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It Doesn't Suck, Promise

Microsoft's "Vista Doesn't Suck" Ad Campaign Thinks Everyone Remembers The 15th Century

Either that or their agency just really loves Thomas Friedman. Anyhow, Microsoft's $300 million campaign to return fire after Apple's "Mac vs. PC" ads with our buddy John Hodgman—which, like it or not, were a wildly successful campaign and definitely helped shape the public's perception of Vista—has begun with this image from microsoft.com, comparing the potential realization that Vista doesn't suck to the debunking of the flat earth theory. It took a bold voyage to the New World by one Christopher Columbus to change everyone's mind on the first one—but Microsoft is hoping a little ad campaign will do the trick to clean up the gross misconception the public (and tons of Windows users) seem to have about Vista. More »

9:30 AM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By John Mahoney
15,837 views, 156 comments

Latest by n/a: @Aoi: So then you also agree that DOS should continue to live? You have to cut the cord somewhere. If you go back a few years you will find a HUGE mess that was 16bit versus 32bit. The whole change more »

live mesh

Microsoft Live Mesh Client For Mac Leaked, Tested

After opening up more spots in the technical beta last week, the Live Mesh folks got a bit ahead of themselves and accidentally let leak a pre-release version of the Live Mesh Mac client, which brings file and data syncing, but no remote desktop control yet, to Intel OS X machines. The download link is gone now, but the folks at jkontherun were able to grab it and put it through its paces and grab some screens. [jkontherun via Liveside]

6:20 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By John Mahoney
3,691 views, 11 comments

Latest by tokiwartooth: This might actually prove to be a genuine contender for the syncing space with MobileMe. Even though their overall explanation is totally incoherent and confusing, people understand this "cloud" storing concept a bit more. If they can get it working friendly more »

psystar

Psystar HQ Up for Sale, Buy It Now for $4.6 Million

Not looking so good on the Psystar front. Following Apple's inevitable lawsuit and demand that every Mac clone be recalled, apparently their HQ is on the market and "priced for quick sale" by owners Constructora Canahuati. "Find new headquarters" is a hell of an addition to an already busy to-do list. [Yahoo!, Thanks Sean!]

3:20 PM on Sat Jul 19 2008
By matt buchanan
5,405 views, 26 comments

apple

Apple Demands Recall of Every Psystar Mac Clone

More details on Apple's long-coming obliteration of Mac cloners Psystar: Not only have they hit them with eight claims of copyright infringement, breach of contract, trademark and trade infringement, and unfair competition, they're asking that every Psystar Mac clone sold be recalled. That would obviously bankrupt them, and then Apple wants whatever's left, asking for all profits made in addition to both actual and statutory damages. Here's what we expect the proceedings to look like: More »

9:50 AM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By matt buchanan
21,156 views, 104 comments

mobileme

Apple Admits MobileMe Snags, Gives Free 30-Day Extension

Apple's MobileMe service hit so many snags during its launch period that Apple have just issued an email apology to members. Saying "The transition from .Mac to MobileMe was a lot rockier than we had hoped," Apple's apologizing with a 30-day membership extension for free to anyone who was a .Mac member with an active account as of July 9, 2008 and new MobileMe members who created accounts on or before July 15, 7:00 PM PDT. Details can be found on the Apple support page here. The email also apologizes for the controversy over the speediness of "push" services, and says that Apple's not using the term until it really is "near-instant on PCs and Macs, too." More »

9:34 AM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Kit Eaton
5,590 views, 41 comments

Latest by n/a: @eismcsquare2: I think you are not the first one: [siliconapartment.com] :) more »

apple

Apple Finally Unleashes Lawyers, Force Lightning on Psystar

Three months after Psystar openly declared war on Apple's EULA and started selling its Open Computer running Mac OS X, Apple has filed a formal complaint against the company with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. They apparently waited for Psystar to distribute a modded version of the 10.5.4 update, filing the suit a day after, on July 3. Though the suit's intricate details are unclear right now, reason number four for not buying a Psystar machine just went live. [Apple Insider]

