3 posts tagged “mac”
Remember that Mac OS-powered PDA everyone wanted after most of us had given up on the Newton? It has finally arrived. Think iPhone minus the phone and camera. Mine's on order, so I'll hold off reviewing what hasn't arrived yet, but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be the same undercarriage as the iPhone. Mac OS X at the core == hackable goodness (in a good way).
Photo via Ars Technica.
OK, this one is mostly just for me, since I don't know that any of you reading this are using Linux and wishing it had some of Mac OS X's nice features. But just in case, and mostly so that I can find it later, I introduce you to "gnome-open".
If you use and like the "open" command on Mac OS X, you can use "gnome-open" on at least OpenSUSE 10.2, and I suspect, any other Linux using Gnome. Does all of the same things -- allows you to open files, URLs, whatever from the command line. See here for more details.
I recently bought a MacBook, which is Apple's Intel-based replacement for the iBook, their consumer-level notebook. Powerful and cheap, a double whammy.
Well, one of the great things (for nerds, at least) is that, since it is Intel-based, you can run any number of x86-based operating systems, such as Windows XP, as seen here. Apple has a utility called "Boot Camp" that allows you to partition your disk and install Windows in a dual-boot setup. Way cool.
There is also one app (and one more on the way) that allows you to run other operating systems. Parallels is available now, and VMWare will be in beta "later this year".
The big benefit of VMWare is two-fold. First, VMWare has been around for a long time, and is a mature product, with features that don't currently exist in Parallels, such as "snapshots" of a VM. Snapshots allow you to save the state of a VM before doing things like installing software or a system update, and return to that state if needed, effectively "undo"ing everything since the snapshot. Second, VMWare is cross-platform compatible. This means that if you have created a VM on Windows using VMWare Workstation, you could use that VM with VMWare Player on Mac OS X on an Intel-based Mac.
Very cool stuff.
This is the first of what is sure to be many posts about the new 'Book, so stay tuned for more (or not).
