I know, I know. It’s not real, so it isn’t subject to real world perceptions. It’s essentially a concept piece. But it’s interesting nonetheless. And frankly, I love it.
via siracusa
An engineer working on the built-in graphing calculator app for Mac OS on PPC recounts his story. It’s good. You should read it.
A great review of the new retina display MacBook Pro.
A reddit user has been playing a single game of Civilization II for 10 years. Here’s the world that exists:
- The world is a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation.
- There are 3 remaining super nations in the year 3991 A.D, each competing for the scant resources left on the planet after dozens of nuclear wars have rendered vast swaths of the world uninhabitable wastelands.
Via The Verge
For $19.99. Frankly, I think they should just make it free. Not because I feel entitled to free OS updates, but that it would increase the health of the Mac ecosystem. Faster adoption of new operating systems makes developers lives easier and increases overall application quality across the board.
Anyway, this looks like a good update. Better iCloud integration with iCloud tabs and document sync, Messages, Notification Center and a lot more.
This was released alongside some new standard-display MacBook Pros. The “MacBook Pro with Retina Display” is essentially an Air version of Apple’s high end laptop. Very powerful, but it starts it at $2199 USD/$2229 CAD.
This looks like a great computer, but I’d personally get one of the new 11” Airs.
New Maps app, Siri with upgraded capabilities and now on iPad, Facebook integration and the new Passbook app. Looks like a good update.
To be released in the fall.
