For those of you who haven’t heard the Nintendo Revolution is now called the Nintendo Wii. Ok, well I’ve been digging around the rumor mill and talked to some friends in the industry to find out what we can expect from Nintendo as far as a launch date and pricing are concerned. While this might come as a shock to some people, but the Wii probably won’t launch in November. In fact it’s looking more and more like July each day. (more…)
The reports of the MacBook Pro arriving this week were true. Apple announced the replacement for the vaunted 17″ Powerbook today and it’s a pretty impressive machine. It’s got the high-end Core Duo as well as a solid gfx card and memory. However, the $2,800 price point is pretty steep. Well, at least for most mortals. If you are a music producer or a movie editor, the 17″ MacBook Pro is made for you. Probably the smartest inclusion on Apple’s part is athe Firewire 800 port. I was surprised they left that off the 15″ MacBook Pro when it launched earlier this year. All in all I’d say that it’s an impressive replacement for the 17″ G4 Powerbook, but other than that it’s pretty much business as usual for the Apple switch to Intel. It’s faster and everything, but otherwise iSight, FrontRow, etc… are all Apple standard equipment by now. At least it’s a better deal than a fake carbon fibre laptop from Sony.
We all hate Google Local don’t we? Well, fear not my readers. Google Maps is back! WoooHOOOOO!!!!! It’s very exciting isnt’ it? Yep. I’m excited. For those of you who wrote in to google about bringing Google Maps back, WAY TO GO!!!!
I reported on the Apple financial news earlier today, but word has it on the rumor mill that Apple might be unveiling the MacBook Pro 17″ laptop as its flagship laptop sometime in the next week at the National Association of Broadcasters confrence. This machine will probably have iSight, FrontRow, BootCamp and a creamy chocolate center. I’m sure the other zealots out there are going crazy over the news, but I say that this is crap. Why? (more…)
So I don’t usually report on financial news, but I’m pretty impressed by this. Apple’s year over year growth for the last quarter is about 30%. Revenue jumped by around a billion dollars. Profits jumped about $100 million or so. While Wall Street was expecting more from Apple, I have to say that they are full of crap. Steve Jobs and company have managed a huge turnaround over the last few years and it’s nothing short of phenominal. Also of some interest is that this was Apple’s second highest quarterly sales in Apple history. For a tech company as old as Apple to survive this long and now be having this much success speaks volumes.
According to a guy who reported on some site in a different language that got transcribed and translated about three times before a very loose translation into English, AMD is looking to create a revoltuionary technology for their next generation of CPU’s. Instead of creating more cores on one processor running multiple threads, AMD is looking to create technology that makes the multi-core processors look and act like a single processor to the operating system. (more…)
As much as I love to bash Sony, sometimes I feel bad about always being so harsh on them. However, this is not one of those times that I feel bad for a little Sony bashing. It wasn’t long ago that I heard about Sony and their cool new carbon fibre laptops. Carbon fibre is a pretty sweet material to be making a laptop out of, but it has this nasty problem of being a bit on the expensive side. Thus, the laptops themselves sell for an extra $500. Now, what happens if the carbon fibre laptop isn’t even made out of carbon fibre? (more…)
Well, I’ve suspected this for quite a while, but it was really cool to read about it. Basically, as an Apple Genius worker explains, most people in Apple don’t usually know what Apple is going to announce. The sales reps and the store workers hear about stuff when everybody else does. Often times this will lead to Apple Store employeed getting burned by new products coming out a week after purchase. What’s surprising is that store workers can’t return merchandise. That’s a bit of a burn to those who buy an Apple product only for it to become outdated a week later. However, as the author so clearly points out, An Apple computer will still be a great computer for years even if it’s not the latest and greatest. As an iBook owner I can definately vouch for this. While I’m looking forward to the next generation of iBooks (aka the MacBook) I’m not exactly hurting because it’s not the latest and greatest. It’s the best laptop I’ve ever owned. Anyhow, the article is a good read and it gives further proof that I’m easily as well informed about what Apple is doing as most people working for Apple!
I haven’t really been posting as much this week as maybe I should, but fear not great things are happening at The Mole. Well, really this isn’t so much about this site as maybe some other things. First, I’m now a blogger for Blogcritics.org, which is cool. Second, I’ve been trying to optimize this site a bit more. If you’ve been here more than once in the last month you’ve probably noticed some changes now and then. Some are cosmetic and others are just fun, like tagging. For the most part I have this blog the way I want it, but I might be adding either recent posts or related posts to the individual blog pages. I haven’t really decided on that yet, so that’s still a bit up in the air. Last, but not least… (more…)
