There are many of us who would love to get our hands on a Mac – but do not want to pay the heavy tax that comes with it. Pystar is making things a bit easier by creating their own version of the Mac PC. The company – based out in Miami, Florida – will offer the computers pre-installed with Leopard and can be had for only $554.
OpenMac computers have been equipped with:
Apple has finally granted the MacBook and MacBook Pro with an upgrade of Intel Core 2 Duo processors as well as larger hard drives and a memory expansion. Along with this upgrades they will also receive iSight video camera, Apple’s MagSafe power adapter, multi-touch trackpads, and 802.11n WiFi capabilities. The multi-touch trackpad was first revealed earlier in the year on the new MacBook Air. It allows the user to use gestures in order to get into programs and files on their computers with the touch of a button on their screen.
GPS has been installed in vehicles to help keep us on track and to direct us where to go when we are lost. We expect to be directed where we need to go and not somewhere that could possibly get us killed.
A computer consultant driving a rental car drove onto train tracks this week using the instructions from his GPS unit. A train was barreling toward him, but he escaped in time and no one was injured.
Rear-projection televisions used to be the televisions of the future and were all the rage – but now it seems that they will become rare and obsolete within the next few years. Several television manufacturers have already stated that they will be backing out of this market. Just this week Sony was the last company to pull out.
Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, released a test version of its new Silverlight online media program. This program is said to be a rival to Adobe Systems Inc.’s dominant Flash player. At Microsoft’s MIX ‘07 conference for Web developers and designers, the company said it will also offer a companion service that allows streaming video for Silverlight.
Samsung Electronics announced that it has finally started the mass producing of the industry’s first 1Gigabit DDR2 DRAM using 60 nanometer process technology. In its press release, Samsung estimates efficiency gains of the 60nm process are 40 percent over the 80nm, and twice the productivity of 90nm general process technology.