Apple: A Question, If I May

If, say, I were running Mac OS X Server version 10.4.8 on a Mac Pro workstation (a model that does not come with an 802.11 b/g card by default), why, pray tell, would I get prompted for an AirPort update when I run Software Update?
Can anyone explain the logic behind forcing this update, one that [...]

Burnination, The Follow-Up

With apologies to Trogdor: Shortly after I posted my review of Toast, I stumbled across a comparison review of a few of the top Mac burning software packages. Toast makes an appearance, as do Burn and two others, as well as a 5th one that was suggested in the reviews' comments (LiquidCD) which [...]

Toast 8 Titanium: A Review In Brief

To put it bluntly: Roxio's Toast 8 Titanium rocks.
My team lead put in for a couple of copies of Toast 8 shortly after it was announced at Mac World and we have been enjoying them ever since. While it is, at base, a program for burning CDs, DVDs and now Blu Ray [...]

A Word Of Advice For Potential Mac Pro Buyers

For those of you pondering a purchase of a Mac Pro workstation, heed my advice: make sure you upgrade the included video card to the ATI x1900. Do not, under any circumstances, buy a Mac with an nVidia video card. The problems described at The Inquirer, Apple Defects and Slashdot are real and [...]

This Kool Aid Tastes GREAT!

So it's official: I've joined the iPod Generation. We had a choice for our Christmas bonus at work this year between a Slingbox Pro, a digital picture frame, a portable DVD player and a 30 GB iPod. I went with the iPod, thus making my transition to the Mac Dark Side almost complete. [...]

Hooray For Grindings!

Apologies for the lack of site updates as of late. Work has been dogging me and is unlikely to quit doing so until midway through this month. To make life even more fun, my MacBook Pro has begun making a very disconcerting grinding noise. I'm working under the assumption that it's the [...]

A Very Good, Very Geeky Question

Jeff Harrell asks an interesting question: what is the proper plural form of "MacBook Pro"? Is it like "attorneys general", as in "MacBooks Pro", or is the far more pedestrian "MacBook Pros"? The world, sadly, may never kn… wait, it's already been asked, and answered? Ahhh, the Internet.