Nickname: mp

Review: Although I believe Apple is making strides, let's not get on the whole price thing again. A basic Mac with a 20" monitor compared to a Dall XPS700 with the same specs is about $500 more. Now add 4GB RAM, 2x 500GB HD, top of the line graphics card and 30" monitors, and all the sudden the Mac is $2,000 more. Even though the Dell has a better graphics card and two-year in-house service and warranty. They both have their advantages and target different markets/demographics. But Apple hasn't in the past nor are they now a price leader.

Date reviewed: Aug 10, 2006 5:35 PM

Nickname: Fredric

Review: Steve Jobs' famous "one more thing" comments usually occur at the MacWorld Expo in January. People were mistaken to expect a bevy of exciting new products at the World Wide Developers Conference, although I think the new Mac Pro is pretty exciting on its own.

Date reviewed: Aug 10, 2006 3:51 AM

Nickname: noted

Review: Unix core, no. BSD. There is a difference, albeit slim.

Date reviewed: Aug 10, 2006 1:21 AM

Nickname: stu

Review: How exciting. Software by Parallels runs all versions of Windows side-by-side with OSX. I'm lusting for a computer imaging tool to allow me to instantly import my old Win machines lock-stock-and-barrel into a Mac, so I can throw away those old machines. But my darn Win98 machine holds my old income tax returns and I can't throw it away! Come on somebody! I want a new Mac.

Date reviewed: Aug 9, 2006 3:58 PM

Nickname: XYZ

Review: While they again reiterated about a universal binary version of Microsoft Office, the Mac Business Unit also announced that this version will no longer have VBScripting support which means seamless cross platform compatibility will be lost for those who make heavy use of this in their documents like say spreadsheets. Yes, they are going to beef up Applescript support but that is only useful for documents exchanged with other Mac users (if you exchange it with a Windows user, it doesn't do them any good). So it looks like Microsoft is indirectly finding a way to sabotage the Mac in business environments since this lack of compatibility will become an issue in the future. And since MS is making enhancements to VB scripting in Office 2007 for Windows, it is likely that current versions of Mac Office will not be able to deal with those scripting enhancements. Business Week ought to dig into this.

Date reviewed: Aug 9, 2006 5:41 AM

Nickname: chris

Review: It's not a Linux or Unix core. It's BSD based.

Date reviewed: Aug 9, 2006 1:17 AM

Nickname: KRH248

Review: and Leopard is not a code name. It is the version name.

Date reviewed: Aug 9, 2006 12:51 AM

Nickname: apple

Review: There is nothing really changed except using Intel processor. 1. They still want to lock you in with special hardware. There are many consequencies--you need buy replacement only form Apple. It is very expensive and inconvenient. Hardware is difficult to use. 2. Service is bad according to my friends. 3. They are very expensive compared with IBM compatible PC. 4. Quality is very bad if you buy its cheaper products. 5. Apple has copied a lot from Microsoft. 6. It's not secure. Apple claims its OS is secure, but it can't stand by itself. Windows XP and some Linux distros are much better that all Apple's OS. 7. So keep away from Apple.

Date reviewed: Aug 8, 2006 11:50 PM

Nickname: exu

Review: "However, it renewed its commitment to move its version of Microsoft Office for the Mac to a format that will run on Macs with Intel processors." That is a misleading statement. MS Office already runs fine on the Intel Macs. The Rosetta emulation software that Apple created took care of that. What Microsoft most likely is going to do is to port the Office suite to what Apple calls universal code so that it will run natively on the new intel macs. Honestly, this is not that big a deal since the new Intel Macs are powerful enough to run the Office programs fine. Where this is important is in programs like the ones Adobe makes. The hit to performance from the emulation program is much more marked there.

Date reviewed: Aug 8, 2006 8:22 PM

Nickname: davidch

Review: This article is very inacurrate on Apple prices. First, Apple is not only competive with Dell on comparative hardware, they are beating them up to $800 or more. To identically match Apple med $2499 config with 2 Woodcrest Xeons take a Dell Precision 690 w/ 2 5150 (i.e Woodcrest) which prices almost $3300. Second, Apple price starts at $2199 for low config, $2499 is med config. Again, this does not even account the advantages you get with Mac OS X, iLife '06 and much better support according to PC Mag and CR.

Date reviewed: Aug 8, 2006 4:37 PM