX Hints, doing this can give performance […]


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Apple Mac - Tempted by the Apple? - via Mossberg Report

Walt Mossberg puts forward an article to those who might consider switching to Apple Macs. There is one sentence that really stood out for me:


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AppleInsider | First Intel Macs on track for January

Apple Insider provide a length analysis on the exciting possibility of Intel based Macs being launched at Mac World San Francisco.Apple Computer is on track to introduce the first Macs with Intel processors as early as January, which should help the company avoid any potential sales slow down in the first half of 2006 and appease concerns voiced by shareholders and industry-watchers, AppleInsider has learned.Although Apple has only committed to introducing the first Intel-based Macintosh systems by mid-2006, extremely reliable sources and a several-month-long investigation have revealed that January’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco is being primed as the launch-pad for at least one of the Mac maker’s next-generation Intel systems.Surprisingly, the most reliable information indicates that the iMac and PowerBook — two of the company’s most recently revised Mac offerings — are targeted to be the first two Mac models to receive Intel processors in January.


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The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Mac takes bite out of Windows

Last week, in The Seattle Times - right in Microsoft’s heartland - journalist Paul Andrews wrote and article exhorting readers to dump Windows computers, and switch to Apple Macs.
Hardly a week goes by that I don’t hear from a friend or colleague with a monumental Windows problem.
I tell them I’m glad to help, on one […]


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