Long-time Apple reseller closes its doors
After 16 years of servicing the Macintosh faithful in Northern California, Apple reseller, MACadam Computer, has closed its doors.
After 16 years of servicing the Macintosh faithful in Northern California, Apple reseller, MACadam Computer, has closed its doors.
As expected, Apple Computer today unveiled faster, more affordable PowerBooks, featuring PowerPC G4 processors running up to 1.67 GHz, faster hard drives and a faster 8X SuperDrive—all housed in the PowerBook\'s signature aluminum enclosure. All new PowerBooks come standard with 512MB memory, faster graphics, integrated AirPort 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 wireless networking and two new Apple patent-pending technologies—the scrolling TrackPad and the Sudden Motion Sensor.
Apple Computer has initiated a partnership with Wal-Mart that will soon see the iPod shuffle featured at Wal-Mart discount locations around the country, AppleInsider has learned.
Best Buy may begin selling Macs again, which in turn could accelerate the iPod halo affect, according to a report released by Merrill Lynch.
Apple Computer is developing a major update to Backup, its data loss prevention software created specifically for .Mac users, AppleInsider has learned.
Hypertransport enabled PowerBook G5?
Days after placing Apple\'s Mac mini up for sale on its web site, Target has removed the product, citing availability concerns.
Apple on Tuesday evening released Security Update 2005-001, which delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users.
Mac Mini BTO price cuts
Sometime this year Apple Computer is expected to begin renovation and construction efforts on its second New York City-based retail store, set to touch down in central Manhattan.
Following a lull in its Mac OS X \"Tiger\" software seeding process that lead up to Macworld Expo, Apple Computer last week began redistributing newer builds of the next-generation operating system.
Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 250 million songs from the iTunes Music Store.
Earlier this month Apple unveiled the Mac mini, a new desktop computer which it says was designed specifically for the consumer and education markets. Through investigations over the past week, AppleInsider was able to elicit several previously unpublished details and specifications of the computer, which can be found in our extensive report, below:
Future versions of Apple\'s Logic Pro audio creation application will boast a new feature aimed at reducing the latency caused by the addition of plug-ins.
Apple Computer\'s newly designed iPod shuffle digital music player is not directly compatible with the USB port on some computers, including the company\'s own line of iMac G3 and eMac computers, AppleInsider has learned.
Apple Computer in the coming weeks will begin offering complimentary iPod shuffles to many of its employees, AppleInsider has learned.
In a research note sent to clients today, Merrill Lynch analyst Steve Milunovich said his firm has been testing Apple\'s new iPod shuffle over the last week and believes it will be met by strong demand, likely exceeding the 0.5-1.0 million units most firms have modeled the company to sell during the quarter.
Apple ships HP some iPods
A collection of notes related to Apple\'s OS strategies and and an update on the company\'s iPod shuffle digital music player.
Apple Computer has literally taken the wraps off its third Japanese retail store, as shown in the image submitted below.
Speaking at a Macworld press event in Australia last Wednesday, Apple Computer\'s Stan Ng reaffirmed his company\'s stance on an iPod with video-capabilities: don\'t expect one anytime soon.
Apple Computer and Pepsi, which last year misfired on a joint promotion aimed at promoting Apple\'s iTunes music service through sales of Pepsi soft drinks, will retry its hand in 2005.
Exclusive: Hewlett-Packard, which recently entered into a strategic alliance with Apple to deliver HP-branded versions of the iPod under name \'iPod+ HP\', has stopped placing orders for the digital music players with Apple Computer, AppleInsider has learned.
An overseas publication offers its insight into who is manufacturing Apple\'s latest products, and throws in some wild rumors pertaining to G5-based iBooks and PowerBooks.
On Wednesday\'s episode of \"The Late Show with David Letterman,\" talk show host David Letterman performed a brief, but entertaining segment on Apple\'s iPod digital music players.
Apple today posted a net profit of $295 million, or $.70 per diluted share for its first financial quarter, the highest quarterly profit and revenue in Apple's history. Some notes of interest from the conference call with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and vice president Tim Cook:
For Apple to produce a PowerBook equipped with a G5 processor will be the \"mother of all thermal challenges,\" chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer said during Apple\'s Q1 2005 conference call today. The likelihood of such a product emerging in the near future is increasingly looking grim.
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2005 first quarter ended December 25, 2004.
Hon Hai, which does business in the United States under the registered trade name Foxconn, retains its title as the largest privately owned company in Taiwan, with revenues reaching NT $413.35 billion, reports the DigiTimes.
Following Apple\'s new product introductions at this week\'s Macworld Expo, Merrill Lynch analyst Steve Milunovich said he believes Apple is building a sustainable consumer electronics franchise and is showing off its strategic flexibility with its lowest price Mac ever and iPod shuffle, which boasts more capacity than expected for $99.
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