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Apple Upgrades MacBooks with Core 2 Duo

As expected, Apple upgraded MacBook family with Core 2 Duo. Now all MacBook and MacBook Pro have Intel Core 2 Duo.

From Apple:

Apple Unveils New MacBook With Intel Core 2 Duo Processors

Apple today unveiled its new line of MacBook consumer notebooks that now include Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Just one inch thin, the new MacBooks are up to 25% faster than the previous generation and feature a built-in iSight video camera, the MagSafe Power Adapter, and iLife ‘06. [Nov 08, 2006]

MacBook Core 2 Duo 11.08.2006
©2006 Apple Computer, Inc.

Notable changes from previous models:

Processor and memory

  • 1.83GHz or 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
  • 4MB shared L2 cache running at full processor speed on MacBook with 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
  • 2MB shared L2 cache running at full processor speed on MacBook with 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor

Storage

  • 60GB, 80GB, or 120GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive; optional 80GB, 120GB, or 160GB 5400-rpm; or 200GB 4200-rpm drive
  • 6x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

All Macs with the exception of the Mac mini sport Intel Core 2 Duo procesor family. Mac Pro comes with Intel Xeon Woodcrest processors which are based on the Core 2 architechtures.

Macbook Core 2 Duo @ Amazon.com
MacBook 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 512MB RAM, 60GB Hard Drive, Combo Optical Drive, White
MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM, 80GB Hard Drive, Double-Layer SuperDrive, White
MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM, 120 Hard Drive, Double-Layer SuperDrive, Black

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VMware Fusion for Mac OS X is Available to Beta Testers

Fusion – Desktop Virtualization for Mac Beta Program

What is Fusion?
Fusion is the codename for a new VMware desktop product for Mac that will enable Intel-based Macs to run x86 operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in virtual machines at the same time as Mac OS X. It is built on VMware’s robust and advanced desktop virtualization platform that is used by over four million users today.

VMware has begun sending download instructions to registered beta testers.

VMware first announced its development of desktop virtualization for Intel based Macs during Apple Worldwide Developer Conference 2006.
http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/mac.html

Interested users may sign up for the beta program at:
http://www.vmware.com/mac

VMware will send the beta program instructions to select applicants.

Update:
VMware was having server problems with the Fusion downloads yesterday. It has been fixed since.

Related Product:
Parallels Desktop for Mac

Parallels Desktop for Mac @Amazon.com

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Apple: Aperture 1.5.1 Update, Aperture 30-Day Trial, and Digital Camera RAW Support

Apple releases Aperture 1.5.1 Update and also provides 30-day trial.

Aperture Trial
http://www.apple.com/aperture/trial/
Aperture 1.5.1 Update
Aperture 1.5.1 addresses numerous issues related to overall reliability and performance in all areas of the application.

About this update
Introducing the first all-in-one post-production tool for photographers. Built from the ground up for professionals, Aperture offers an advanced RAW workflow, professional project management capabilities, powerful compare and select tools, nondestructive image processing, and versatile printing and publishing.

Learn more about Aperture.

What’s New in this Version
Aperture 1.5.1 addresses numerous issues related to overall reliability and performance in all areas of the application, including:

  • Keywords
  • Loupe
  • Cropping
  • Previews
  • Metadata presets
  • Versions
  • File renaming
  • iPhoto Library import
  • Watermarks

For more detailed information about this update, visit http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n304549.

This update is recommended for all Aperture users.

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Digital Camera RAW Support Update
This update improves RAW file format compatibility for some digital SLR cameras.

Digital Camera RAW Support Update is available in separate PPC and Universal versions.

About this update
Mac OS X Tiger provides support for a variety of popular digital camera and image file formats. Applications such as Aperture, iPhoto and Preview utilize this support to work with digital camera RAW files. This update improves RAW file format compatibility for the following digital SLR cameras:

  • Canon Digital Rebel XTi / 400D / Kiss X Digital
  • Nikon D80
  • Pentax *ist DS

Other issues addressed:

  • Handling of large Canon RAW files (.CRW)
  • DNG compatibility on Intel-based Macs
  • Lines sometimes appearing in images exported from Aperture

Download:

System Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later

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Apple releases X11 1.1.2 (Update 2006) for Mac OS X

Apple releases X11 1.1.2 for Mac OS X through Software Updates and Apple Support Downloads.

Download X11 1.1.2 from Apple Support Downloads (51MB)
System Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
  • X11 1.1 or 1.1.1

From Apple:

X11 Update 2006 

This update addresses several issues in the X11 for Mac OS X package, enabling it to better handle:

GLX stereo visuals
offscreen rendering to GLX Pbuffers and Pixmaps
To tell X11 to take advantage of stereo visuals, enter:

$ defaults write com.apple.x11 enable_stereo -bool true

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