News for Saturday, 30 September 2006

The MacPro is often delivered with a Sony DW-D150A SuperDrive, which does not officially exist.

After endless searching and taking a large risk, we discovered that it is in fact a NEC ND-4570.
In XP (as it is not possible under OS X), we succeeded in in returning it to its original identity, which accelerated the reading and writing speed of CDs and added support for DVD-RAM.
You can read it all at the following:
http://www.hardmac.com/articles/62/
[Update] We have modified the article. Flashing now works in OS X :) (Thanks Andy)

We're sorry for those who have been holding their breath for weeks awaiting the possible renewal of the MacBook Pro range. This announcement from Denis will not make things easier :)

Just to let you know that I just returned from the Apple Store in London, where they have discounted the MacBook Pro!
There is a 150 to 200 Pound reduction from the standard price... Are the MBPs based on the Meron arriving??? ;-)

In Euros, the discount varies from 220 to 300.

Here is the photo of the "Macbidouilleurs" and "MacBidouilleuses" who came to see us at the Apple Expo this year.
In a few weeks, we will have another version to show you, which I made into a Panorama with a Hasselblad XPan. We will be making it into a large banner. It will be useful to use for the expo stand next year.


If you would like a much bigger (and better) version, click here (Attention: for those of you on dial-up, it is 1.4 Megs)