Author: Benny Ling

  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 – the story so far

    Early reports say installation times are drastically improved. According to Mac review site TestMac.net, “Right off the bat, [Snow Leopard is] fast. Very fast. A clean installation took about 13 minutes from start to finish, which is a world of difference from the hour or so a clean 10.5 Leopard install takes.”

    […]

    Mail is down to 91MB in size, whereas before it was 287MB. QuickTime is now 8MB instead of 29MB, TextEdit has been reduced from 22MB to 2MB and the Mac OS X Utility folder has dropped from 468MB to 111.6MB. Similar size reductions are reported in other OS X applications too.

    via Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 – the story so far | News | TechRadar UK.

    Hmm – looks like Windows 7 is doing the same as Snow Leopard.

    Cutting down on resouces, leaving out the bloat, increasing responsiveness and optimising the hell out of the code base, all while not really adding any new features.

    Sounds like win to me.

  • Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs

    Dear Apple Community,

    […]

    Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.

    […]

    As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.

    Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.

    The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.

    […]

    So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.

    Steve

    via Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

  • Wii Sports is the Most Successful Videogame of All Time

    Wii Sports has now passed lifetime sales of Super Mario Bros (NES) to become the number one selling videogame of all time

    via Wii Sports is the Most Successful Videogame of All Time | VG Chartz.com – Video Game Sales Charts – Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Wii, PS3, Xbox360, DS, PSP, PC.

    Now, if only the article would mention that Wii Sports is bumdled with the actual console, and Super Mario Bros isn’t…

    Huge milestone, anyway.

    To prove that Nintendo are still in the game, the top ten selling games of all time are shown below. All ten are made by Nintendo.

    Top Ten of All TIme

  • High density PC133 RAM

    High density RAM vs. low density RAM: refers to a difference in chip capacities used on the module; for example a 512MB module is 128 x 4 (high) vs. 64 x 8 or 32 x 12 (both low).

    via High density PC133 RAM. – MacTalk Forums.

    Consider myself enlightened.

  • Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

    Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.

    Gold. Want.

    “You can also let the predictive sentence technology complete the sentence for you.”

    “Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.”

    “While the MacBook Wheel won’t hit the shelves for another three to fifteen months…”

    “Senior product innovator…”

    “Where people use their computers for actual work, and not just dicking around…”

  • Suzuki Xbox dashboard mod for the undignified gamer on the go

    Some Xbox 360 mods are the product of serious craftsmanship, some are rather silly, and some — like this Suzuki automobile console / Xbox 360 game console hybrid — really give one pause. This isn’t the sort of thing that one spends moments / hours / weeks on, after which he reflects for a moment (“Aren’t I rather clever?”), and then hides it safely in the closet (or sells it on eBay). No, this is an automobile. We’re guessing that the slight cringe of embarrassment he’s going to feel when picking up his date for the cotillion will be outweighed by the safety and security he feels knowing that he can always play Super Smash Bros. Brawl — even on the road. According to the photo’s description on Flickr, this car features not one but two Xbox 360s, two projectors, and two flat screens. The game controllers are availabe at a moment’s notice — including one in the steering wheel, one in front of the gear shifter — and one of the 360s is set in the dashboard. Oy vey.

    via Suzuki Xbox dashboard mod for the undignified gamer on the go – Engadget.

    Eh. Lawls.

    Suzuki Xbox

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