Monday, January 7, 2002
Top Stories
Jobs: Flat-panel iMacs On The Way
"Pretty much, us and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."
Apple Gives Tech Good Name
For most tech companies 2001 was the worst of times, but for Apple it was often the best of times. Despite the nose-diving stock market and sluggish economy, Apple gave fans reasons to cheer. Farhad Manjoo reports from San Francisco.
Apple's New Core
Instead of taking up precious desk space like a typical flat monitor, the iMac's screen floats in the air, attached to a jointed, chrome-pipe neck. It's also rimmed by a "halo," a translucent plastic frame that makes you want to pull it toward you-or push it out of the way.
News
No Sleep 'Til Macworld
A small group of Macintosh fanatics camped out all night to be first in line for Steve Jobs' keynote speech. But it was all for naught: only about 1,000 people were in line when the doors opened.
Jobs: Flat-panel iMacs On The Way
"Pretty much, us and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."
Apple Lays On The Hype
Since Apple won't talk, everybody else will.
Mac Boxes Make Nice Couches
Apple has a well-deserved reputation for designing good-looking computers. But Apple's packaging is also beautifully designed. In fact, the boxes are so attractive, one man furnished his apartment with them. By Leander Kahney.
Apple Gives Tech Good Name
For most tech companies 2001 was the worst of times, but for Apple it was often the best of times. Despite the nose-diving stock market and sluggish economy, Apple gave fans reasons to cheer. Farhad Manjoo reports from San Francisco.
Apple Unveils iMac2 - The Anglepoise Generation
Flat panel, DVD-RW, price hike
New iMac Features Flat-Panel Display
The new iMac looks like a desk lamp.
New iMac Revealed
The new iMac features a G4 processor housed in a hemisphere base with a chrome arm that extends and holds the 15-inch flat panel display.
Review
Virtual PC 5 With Windows 98
Although application speed continues to see only modest improvements, the program gets easier to configure and receives an impressive list of new features with each release.
Sidetrack
Power Macs
Are these the new Power Macs?
iMac
Artifice_Eternity: Maybe this is an intentional "leak"... Time Canada is owned by AOL-Time Warner. Who do both Apple and AOL-TW see as one of their biggest competitors?
9 hours to keynote: The home page of Time Canada now redirects to Time US. Somebody at Apple is very angry, and somebody in Time is probably losing sleep.
Not The Apple Homepage: Ah, screw it... here ya go.
Random
Anybody who is somebody in the Macintosh world is attending the Steve Jobs keynote, I guess. Me, on the other hand, hopes to stay awake past 1 am, and hope that the webcast doesn't suck.
Dave Winer noted that Macworld Expo... : Unfortunately, personal Web site writers, editors or creators cannot be registered as media.
Dori Smith: I want to at least mention the machine that I really, really want Apple to announce: the Pippin II.
What I want Apple to announce: TiVo + DVD + VCD + MP3 + 802.11b + Web Server.
Eileen Alt Powell: While the boomers came of age to Woodstock and the Vietnam War, their older offspring are the product of Reaganomics, MTV and the Macintosh.
Cory Doctorow: Fuji has developed a 3GB floppy ó was The Steve premature in removing floppy drives from Macs?
Upcoming Apple Homepages... : Thanks to our inside relationship with Steve Jobs, we have obtained previews of what the messages on Apple's homepage will be in the upcoming days!
Wintel
Home Invasion In A Box
Microsoft is chasing the consumer like never before.
Windows XP In Your Living Room
Microsoft will take yet another step down the consumer electronics path Monday with the demonstration of a custom version of Windows XP tuned to digital entertainment.
DVD Players To Use Microsoft Music Technology
Microsoft on Monday said four makers of DVD players would start supporting its digital audio technology, letting users play disks with up to 250 hours of music.