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Psystar: Apple didn't copyright Mac OS X
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OSX contains Open Source software, but from day one was also restricted with proprietary code. Courts have already covered this. It doesn’t prevent them from copyrighting and/or trademarking as necessary.

Point In Space announces FileMaker Pro 10 hosting on FileMaker Server 10 Advanced
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Link should be:

http://www.pointinspace.com/filemakerpro10hosting/

- John

Poll: were you happy with this year's Macworld keynote announcements?
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well not bad...not good....just OK.....ps what happen to new mac pros and blu-ray and snow leppard

Reporter's Notebook: Phil did pretty good -- but where's my 28-inch iMac?
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I am excited by the announcements. New versions of iLife and iWork will touch more lives than an new iMac. The new version of iMovie is awesome. The new picture-in-picture feature alone helps me a ton.

The 17” MBP is really nice. I’m almost ready to replace my aging 17” unit. The main thing holding me back is that I know that Intel will release Nehalem for laptops later this year.

MWSF: MacBU upgrades Entourage, delivers new ways to collaborate with PC and
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Title for article should use future, not present tense.  Particularly since both parts won’t be officially released until the end of this year (so basically a YEAR from now).

Reporter's Notebook: Phil did pretty good -- but where's my 28-inch iMac?
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I can’t agree with Bob. Nobody who shares living space with another person can use their computer in the living room and the vast majority of people living alone aren’t willing and able to drop three grand on a TV set.

I was disappointed that there were no desktop announcements because I’m in the market for the first time in a few years and because Apple desktops are so far behind the curve in many respects (graphics chips 2 full generations old, Mac mini mostly 3 year old components, stock RAM/HD worse than $499 PCs, no quad core under $2500 despite the widespread PC use of the Intel Core2Quad since January 2007).

The Mac Pro is waiting for Intel to release the Core i7 Xeon, a chip they delayed a full quarter because of the economy.

I know how Dennis feels regarding people begging for money. I work in a tourist oriented area sandwiched between the cruise ship terminal and Canada’s poorest neighbourhood. Beggars sometimes number a dozen per block. The most honest one asks “would you buy a bum a beer?”.

Reporter's Notebook: Phil did pretty good -- but where's my 28-inch iMac?
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28” is an industry non-size screen, but 30”, 32” or even 36” would work well from a manufacturing approach.

I view TV and movies on my new 24” iMac screen now, any of the above sizes, or even larger would make me spend money I shouldn’t in this economy.

Apple is missing the boat on 36” iMacs with built in Apple TV capability for around $3,000. That will make serious news and change the way we watch TV like the iPod changed the way we listen to music. What was a Podcast before iPods? HD TV & movie sales on iTunes would soar with HD 36” iMacs, real living room media centers.

I have a 73” MItsubishi 1080p TV 12’ away from my desk in my living room. My 24” iMac (1200p) has the same definition and relative screen size when viewed at the edge of my 3’ desk (3’x6’) when I’m sitting in my recliner desk chair.  A 30”, 32” or 36” iMac would make me sell my Mitsubishi 73835 (120Hz/1080p) that cost me over $3,000 last June and buy a new iMac.

If the larger 36” screen doesn’t come included in an iMac or new 36” Apple display connected to an upgraded Mac Mini, Sony, HP or Dell will have my upgrade dollars in the future. When you’re in Firefox, Office, Outlook or iTunes, the OS is secondary. I love OSX, but if the hardware isn’t there Windows 7 will drive what is in 2009.

Apple is dragging it feet where it could be excelling. Too much concentration on Steve and not enough on product and market trends could be Apple’s real problem.

Time for a Mac App Store?
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I just noticed when I went to check my iPhones Applications in iTunes that there is a heading just above the app icons titled “iPhone and iPod touch Apps”. I don’t recall seeing that before. Why would they need a heading in there unless there was going to be a “Macintosh Apps” one too?

New Oxford American Dictionary comes to iPhone
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Fantastic dictionary on the Mac--comes with OS X bundled.  I’m sure it’s a good one on the iPhone, but this is too expensive!  They originally promised it for $9.99!

Reporter's Notebook: Phil did pretty good -- but where's my 28-inch iMac?
Jack Said:

The Apple strategy going forward is to make product releases on their own schedule, not IDC’s. So we can expect a new product introduction every few months. Starting with a press meeting in Cupertino, then the web site, then the Apple stores. This is much better than being limited to MacWorld and the Developer’s Conference. Remember Phil said there were many new products being developed in Apple. Expect the next product release, 28” iMac, Mac Mini, or whatever, within a few months.

Mpronto exchange hosting now supports the iPhone
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MWSF: Apple introduces new 17-inch, unibody MacBook Pro
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Nice piece of hardware, but I was hoping for one of the new things that Steve Jobs mentioned in an earnings call in the middle of last year.

Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
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They need you in Cupertino JonDoe.  Both the legal department and the marketers could benefit from your direction.  If I were you I’d get out there right away.

Reporter's Notebook: the long, arduous, screen-damaging trip to Macworld
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Dennis, I’m afraid the only way to take carryons in modern aircraft is by FedEx.  I’m no professional traveler but it seems to me you have to send it ahead because you can’t trust airlines.

I hope the rest of your stay is good and productive and without incident.  I count on you to tell me what happens at Macworld. 

Bob

iKanji released for iPhone, iPod touch
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Where is it?
Linked to KanjiDo?
This is not the expected design.
Yannick

Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
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Apple will still hurt themselves and lose customers, or potential customers.  Even though BluRay and HD look exactly the same, and the only difference between the two is the capacity . .  people are still brainwashed that Blu Ray is better looking.  So to please current , and possible , customers Steve Jobs should have just gone ahead and included Blu Ray in the next OS and DVDSP update.  It is a bad decisions that they’re not going to.

FileMaker Pro 10 ships with new interface, dynamic reporting, more
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Nice application update. Now, where is FileMaker and Bento for the iPhone/iPod touch? You know that they have to have one in the making. The question is why haven’t they announced it yet?

Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
DAG Said:

An iMac with EyeTV, Griffin Shark and Front Row already does pretty much all you describe. A 1TB FW800 external HD spares the internal drive a lot of the wear and tear. The Eye TV tuners also support Clear Quam HD (Cable as opposed to ATSC over the air).

As for improvements, how about a screen that’s not so shiny you can shave in it from 15 feet away?

MWSF: Pinnacle Systems releasing Video Capture for Mac
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You would think, with a mature product line for the Mac that Pinnacle has, that they would know that the Mac should be referred to as ‘Mac’ and not ‘MAC’ (while it is correct in this article, their whole web site appears to use MAC instead).

MWSF: Retrospect 8 to arrive this week
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Ouch.  You have to burn one of licenses for each VM you want to back up?  So it’s not a per-machine or per-user license, it’s a per-OS license?