Thursday, February 14, 2008

A Couple Of Apple Updates


Few days ago, Apple released their second(so far) update for their latest OS (Leopard), introducing 10.5.2. Mac users can snag the update through software update. The update comes around 300++ MB. Basically, there are ton of fixes in this update, including lots of bug fixes and overall 3rd party application stability and support and also network stability. Some of the more noticeably features are like : Menu bar can now be not so translucent(Tiger style), Time Machine status appears in the menu bar, stacks upgraded with list view and folder view and of course widgets have improved (Dictionary). Full feature list at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307109 .


Next up, we got Apple TV Take 2 update. Yes, the new Take 2 firmware update is right on schedule and Apple TV users out there can get it now through network update. Updated users can see that the new greeting menu is changed and also of course the new main menu. The overall UI is quite slick with now ability to do all the renting stuff, Flickr viewing, iTunes Store browsing and lots more.


Lastly, Walt Mossberg reported Lenovo's forthcoming Thinkpad X300 can also fit in a Manila folder. Yes, Macbook Air is not the only guy now. It is thin too(0.73 inch to 0.83 inch thick). Whatelse, this guy brings loads of ports and features, with removable battery, 3 USB 2.0 ports, up to 4GB RAM, fingerprint reader, Intel Core 2 Duo SL7100, 120GB SATA hard drive or optional 64GB SSD, and optional WWAN to boot. All this weighs in at about 1.42KG.

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