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more about #snowleopard more comments → Serpentor X: I can see now how Ballmer can sometimes seem so blase about Apple's success. I'd rather have Microsoft's money than Apple's. more » k-napped: For a long time (at least 6 years) I've always envied the Macs I had to work on as a designer. Stuff was just too expensive to justify getting one (pl... more » SysRq: Resident Apple fanboy reporting: Windows 7 is alright with me. Still like OS X better, and Windows 7 is still Windows when it comes down to it, but t... more » dimadelux: Windows 7 FTMFW more » Benguin: It's hard to tell in the context of 15 second clip, but did that have anything to do with the scene, or was it another one of their random "HEY LOOK ... more » kingbob337: this is the family guy windows 7 ad I was talking about below. I saw this during a football game yesterday. more » Aetius: It's hilarious reading serious Apple OSX vs Windows comments on this article's comments section. People, this is a post about a joke in Family Guy. Do... more » OMG! Faux Affliction!: via me. more » Homerjay is utterly alone.: It's telling me I have to download RealPlayer 7. more » OMG! Ponies!: Sadly, that was the first funny, non-racist moment that that show has had in many episodes. That and a wonderful tirade about Brian. There's only so... more » lycosman: Spinning beach ball of death? Of death?? Yes, because Kernel Panics are so rare that should be considered an easter egg on MacOS X. (in my years of M... more » GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid: I must say that I am partial to the original beach ball, because it always looked like it was spinning more than the current one is. more » Nitesh Singh: Not to troll, but the "worlds most advanced operating system" (according to them) doesnt support GPU-accelerated video yet? #flash101hacktintosh more » jonathan.eatherly: Dell mini 10v hackintosh here. Big increase in speed! Mine is not running youtube or vimeo in hd well but southpark studios can do hd fullscreen now. more » RoseHizang: this update does absolutely NOTHING for macs. read the release notes, the improvements are for windows and linux only. more » -
#spinningbeachballofdeath
OS X's Spinning Beach Ball Makes Family Guy Cameo
I've definitely wanted to Force Quit some conversations in my time, so a real life spinning beach ball of death would be the perfect excuse. Watch: More » -
#hackintosh
Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
High-Def Flash video is a stretch on some hacktintosh netbooks, but Flash 10.1 brings it into the realm of possibility. I just installed it on my MSI Wind running Leopard, and damn: HD YouTube and Vimeo videos were almost watchable. More » -
#hackintosh
Netbook Hackintosh 10.6.2 Fix Coming In "A Few Weeks," Fallen Netbooks Can Be Revived Now
When Apple killed Atom processor support in the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update, it was one of the first times they'd actively tried to stop hobbyist hackintoshing. It was also sort of a dick move! Luckily, it's not going to stick. More » -
#hackintosh
Latest Snow Leopard Developer Build Breaks Hackintosh Support... Again
Enough with the back and forth already, Apple. If you're going to kill Atom support then just kill it. Don't toy with us, taking and giving like some sort of merciless god. More » -
#btw
All Of Snow Leopard's Hidden, Secret Settings Laid Bare
Screencap formats, secret dock animations, previously unseen menu shortcuts, login screen backgrounds: These are the hidden settings the Apple doesn't want you to see (or just forgot about) and that Secrets, a free, super-simple app, helpfully wrangles into one place. More » -
#imagecache
Reality Check
Windows 7 rolls past Snow Leopard in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn't even crack 1/3rd of its predecessor's install base, is doomed to be forgotten. This is the world outside Gizmodo, people. [Ars] -
#hackintosh
OS X 10.6.2 Does Not Ditch Atom Support, Hackintosh Safe
It appears that Atom support has resurfaced in the latest developer build (10C535), so users running OS X on Atom netbooks are safe, for now. Although, anything can happen between now and the final build. [Stell via 9to5Mac via Crunchgear] -
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#snowleopard
Parallels 5 Runs Windows 7 Right Next to Snow Leopard With Full Multitouchiness
It's a virtual war: VMWare Fusion 3 for Snow Kitty and Win7 popped out last week, and now here's Parallels 5. It's also fully 64-bit, with Windows apps that behave like native ones, including full multitouch gestures, and more zoomzoom. More » -
#apple
Is Apple Trying to Kill Hackintosh Netbooks? OS X 10.6.2 Ditches Atom CPU Support
Coders have confirmed that the developer build of Snow Leopard 10.6.2 nixes support for netbook Atom processors. Nothing's final yet, of course, but given Apple's lame fight with Palm over iTunes compatibility, are hackintosh netbooks next in the firing line? More » -
#os
More Giz Readers Own Macs Than PCs
Surprisingly, our our poll yesterday revealed that Mac owners were running neck and neck with PC owners, each commanding 41% of the vote. Although Mac owners have maintained an extremely slight edge over the last few hours in actual numbers. More » -
#questionoftheday
Do You Use a Mac Or a PC As Your Personal Home Computer?
Now that Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are both out in the wild, it is time, once again, to take stock of the state of home computing. That is to say, are you using a Mac or a PC? More » -
#snowleopard
VMWare Fusion 3 Fuses Snow Leopard and Windows 7 With Full 64-Bit Power
VMWare's Fusion 3—with full support for Snow Leopard and Windows 7—is out today. Besides being natively 64-bit in Snow Leopard, it lets you migrate a PC to your virtual machine, launches Windows apps like native apps, and more. More » -
#howto
How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook
Here's the pitch: a 10-inch, almost-pocketable computer running Snow Leopard, the latest, greatest version of OS X. It costs just $300. Sound good? Here's how to make your own. More » -
#apple
Apple Kills ZFS Plans for Snow Leopard
Don't hold your breath for the ZFS filesystem to appear in any future Snow Leopard updates. A message yesterday on the project's homepage very clearly acknowledges that development has stopped completely. More » -
#psystar
Psystar's $50 Software Lets You Put Snow Leopard on a Non-Hacked PC
Not content with waging a crazy legal battle with Apple based on just selling hardware with Snow Leopard on it, Psystar is now selling software that lets you put OS X on any new PC. More » -
#howto
How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are great. And cheap. Boot Camp's the free, official way to run them both natively on one machine. It's easy to setup, and just works, except when it doesn't. Here's how to survive Boot Camp. More » -
#windowsvsmac
Snow Leopard Beats Windows 7 In Almost Every Count on Mac Hardware
CNET has spent some time testing 64-bit Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro, currently the only machine that officially supports both of them natively. Snow Leopard wins in all accounts except one: Gaming. More »
