Archive for December, 2008

Random rants from working on an old iMac

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

I recently inherited an old iMac G5 at work and it has helped broaden my perspective on Macs. Here are some random observations:
This is an August 2004, 17″ model. The body is largely plastic (white plastic at that!). It doesn’t have an integrated iSight web-cam. Still I was pleased to see a matte screen. The [...]

Slumdog Millionare on iTunes

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

I am keenly looking forward to the release of Slumdog Millionare in India. The music release is expected shortly, while the film is coming in India in January. In the meanwhile tune in to this free podcast (the link opens in iTunes) from an Apple Special Event at SoHo
Slumdog Millionare soundtrack was also featured on [...]

Jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch? Don’t update to OSX 10.5.6 yet

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

According to iSpazio, the latest release of OSX Leopard 10.5.6 (now available if you do a software update) does not recognize a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch in DFU mode. So if you have a unlocked/jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch, chances are iTunes won’t recognize it if you ever have to restore or update it.
However, [...]

The new aluminum MacBook: our brief review

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

We recently got to spend a couple of days with the new aluminum unibody Macbooks. Here are our impressions:
Specs
These were the specs of our demo unit:
2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
2 GB of 1066 MHz DD3 SDRAM
160 GB 5400-rpm hard drive
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display; 1280×800 pixels
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphic processor with 256 [...]

Chandni Chowk To China on Apple’s Startpage!

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Just the other day iTunes surprised me by finding Ghajini’s correct album art and today I see the trailer of Chandni Chowk To China featured on Apple’s start page (this is the default ‘homepage’ on Safari on the Mac).

I guess being a Warner Bros picture gives you this sort of international marketing exposure! Anyway, [...]