This and That, Then and Now...

Word Up, Dudes! Looks like the tiny world of OS/2 users are never going to see anything beyond a version two of eComstation. Word coming down the pike is that eCS has but one last hurrah which is already as old as hard dried raisins when it is released as version 2. How behind are these eCS lusers? Well, today they were whining about being forced to move up to DSL from dialup, how they were going to adjust their pensions to pay for it, how they were going to connect to it (if they can with eCS) and how destructive the move to a faster bandwidth is going to be on eCS and their lives. Can you imagine living or even thinking like that?

Apple has sent out the first 'Service Pack' to developers, which at this moment is a hefty 270 megs in size! I guess we're gonna do some fixin' of the feline, huh? AppleInsider notes that Apple has zeroed in on problems reported with "Time Machine, Mail, iCal, Back To My Mac, Bonjour, AirPort, gaming graphics, networking and the Finder" as things to look at and fix. This update is reported to contain patches for Leopard's Firewall and problems with Spotlight indexing, iCal syncing and Keychain login.

Microsoft lackeys (those poor things) whining in the public forums against the Mac should take note that, unlike Microsoft, Apple has quickly stepped to the forefront to alleviate reported problems with their newest pet faster then they did with Cheetah, Puma and Jaguar, predecessors to Leopard. Geez, Leopard is beautiful. Although I'm not running it on my Mac Pro because of the ATI Graphics Card problems (hopefully the 10.5.1 release will address that issue), I do have it on my BlackBook and 24" iMac and it purrs beautifully.

On a related issue, Apple released an ATI driver update for the iMac line to address random freezes which also plagued me on the Mac Pro when I did have Leopard installed there. I will wait for the 10.5.1 upgrade before looking at Leopard again on the Mac Pro.

Another study being reported over at MacNN proves Macs are cheaper than PCs because of their higher resale value. Toss in the additional cost savings of not having to buy an anti-virus software package and monthy subscription fees to keep the bugs away and you'll see a much fatter wallet owning a Mac then you will a PC.

Big day this coming Friday in England. People are standing "in the queue" hoping to grab the first iPhones designed for the European Market. Their selected provider is O2. Queues have already been spotted forming outside of Apple's Regent Street Store. Scotland Yard has issued a warning to new iPhone owners to keep the iPhone close to their chests as robbers see a new and lucrative product to steal. What is just as exciting is the new firmware upgrade for the iPhone to be released this Friday in the U.S. Version 1.1.2 will brick hacked iPhones so be prepared for all the jailbreakers to scream "lawsuit" once again.

Free Mac Software and tons of it over at "The Free Mac Software Classroom" That's one thing I really love about using OSX, there are tons of free worthwhile and very good softwares. Thank you Mac community!

Quietly, in the dead of night, Apple released Hard Drive Update 1.0 last night and so far no one has figured out exactly what it does or is supposed to do. Apple says it is for Core 2 Duo iMacs and Mac Pros running either Tiger or Leopard.

In a nutshell it installs an application (known as Hard Drive Update 1.0.app) into your /Applications/Utilities/ folder and it will launch automatically once the installer closes. The fix will show up in your Software Update screen if you have a hard drive that needs updating!

Those people at Apple never sleep!

Have you seen all the iPhones showing up in the new television shows? Journeyman uses an iPhone and the bad guy on last night's "Bionic Woman" was using an iPhone but he wasn't the brightest bad guy because he was holding it upside down!

That's it for now. Check back again for more tidbits!