“The 12-inch PowerBook is one sweet little laptop. Sheathed in an aluminum case, it has the feel of a finely made camera. And it’s the smallest notebook I’ve tested that sports a full range of features, including one I’ve never seen on a compact laptop,” writes Walt Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal. “Yet it’s significantly less expensive than some comparable Windows laptops.”
Read MoreSibelius Software today announced G7, the company’s “ground-breaking” new guitar program. “Developed to provide an exciting new way for guitarists and songwriters to produce and convert guitar tablature, G7 delivers unparalleled ease-of-use and product features never available before in tab software.” The software allows guitarists of any level to create tabs, add lyrics and chord symbols and instantly create lead sheets or Piano-Vocal-Guitar arrangements.
Read Morej2 Global Releases Messenger Software For Macintosh OS X
Desktop communications offering now native to Mac operating system
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — j2 Global Communications, Inc.
Read MoreWriting for the Detroit Free Press, Mike Wenland says that he’s now a “switcher.” “I’m a sucker for a pretty interface — and the way the Mac looks and feels and operates simply seduced me.” His five-month-old Dell Dimension 8200 system got “pushed aside like a jilted lover” after driving to the Apple Store at the Somerset Collection in Troy and bringing home a new dual-processor 1GHz PowerMac G4 and a 17″ flat-panel monitor. “The Mac just doesn’t feel like a machine. It’s clean and crisp and tactile,” Wenland said.
Read MoreAnalysts at Credit Suisse First Boston have trimmed their expected 2003 earnings for Apple to 25 cents from 30 cents a share, and maintain a “neutral” rating. “We expect a flattish growth year.” Warburg Dillon Read, who maintains a “buy” rating on Apple, said its second quarter earnings estimate is now 2 cents a share on revenues of $1.5 billion and its fiscal 2003 earnings per share estimate is for 9 cents. “We think the primary financial problem for Apple is the complete mismatch between expense and revenues over the last couple of years.
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