Jon Israelson: Mac Hardware

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:22:23 GMT

Xbox to Switch to PowerPC. The chip that powers the Macintosh will soon be in Microsoft's gaming console. That's good news for IBM and a bad sign for Intel. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]

The computer industry has more plot twists than a soap opera. Actually, this is pretty cool in that it pushes the PowerPC (which is a nice architecture) more into the main stream and gives Apple some validation of their technology roadmap. This, combined with things like the Virginia Tech G5 supercomputer, will hopefully help drive further advances of the PowerPC. As the article states, IBM will be supplying the CPUs for three gaming platforms: Xbox (PowerPC), Playstation (the Cell), and GameCube (PowerPC).

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 03:08:06 GMT

TenCon Keynote - Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan [MacSlash]

More details on the Virginia Tech G5 supercomputer.

Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:03:38 GMT

Control Your Mac from Afar. Do you want to control your Mac, or one that you're responsible for, from a remote location? If you're running Mac OS X, you can take advantage of a variety of built-in Unix and AppleScript tools to control your computer from afar. Harold Martin shows you how. [O'Reilly Network Articles]

Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:32:07 GMT

Wired: Sony should consider buying Apple. Wired contributing editor Josh McHugh thinks Sony should acquire Apple: "A deal with [Sony] would give Apple access to a distribution network that Jobs and Apple fanatics can only dream about... [MacMinute.com: Up-to-the-Minute Apple Mac News]

An interesting look at Apple's sustained high level of innovation (not the Microsoft kind). Along the same lines is The Mac Observer's look back on the introduction of the iMac 5 years ago.

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:25:21 GMT

PowerPC 970 Redux: Dialogue and Addendum

More hardcore hardware info on the PPC970.