iMac, Mac Mini and Mac Pro update for better value and greenness.

Faster, greener and better value for your money. So, if you have an Mac that is more then 3 years old maybe is a good time for an New Mac, or if you are a switcher look for an replacement desktop the new Mac Mini will be the best choose and a green choose cause you don't have to though away those HP or Dell LCD monitor and keyboard for you old PC.

Possible Time Capsule & Airport Extreme update?

According to Appleinsider that Apple might be ready to update it's Airport wireless product with dual spectrum to solve one of the problem of supporting different wireless product within the same network. Today a home wireless network might be supporting difference device like computer, iPhone, media server, game console IP Cam and they all use different wireless spectrum ranging from the slow 802.11b to ultra fast 802.11n. The problem with supporting multi-spectrum in one network chip is the system have to switch constantly between different radio signal therefor slowing down the overall performance of the network. With dual spectrum the low band signal like 11b/g will stay within their own channel and the 11n can operate with better efficiency.

New iMac and Mac Mini coming?

The internet is buzzing with the rumor that Apple will be introducing the long awaited update to the iMac and Mac Mini within the month of March. Those updates a likely to be speed bump and better value package like lager hard drive, more stander memory and faster GPU. I think is unlikely for Apple to introduce an all new design in todays economy with desktop sales slow to a stand still. I think most consumer will be looking a good deal, for Apple to stay competitive with the other PC vendor, introduce an all new design will not be as competitive as squeezing more life out of the current design, which still look very good compare to other new PC design.

Cans the US auto design complete?

As the Geneva Auto Show about to start it reminded me that a lot of the european auto brand does belong to the same group in the US but it doesn't mean that they sell the same car model or share the same design language. In my opinion the european usually does a much better job in styling and packaging the same platform technology compare to the US. Take a look at the above example of the Euro version (Ampera) of the GM Chevy Volt, which will be sold in Europe under Opel and compare it with the US version below. The "Ampera" is just much more better looking and look much more like an advance automobile. Under those skin they are identical in technology design.

Look at this Ford example. The American Ford has been making small car for years using the underlaying design platform from Mazda (Part of Ford Group). Both US and Euro version share the same model name but look completely different. and I will rather spend my dollars on the Euro version on the right over the US version on the left.

The US auto company like Ford are starting to taking a hard look at those Euro model not just styling but also their efficiency technology which the European are much better with due to high gas price and cost of ownership. Below is the US version of the successful Ford Europe "Fiesta".

Rumor on the internet also suggested that American Ford might be building this lovable crossover name "Kuga" in the US also which are based on the European Ford Focus.

Open Source Car?

When everything in the hardware and software are going open source, can a complete automobile go open source too? At this year's Geneva Auto show the EDAG is testing the idea with their new "Light-Car - Open Source" concept.

Safari 4 Beta

New and improve with 150 new feature on the new Safari 4 web browser. If you are venture enough to use beta software you can try this new public beta and get lighting fast page load especially on Javascript base website. It also looks like the new Safari also borrow some of the concept from Google open source browser Chome which are also based on the open source WebKit project. Both Top Site and History Search feature is very nicely done in MacOSX style. Safari 4 also support the new HTML 5 stander with aloud web application to be stored offline. Which Google has demoed at Mobile World Congress this month with the new google mail running offline on the iPhone. As I have said on my last post that we can expect Apple to focus heavily on software to keep consumer looking at the Apple conner.

2009 the year of software for Mac.

As the years move on to Feb. no new major Mac hardware has been announced in Macworld or the Mac 25th anniversary. I think with the slow economy and low consumer spending Apple might be focusing on their software offering to help keep the company in a heathy and positive growth. A matter of fact it is Apple software effort that really make a different between a Window PC and the Mac PC. Also, a great software will not just keep Mac user happy it will also can make a PC user switch. So if you happen to leave in a city that has an Apple retail store, look for some important changes this year that the Apple retail store will focus more on software and that will also hold true to iPhone. If you're looking for an all new redesign iMac in 2009 I don't think it will happen, but I'm sure Apple will upgrade the Mac line to stay competitive. I think the biggest improvement in the Mac will surely be in OSX 10.6.x.