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Wish List for 2009

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications, Hardware, News Commentary on Dec 21st, 2008 | 3 comments
Here is my modest, if a bit geeky, list of things I’m looking forward to in 2009.  This is not so much a “wish list” as a list of things that are more or less certain to happen that I happen to be excited about (now you see why “wish list” was a snappier title). Chrome for Mac (they’re workin’ on it) Journler 2.6 (While Phil Dow had originally hoped to have 2.6 ready by the end of December, he has confirmed this will not be the case. While he has considered selling the project, he has confirmed in a private message with a forum member that he intended to...
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Maryland Is Smarter Than New York. Yep, I Said It. Take The Bar On Your Mac.

Posted by EsquireMac in News Commentary on Jul 31st, 2008 | 0 comments
You may have heard that, while bar exam takers in New York can use their laptops, they can’t use their Macs: PCs only, please. Fellow legal Mac bloggers discussed the story here (No Macs!) and here (New York State Bar Says No To Macs). I was pleased to see that Maryland bar exam takers could use their Macs if they wanted. Maryland uses the same software as New York: Examsoft. Here are the Maryland requirements: The ExamSoft software works on PCs using the English language version of Windows Vista (any edition), Windows XP (Professional, Home, and Tablet PC editions) and Windows 2000...
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Open Tech’s Chances vs. Apple?

Posted by EsquireMac in News Commentary on Jul 22nd, 2008 | 4 comments
This is a follow up of a post from earlier this week: Open Tech: Ain’t Skeert of Apple v. Psystar. Engadget reported on the issue this morning with a headline of: “Open Tech’s ‘Mac clone’ demonstrates a firm misunderstanding of the law.” Engadget went on to say: We’re guessing they figure that as long as they aren’t loading OS X onto the computer themselves, they won’t have any trouble from Apple, but that’s where they go wrong. In addition to the EULA and copyright allegations, Apple’s complaint against Psystar has claims for inducing...
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Open Tech: Ain’t Skeert of Apple v. Psystar

Posted by EsquireMac in News Commentary on Jul 21st, 2008 | 1 comment
Hot on the heels of Apple’s fresh lawsuit against Psystar for selling PC boxes with OS X preinstalled, a new challenger shows its face. TUAW reported this evening that Open Tech has announced a PC box that is capable of running OS X.  According to Open Tech’s website: Open Tech is proud to announce a desktop that is fully capable of running many operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, OSX Leopard, and Ubuntu 8.04. The Open Tech Computer is meant to be open, you can choose want you want it to be. Since the Open Tech Computer is fully customizable, you can customize the RAM,...
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Apple v. Psystar: What’s Up With That?

Posted by EsquireMac in News Commentary on Jul 17th, 2008 | 1 comment
So, you may have heard (you know, from here or here or here or here or here, ad infinitum) that Apple, Inc. has filed suit against Psystar Corporation. Psystar is the company that began selling Open Computer a few months ago. Open Computer is a PC box built by Psystar with the promise of being capable of running Apple’s OS X “out of the box.” Psystar offered, for an additional fee, to pre-install OS X on Open Computer. If you are interested, you can buy a copy of the complaint from here for $9.99. Or, for the much more reasonable price of free, you can download a copy of the...
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