Leopard
Snow Leopard to drop PowerPC support?
PowerPC users, your days could be numbered. According to an alleged screenshot of Snow Leopard’s system requirements, only Intel CPUs will get to take a ride on the 10.6 train as of now. The grab comes from an early version of the OS seeded to developers at WWDC this week, though given that Jobsy said we’re a year out from an actual release, these things could change. Still, it’s not looking promising for those of you who’ve stood by your older models — but Apple shutting out legacy users doesn’t come as a real shock, does it?
[Via Mac Rumors; Thanks, Kiwi616]
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Envy 133 and MacBook Air duke it out in the flesh
Sure, we’ve sized these two up theoretically, but how well do Voodoo’s Envy 133 and Apple’s MacBook Air get along when sharing the same meatspace? There are certainly some striking similarities — both have gargantuan trackpads, for instance, but Voodoo has taken things in an aesthetic direction all its own. We just hope these two decide to be friends instead of mortal, cake-cutting enemies.
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Take Control of Back to My Mac / Screen Sharing in Leopard
Glenn Fleishman of Macworld, Wi-Fi Networking News and TidBITS fame has written two new Leopard ebooks, both published today by Take Control Books. The new titles, Take Control of Back to My Mac and Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard, are part of the popular Take Control ebook series.
Take Control of Back to My Mac provides many tips on how to get .Mac’s MobileMe’s problematic remote access service up and working for you, while Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard discusses the many tools available for sharing your Mac screen with others.
The books are $10 each, but if you purchase both ebooks and enter CPN006780611BUN as a coupon code, you’ll get an immediate $5 discount. There’s no excuse to suffer in silence with Back to My Mac anymore!
In the interest of disclosure, I’ve written two titles for Take Control Books, neither of which are discussed in this post.
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Parallels adds tools for Linux, 3D for Windows
The latest build of Parallels (version 5608) adds some new tools for Linux users. Some of the additions to Parallels Desktop 5608 includes: support for the latest Linux distros, and support for 3D graphics in Windows (running under 10.5.3).
If you are running version 3 of Parallels Desktop, then you are eligible to upgrade for free to Desktop 5608. Just click “Check for Updates” in the Help menu of Parallels.
[via MacNN]
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Snow Leopard screenshots surface
Some of the first pictures of “Snow Leopard,” Apple’s next version of Mac OS X have started leaking off of developer’s Macs. Orchard Spy has some of the very first screenshots, though nothing too exciting is shown.
Just as we suspected, Snow Leopard doesn’t show any new features in the Applications or Utilities folders; nor does it show any changes in System Preferences. The only change that may lead to speculation is a new “32-bit” phrase in the System Preferences Title Bar.
The build number of Snow Leopard is 10A96. Read
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