Tuesday October 23, 2007
- "Au Revoir", Dearest Hitachi PCs - Cheerful - 20:09:23
Source : BBC NEWS (UK)
Recall the rumor of Hitachi HD Division? That was squash with Hitachi unveiling low power consumption 3.5" HDs. Instead, it turns out that ..."Hitachi is pulling out of the sale of personal computers, saying it wants to focus on larger network systems for businesses instead."Personally, I think it is a brilliant decision. They can now focus a little more effort on churning out even better HDs.
p.s. I'm not sure about you, but I certainly did not know that Hitachi actually manufactures PCs.
- Apple Reports Record Quarter Results - Lionel - 09:52:52
Yesterday, Apple reported its fourth quarter results closing its fiscal 2007 year. while posting revenue of US$6.22 billion and net quarterly profit of US$904 million, more importantly Apple shipped 2,164,000 Macs, representing 34% growth over the year-ago quarter and exceeding the previous quarterly record for Mac shipments by 400,000. Concerning iPods and iPhone, Cupertino sold 10,200,000 iPods during the quarter, and 1,389,000 iPhones for the fiscal 2007 sales. New iPod models will have most likely not massively impacted those figures, and one will have to wait for next quarter results to evaluate the success of the new iPod nano, Classic and Touch.
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- Hitachi Unveils Low Power Consumption 3.5" HDs - Lionel - 09:36:00
Source : http://www.hitachigst.com
The Energy Star label added to most of consumer electronics devices indicates that such devices follow regulations for low power consumption, especially in sleep mode.In order to follow specifications defined in the Energy Star Fourth Edition, Hitachi announced series of power-friendly 3.5" HDs: DeskStar P7K500. Storage space of those HDs will range from 250 to 500 GB and power consumption will range from 3.6 W in idle mode and 6.4 W in working mode for the 250GB model, while HDs with a larger capacity (320, 400 and 500 GB) will drain 4.8 W and 8.2 W in idle and spinning mode, respectively.
To achieve such performance, Hitachi has been using technologies developed for 2.5" notebook HDs. With such HD series, Hitachi introduced greener HDs, and we can maybe expect in a near future to have power consumption information for each computer model, similarly to the energy label already stick to our fridges, washing machines and more recently to cars.
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- Leopard iChat Specifications Released - Lionel - 09:34:59
In a TechNote, Apple released information about system requirements you need to initiate or participate in audio and video chats and conferences in Leopard iChat with all new features.
For example, if one will only need a 1 GHz G4, dual 800 MHz G4, any G5, any Intel CPU and a 128 Kbps Internet connection (up/down) to initiate/participate to a 10-Person audio conference, for video hardware requirements are much higher: 1-to-1 video conferencing 640x480: 1.83 Intel Core Duo or Dual 2 GHz G5-based Mac + 900 Kbps Internet connection (up/down). For 4-way video conferencing 320x240, one will really enjoy it is all participants own Dual 2 GHz G5, 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo-based hardware + 300/1800 Kbps up and down Internet connection (participate/initiate).
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- Soon to Be Obsolete Mac Models - Lionel - 09:34:03
Source : MacMerc
Apple is regularly adding new models to its catalog, while older ones leave the store. However, it remains possible during years to get them repair and purchase spare parts. However, this period has an end and on December 11th, Apple will add the following models to its list of obsolete units:- Airport Base Station (Dual Ethernet)
- Apple Cinema Display ADC
- Apple Studio Display 15 ADC
- Apple Studio Display 17 ADC
- Apple Studio Display 17 LCD
- iBook (16 VRAM)
- iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM)
- Macintosh Server G4 (Quicksilver 2002)
- Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002)
- PowerBook G4 (DVI)
All those models are at least 5 years old, an eternity in computer life.
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