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Apple now recommends virus scanners for Mac

December 2, 2008, 10:30 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Apple Tags: antivirus, Apple, OS X, security, virus

After years of panning Microsoft’s virus-prone Windows operating system, it now seems Apple’s getting a taste of its own medicine. The Mac maker has quietly updated its recommendations for customers, suggesting that “widespread use” of antivirus software will minimise risks to OS X.

Snow Leopard coming to Apple Macs in early 2009?

November 19, 2008, 11:00 am by Sam Kieldsen Leave your comment

Filed under Apple Tags: Apple, Mac, OS X, snow leopard

The Mac rumour mill has a new bit of grist to, er, churn or whatever: the word on Web Street is that Apple will unleash Snow Leopard, the latest version of OS X, as early as the first quarter of 2009.

Apple building its own search engine?

November 17, 2008, 9:34 am by James Holland 3 comments

Filed under Apple Tags: Apple, Google, Mac, OS X, search engine

We’re treating this rumour with the biggest pinch of salt we can muster, but whispering persists that Jobs and Co are hard at work on their own Google rival… or at least a prettier wrapper for it.

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 latest to get Mac OS X treatment

October 14, 2008, 4:30 pm by Will Head 1 comment

Filed under Laptops Tags: Apple, IdeaPad S10, Lenovo, Mac, OS X

You really shouldn’t do this, okay? Not unless you’ve negotiated a specific licensing agreement with Uncle Steve. But say you had, then you might then consider slipping Mac OS X onto your Lenovo IdeaPad S10.

How to get OS X Leopard running on a Dell Inspiron Mini 9

October 13, 2008, 2:30 pm by Will Head 2 comments

Filed under Laptops Tags: Apple, Dell, Inspiron Mini 9, Leopard, Mac, OS X

Yes, our very own master and commander James Holland requested it - so we could hardly let him down, now could we? Especially if we want to eat more than cold beans this month. Here for his - and indeed your - delight is the full skinny on getting OS X up and running on the dinky Dell.

Video: MSI Wind instant wake up with OS X

September 25, 2008, 3:30 pm by Will Head 1 comment

Filed under Laptops, Videos Tags: Apple, Hackintosh, Leopard, MSI, MSI Wind, OS X, Wind

If, for example, you happened to have a copy of Mac OS X that would run on your MSI Wind and Big Stevo had officially given you the go ahead to do so, you could get an almost instant on, instant off system. For instance.

MSI Wind running Windows in OS X on video

September 17, 2008, 12:30 pm by Will Head Leave your comment

Filed under Laptops, Videos Tags: Apple, Hackintosh, Leopard, MSI, MSI Wind, OS X, Wind

We’ve known for sometime that it’s possible to get OS X up and running on MSI’s little lappy - providing you’re prepared to look the other way as far as the odd end user licence agreement is concerned, that is. But it’s also got enough grunt to run Windows at the same time, which is pretty impressive.

Google Chrome for Mac available now*

September 16, 2008, 11:23 am by Will Head Leave your comment

Filed under Software Tags: Apple, browser, chrome, Google, Mac, OS X, Web

Google may have omitted to launch a Mac version of its IE killer/not IE killer Chrome browser and instead concentrated on the other 95 percent of the market, but some canny coders have whipped up a homebrewed Mac version in the interim.