Free Crossover Mac Pro all day Today
CrossOver Mac lets you install many popular Windows applications and games on your Intel-based Mac running OS X. Codeweavers, the creator of the software offered a lame duck challenge to George W. Bush, if the president achieved one of six “Lame Duck” goals during end of his 2nd term, codeweavers would make Windows-API enabler & WINE GUI CrossOver application free to customers for one day. Fortunately(or unfortunately) the global economic condition brought the average price per gallon in Minneapolis down to the target $2.79 which is one of the goals of the challenge. As promised Codeweavers offer all of their application free to download today. Due to overwhelming traffic their website is down right now, but you can still get a serial number which can be used for the next 48 hours to activate the applications.
OpenOffice 3.0 Released, for Mac
The OpenOffice.org Community announced earlier this week the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0. OpenOffice is a free office software suite designed as an alternative to Microsoft Office. The OpenOffice.org (OOo) project ranks high among the most popular open source software applications. In the new version users no longer have to rely on the NeoOffice port or use X11 to run OOo on a Mac. Even corporations begin to use Openoffice in their workplaces. To find the major deployments over the world visit here.
Apple Unveils 24-inch LED Cinema Display for MacBook
Apple unveiled a LED Cinema Display featuring a stunning 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display which is designed for the new MacBook® family. The display contains a built-in iSight® video camera, mic and speakers enclosed in aluminum. The new LED Cinema Display will be available in November through the Apple Stores.
BlackBerry to Boost Mac Support
BlackBerry maker RIM plans to release a set of new tools which will address a number of longstanding complaints from Mac users. Currently, some of the important functions offered by BlackBerry Desktop software for Windows is not available for Mac. New Mac tools are expected to be released during the first half of next year.
Mac’s Market Share Continues to Grow
Mac’s user base is growing in a rapid phase,thanks to iPod’s popularity. More and more personal users and small business community are moving to Apple’s Mac computers from Windows PC. Analysts believe Mac’s growing popularity is partly due to a “halo effect,” created by Apple’s iPod. Apple had a 10.4 home market share at the end of the first quarter of this year, compared to 7.5 percent for the first quarter of 2007, and 5.4 percent for the first quarter of 2006. Release of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows Vista also helped Mac to furthered its success.
Microsot Resosponds to Mac ad, enlists Seinfeld
The “Get a Mac” campaign may one of the reasons behind Apple’s rising market share in computer industry. Now Microsoft is fighting back with its own ad campaign. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in the $300 million ad campaign which is going to be launched soon. The new ad effort is expected to use some variation of the slogan “Windows, Not Walls.” But its doubtful that $300 million is sufficient to reverse the negative public perception of Windows Vista.
Record Setting in Downgrading.
Performance and metrics researcher Devil Mountain Software reports that its survey of over 3,000 Vista PCs revealed nearly 35 percent to be running XP. That means one in three PCs with Vista is downgraded to XP. PC makers have been selling Vista license but actually shipping them with XP installed. Customers want XP so vendors are using the loop holes to provide it. But the survey I’m looking for is..how many people chose Mac because of Vista?
First Apple Store in China.
Apple opened its first store in China. The new store is located in Beijing’s newest Village at Sanlitun. The store carries the same design as Apple’s other retail stores but with a multilingual Genius bar. iPhone is not available in China at this point. This will be their 219th retail store worldwide.
