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Two and a half years of waiting, and two million plus copies later, Leopard has made its way into many a Mac — but are all its users completely satisfied? Probably not, but there’s still a lot to love. Apple really did a spot-cleaning on OS X this time, and virtually every […]

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If you’re still hanging in there even after the price-hike, then you’ll be happy to know that the Asus Eee PC just busted free on-line over at NewEgg. No sign of it at Best Buy yet so you’re stuck with a $399 4GB model (only) at the moment. A $10.33 shipping insult is […]

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You may recall Libya’s initial pledge to purchase 1.2 million low-cost lappies from OLPC, but some 12 months later, it looks like the nation’s education ministry has given its business (for realz this time) to Intel and Microsoft. Reportedly, the country placed an order in August for 150,000 Classmate PCs, and deployment has […]

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It’s pretty clear that Apple left no stone unturned in Leopard, making changes and fixes throughout the new operating system. Unfortunately, that also included an upgrade to its crucial smugness subsystem: the image you see above of an old school CRT monitor with a blue screen […]

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Leopard is on track to be Apple’s most successful OS ever. According to Apple, Leopard sold two million copies in its first weekend, “far outpacing” Tiger — Apple’s previous best selling OS. Anyone have Vista’s first 2.5 days sales numbers available? Come on, it’s always fun to compare.
 
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The OLPC XO found itself in a couple different headlines today, first with the Laboratorio Tecnológico de Uruguay stepping up to become the first official government purchaser of the “$100” laptop, committing to buy 100,000 of the green machines, with the potential to buy a further 200,000 by 2009. The deal’s been […]

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It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like Asus has finally settled down on pricing and release details for the US launch of its low-cost Eee PC. According to NotebookReview, a sales kit sent out to retailers by Asus confirms the $300 to $400 prices we heard about recently, with a […]

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US netizens can now call dibs on Lenovo’s 3000 Y410 laptop for the home. That’s right, a consumer laptop — their first for the US market. Released without fanfare, the new 14.1-inch glossy 1,280 x 800 model starts at about $700 depending upon the configuration you track down at your local big box […]

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While there’s no easy way to account for everybody Leopard user’s crashing, Unsanity’s Application Enhancer is apparently the cause of many a BSOD turning up on a range of user’s systems during a system update to Mac OS X 10.5. If, after selecting “update,” you’re getting a perpetual blue screen, follow Apple’s […]

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We’ve come to expect our Apple-related hacks early and user friendly these days, but we’ve still got mad respect for the folks at OSx86 Scene who’ve managed to get Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard up and running on Intel PCs on launch day — the day before if you felt like being […]

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