Year: 2005

Mac mini gives PC ‘a run for its money’

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

Tom Gromak of the Detroit News says Apple’s Mac mini is a great alternative to low-cost PCs. “Hardly a week goes by that I don’t get asked the same question at least once or twice: ‘I need a computer, but don’t want to spend a lot of money. What do you recommend?’ Until a few weeks ago, my pat answer was to send those folks clicking through the Dell Web site, looking for the basic Inspiron series of PCs. Not any more. Not since one of Apple’s Mac Minis took up residence on my desktop.

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Apple to show off Tiger at Bio-IT World Conference

Posted by | Mar 2, 2005 | |

Dr. Elizabeth Kerr, Director of Science and Technology Markets at Apple, will be a speaker at Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, which will take place May 17-19 in Boston. “In this presentation, Dr. Elizabeth Kerr will discuss Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, the latest release of Apple’s UNIX operating system. Now in its fourth major release, Mac OS X provides a plethora of productivity, performance and usability enhancements and puts the Macintosh squarely ahead of other UNIX systems for scientific use. Dr.

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True Crime: Streets of L.A. to ship March 14

Posted by | Mar 2, 2005 | |

Aspyr announced today that the Mac version of True Crime: Streets of L.A. has gone gold and is scheduled to begin shipping Monday, March 14. “Drive, fight and shoot your way through a massive array of unpredictable missions. With stealth techniques, vicious martial arts moves and impressive new weapons, as Nick Kang you experience the gritty, seedy underbelly of a vicious Los Angeles crime wave. Cruise the city taking down or harassing the scum of the streets.

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