Year: 2001

Charles Haddad trumpets, “At long last, I can recommend [Mac OS X] to all Mac users,” in this week’s Byte of the Apple column for BusinessWeek. The column takes a close look at Mac OS X 10.1, the features, improvements, and other aspects of the upgraded operating system.

In the wake of the September 11 attacks and continued economic weakness, analysts are predicting that Dell Computer will announce an earnings warning tomorrow during a business update. If the company indeed cuts profit targets, it would join Compaq, NEC, Sony, and others in cutting estimates. Apple, which reports its earnings on October 17, has yet to issue any earnings warning.

LaCie has posted Silverlining Pro 6.4.3, as noted by VersionTracker, an update to the software and drivers for its USB, FireWire, and SCSI hard drives. The new version adds support for its USB 2.0 drives (although they only function at USB 1.1 speeds on the Mac), improved striped RAID performance, improved FireWire performance, and more. LaCie has also responded to user complaints regarding its Web site and now allows users to download updates without having to login or register.

Extension Overload 5.9.2 is a minor update to the robust Extensions Manager-like utility that adds 100 new descriptions of System Folder items. Extension Overload allows users to manage System Folder items, as well as get detailed information on 5,300 items.

Apple has published a feature on Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia, of the band Curve, who used Macs to create and produce much of the music on their latest CD.