Can you wait until after Christmas for a new Apple laptop?

AppleInsider have reason to believe that the recently mooted ultra-thin MacBook is ready to be unveiled at MacWorld Expo SF in January. It's form-factor is "approximately 50 percent lighter and strikingly slimmer than the company's current 15-inch professional MacBook Pro offering. In achieving this smaller notebook footprint, Apple has reportedly adopted design cues that fall in line with the minimalist nature of its chief executive, including a bold move to omit a traditional optical disc drive from the aluminum-clad systems." They're saying that it won't even have a spinning hard drive now that Samsung's NAND flash memory goes up to as much as 64GB.

Dell use JamPack sample in teaser ad.

Somebody on the Engadget site has noticed that the soundtrack for a new Dell XPS One ad uses one of Apple's loops from a GarageBand JamPack. 'Contemplative Synth 01'in fact.
End of the PC as you know it? They're talking about the iMac, aren't they? It does look like an iMac from what I can see of it.

Actually, looking at the leaked photos it really is horrible...


Unlike the Gateway One (why the same name?) which does look like it could give the iMac a run for it's money...on looks, not OS, obviously.

What is up with My iTunes?

That's it. I've had enough. Either Apple make the My iTunes widgets work all of the time or I'm not going to use them. They didn't really work that well in the first place. I'm deleting them today. They're messing up my blog!

Stuff.tv at the iPhone launch event.

You can watch UK Flagship Apple Store event on Stuffs podcast in iTunes here.
I've just been into my nearest O2 shop to see the thing and I have to say that it is quite large for a mobile. C'mon Apple, where's that iPhone nano that we've been rumouring about?

New iPod touch ad.

We may see this ad in the UK before Christmas - once the hoohah surrounding the iPhone has died down. The track is Music is my Hot Hot Sex (ooh-err) by CCS.

Photos from Regent Street

Andrew Nesbitt, a Developer and Designer is documenting the iPhone queue in Regent Street on his Flickr page. You can also nose at the photos of his new flat, a peace protest and some flowers. Lovely.

iPod touch update adds calendar editing

MacUser have reported that calendar editing has returned to the iPod touch. Steve Jobs showed us all how to do it when the touch was unveiled, but once it arrived in the shops, the function had disappeared. The firmware update downloads in iTunes.

Synchronize watches: 6:02pm is iPhone time!

Is there really a queue for the iPhone?

There have been some news reports that a queue has formed outside the Regent Street Apple Store. Well this Flickr photo tells a different story.

Apple bumps MacBooks to Santa Rosa

AppleInsider has seen that Apple updated it's laptops this morning. Here are the details:

2.0GHz 13-inch MacBook (white)

* 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 80GB hard drive
* Intel GMA X3100 w/ 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM
* Combo drive

2.2GHz 13-inch MacBook (white)

* 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 120GB hard drive
* Intel GMA X3100 w/ 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM
* Double-layer SuperDrive

2.2GHz 13-inch MacBook (black)

* 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 160GB hard drive
* Intel GMA X3100 w/ 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM
* Double-layer SuperDrive

At the same time, Apple also began offering customers the ability to upgrade its 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro notebooks with a 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo chip and 250GB Serial ATA Drive.