Apple's online store currently says orders for the 27-inch iMac will be shipped in two weeks, which means the machines would not likely arrive until after the Christmas holiday. News of the delay was reported earlier by Apple news sites including Apple Insider.
The delays come as new retail sales data show that Apple desktop computers are surging in popularity.
via online.wsj.com
I'm now a Mac... a 27" iMac to be specific, and loving it. I've had no troubles and the HUGE screen is wonderful to work with. I'll blog my move from Windows to the Mac over the holidays when I have more time... Cheers!
It's amazing to me that the Norton Internet Security 2009 software I have installed on my daughter's computer can not detect the "Internet Security 2010 virus" that looks so much like norton antivirus software. Even though this virus is so obnoxious... Popping up fake windows, flashing the background... it's also removed things like the taskmgr, so I can't get rid of it. I have no choice but the nuclear option of formatting the disk and reinstalling the operating system. So much for Norton...
I Stumbled across Tal Wilkenfeld while looking for a Charlie Parker album on iTunes. As I scanned the "Listeners Also Bought" box and saw all the usual suspects (Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, etc...) Tal's, name caught my eye. (don't ask me why a line of bass players showed up... I just searched for "Au Privave" and their they were...) I've never heard of her but you can listen to some of her cuts here. I highly recommend the album. She's a very talented bass player and the music is interesting and fun.
An interesting note of coincidence, I had already seen her play with Jeff Beck at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. I noticed her but didn't put it together with this album until I checked out her website. She looks very different between the Video performance and her album cover.
Paul
The Wall Street Journal article:
AT&T Faces Data Dilemma
Carrier Plans to Offer 'Incentives' to Cut Back on Usage
This is a real Face->>Palm quote... I hope Apple is planning to blow the iPhone out to other carriers once the exclusivity deal expires. AT&T are idiots. This forum quote from the article is spot on...
ITunes is also facing pressure from competing services that allow users to listen to "streaming" music either cheaply or free on computers or portable, Internet-connected devices like the iPhone or iPod touch.
via online.wsj.com
No kidding... I really like the the Lala website for streaming music but the LaLa Music Mover keeps choking on my > 11,000 music files I'm trying to sync with the service. I'm thinking there needs to be some major investment in infrastructure at LaLa.
I know I'm stretching it here, but back in July I blogged a brief plea to apple to add streaming to their product mix... specifically for the iphone.
see here => Apple needs to add iTunes streaming to the iPhone a la Simplify!
I actually like the way Simplify works on both my iphone and desktop better than LaLa, but it does seem that LaLa has a better business model. Read the analysis (Forget overpriced music subscriptions, cheap cloud music heading to iTunes) over at Geek.com