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Subscribers to Apple’s .Mac service can now access a totally redesigned version of its web based mail reader/composer, and it will look more than a bit familiar if you use the Mac OS X Mail application.
Login using your full .Mac email address and password.
Apple has released MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.1, an update for MacBooks that should resolve the “sudden shutdown” issue.
Today Apple announced updated versions of their MacBook Pro lap..I mean notebook computers sporting the recently announced Intel Core 2 Duo processors that are up to 39% faster than previous models. They’ve also added a $59 MagSafe™ airline power adapter accessory so you can use and charge MacBooks and MacBook Pro computers while you fly.
The new base configurations are:
I believe the default RAM specifications have also been increased considerably. The low end model comes with 1GB up from (I think) 512MB and the two higher models ship with 2GB.
Also debuting today is an option for 750GB hard drives for the iMac and Mac Pro desktop models.
MacUser, a subsidiary of MacWorld, has added a new blogger to their staff. His first post is here:
Why am I posting about it here? Take a look at the article’s by-line and you’ll understand.
Apple has added a red iPod nano of which $10 of the purchase price will go directly to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa as part of the Join Red campaign. Other “red” products are available from Motorola, Armani, Converse, American Express and others.