11:57 AM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By matt buchanan
9,359 views, 68 comments

Latest by Akiyia: @mricyfire: "Doesn't every PC company do what Psystar is doing? Dell, HP, Gateway, Voodoo, Alienware etc. all by Windows throw it on their machines and then sell it to you." One Big difference... Consent. Microsoft lets them distribute windows. Apple does not more »

mobileme

MobileMe OS X Update Available Now (Again)

With yesterday's bumps mostly smoothed out, and MobileMe live for a straight day, Apple is apparently comfortable enough to push the MobileMe OS X update back out. (It was pulled after going up briefly on Wednesday.) Interestingly, it's version 1.1. Hit Software Update to get the party started, and let us know how it goes. [Apple] More »

7:11 PM on Sat Jul 12 2008
By matt buchanan
10,331 views, 40 comments

mobileme

MobileMe Website is Up, One Day of Awkwardness Late

So we showed it to you briefly yesterday, but then MobileMe turned around and seemed to bite the Apple that made it, and has been unavailable until just now. Can we assume more technical hitches than its developers had anticipated? Yes, I think we can, particularly given Apple's "it's taking longer than expected" error message. But now it's up, and since the iPhone has already been on sale in some places for nearly a whole day, that can only be good news. Update: There's a getting started tour, which didn't appear to be there yesterday. Everything else works as anticipated. [Me.com]

5:31 AM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,365 views, 22 comments

Latest by munan: First, dodser, learn how email works before you go spouting off. Exchange is a great system, but you still have to have an assigned email address to use it. In my case, genericemployee@microsoft.com... Mail is pushed to my Q9C without issue, more »

apple

Apple Mega-Launch Report: iPhone 3G, iTunes App Store, Firmware 2.0 and MobileMe

For those of you just crawling to your computers, here's what's been going on this very busy AM:
• First, the App Store opened its doors on iTunes 7.7 (available for download), and we did the first video walkthrough of the App Store featured on some early iPhone 2.0 firmware.
• MobileMe, the service that replaces .Mac, suddenly went live, and then suddenly went dead again. Fortunately, we were in long enough to post the first live screenshots.
• The free 2.0 firmware update for iPhone leaked out, so now anyone with an iPhone can download it—iPod touch owners still have till it's for sale, though. ($9.95, last we checked.)
• Sales of actual iPhone 3Gs began amid the hullabaloo—some dipwad named Jonny won this year's Greg Packer award.
• In our morning-long comb through the over 500 apps in the App store, we've found some interesting little gems, and shot the first video of the iTunes Wi-Fi remote for iPhones.

12:38 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Wilson Rothman
9,272 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: is epocrates on there? stuck at work cant download.... I am pretty sure the leaked one is "offial"..I doubt they will change it tonight. more »

mobileme

MobileMe Is Up!

Apple's MobileMe, the bigger/better/more version of .Mac, just went live, sort of. We logged in and poked around, but then the site went dead and the server started redirecting us back to the old "coming soon" page. Here's what we saw before things went away: More »

7:03 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Wilson Rothman
17,169 views, 39 comments

Latest by dodser: Mobile Me is a complete Pig in a Poke. This is the worst case yet of apple exaggeration and downright false advertising, i have scorued the apple site and other mac forums for answers to this but apple are playing more »

dotmac

.Mac Down For MobileMe Transition

It's official. .Mac is down for the MobileMe transition as of about 9ish Pacific time. It's a little more than an hour past the start of the 8PM-2AM window, so things should be on target for coming back up before 2AM. Our only question at this point is why those four languages are the only ones on the .Mac maintenance site? Are they the four largest .Mac countries? Is someone at Apple a huge WW2 buff? [Mac]

12:25 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Jason Chen
4,534 views, 13 comments

Latest by bobdobbs: And it's back... except when I log in, I just get a busy-spinner. more »

apple

MobileMe Setup in iPhone OS 2.0 Video

We already knew that MobileMe email services are now fully active and accessible through any desktop mail client. This morning I tried to set up MobileMe on my iPhone with OS 2.0 and I discovered that the calendar, bookmarks and contacts all synchronized fine, even while push synching—the ability of MobileMe to make changes to your iPhone over the air as they happen—is not active yet. More »

11:45 AM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Jesus Diaz
29,406 views, 31 comments

how to

How To: Me.com Mail Fully Working, Set It Up Now

Both sending and receiving of me.com mails is working now. Following a tip by reader Gizmodo reader Tom, we have tested this with our own Mac.com accounts. It works perfectly, both for sending and receiving. Setting it up is very easy: More »

7:55 AM on Mon Jul 7 2008
By Jesus Diaz
22,952 views, 13 comments

mac mini

Mac mini Rack Lets It Hang Anywhere, Adds Front USB 2.0 Ports

The Mac mini looks good because the front is completely minimal. Unfortunately, that makes the front completely useless, and a pain in the ass if you have it set up where you need spelunking gear to get to the USB ports. Enter the unfortunately named Hang With Mi, which lets you mount your mini anywhere and adds four USB 2.0 ports to the front. Downside is that it needs its own power source, but the overall neat and convenient factor definitely adds up to the $50 pricetag. [macessity via Unpluggd]

9:30 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By matt buchanan
6,840 views, 18 comments

Latest by Hvedhrungr: Does the Mini vent? If it does, then I suppose it vents out the back. Which, if this is a "box" design, would blow. more »

overclocking

Mac Pro Overclocking Tool By ZDNet Boosts Cheapo Model to Whoa Mama Model

ZDNet's come up with a software-based app to overclock processors on the Intel 5000 and 5400 chipsets, which (as of right now) is the Mac Pro and Xserve. Apparently ZDNet Clock is so good, the cheapest 2.8GHz Mac Pro outperforms the 3.2MHz Mac Pro, saving you $1600. You'll have to fiddle with the slider to get it customized for you, so don't think you can just drag it to the right and not have a crashfest on your hands. Hit up ZDNet to see the details. If you can get this to work right (and have enough cooling), it could be fantastic for heavy computational tasks. [ZDNet via Wired]

7:00 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Jason Chen
3,734 views, 26 comments

Latest by Slash3: The creation of this tool is akin to leaving a charged Taser in a playground. more »

Cheap Mac OS X

MSI Wind Running Mac OS X Also Thinks It's a Mac Pro

It's not even out yet and people have already hacked Mac OS X to run on the MSI Wind. Like with other non-Apple Leopard boxes, the little computer believes it is a Mac Pro, which is OK because we all want to be Mac Pros when we grow up. This version is still lacking some fine tuning, but it runs quite well according to Insanely Mac forum member Jav: More »

12:00 PM on Sat Jun 28 2008
By Jesus Diaz
74,935 views, 41 comments

deals

Dealzmodo: Parallels Desktop 3.0 For $39/$49

You probably already know that both we and Lifehacker enjoy running Windows on our Macs using Parallels. Well, MacHeist has a deal today where you can pick up a copy for just $49, which includes a copy of MacPilot. That price gets even sweeter ($10 sweeter) if you previously bought a MacHeist bundle. Get yours now if you like good deals. [MacHeist]

12:26 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Jason Chen
4,738 views, 21 comments

dell dock

Dell Dock Puts a Little Mac OS X Into Vista Studio Laptops

Dell's Studio Laptops will be getting a little touch of the Mac OS when they ship, thanks to the Dell Dock, a launcher that cleans up the Vista desktop in the most charming, albeit derivative, way. Below you can see "Before" and "After" images of the cleanup: More »

12:00 AM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Wilson Rothman
27,388 views, 71 comments

Latest by Tohe: @itchytooth: I wanted to apologize for being judgmental. I retract my comments, and commend you for being forthcoming. Thanks dude! more »

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