Say Goodbye to the White MacBook (Updated)

Update: The MacBook will continue to be available to educational institutions, Engadget reports.

With the launch of the new Sandy Bridge MacBook Air models, Apple has sent its US$999 MacBook to the graveyard. All links for the older white MacBook model are gone from Apple's website and now redirect to the Mac landing page.

Though we will miss the venerable white model, it only makes sense. The new 13-inch MacBook Air is souped up enough to replace the MacBook for most people and the Air's US$999 price tag is reasonable. If a grand is too much to drop on a new OS X Lion machine, the new Core i5 Mac Mini may fit the bill with its starting price tag of $599. Yeah, its not a portable like the other models, but it does get you into a Lion computer for cheap.

[Via Macworld]

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Apple Releases iTunes 10.4 As 64-Bit Cocoa App For Lion


Apple this morning released iTunes 10.4 with support for Lion's Full-Screen Apps feature and, more importantly, iTunes is now a 64-bit Cocoa application under Lion.
You can now use iTunes with OS X Lion's new Full-Screen App capability, which allows you to use iTunes and other apps without distractions. Navigate between your full-screen apps with a simple gesture.

Note: iTunes is now a 64-bit Cocoa application on OS X Lion and includes a number of important stability and performance improvements. Some iTunes plug-ins may no longer be compatible with this version of iTunes. Please contact the plug-in developer for an updated plug-in compatible with iTunes 10.4.

After WWDC last month, Apple released a beta of iTunes 10.5 that was 64-bit, but it seems we don't have to wait for 10.5 to take advantage of the feature:
The primary advantage afforded 64-bit applications is the ability to address more than 4GB of memory which can be a distinct advantage for applications which use large data sets. Adobe, for example, received some criticism in 2008 that their Photoshop products were slow to adopt 64-bit mode on the Mac. 64-bit Photoshop for Mac ultimately arrived with CS5.

The reason for the long delay was the fact that Apple dropped support for 64-bit mode in Carbon back in 2007, requiring developers to port their existing Carbon applications to Cocoa in order to take advantage of 64-bit mode. This primarily affected older applications such as Photoshop and iTunes which had existed prior to Mac OS X and were still using Carbon, Apple's legacy API. Meanwhile, Cocoa was Apple's native API for Mac OS X and offered some additional user interface advantages. For better or worse, many users saw Cocoa applications as superior to their Carbon counterparts due to historic baggage of many of the Carbon applications.

64-bit support only exists in Lion; iTunes remains a 32-bit application under Snow Leopard.


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Apple Releases Safari 5.1 for Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows


Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/apple-releases-itunes-10-4-as-64-bit-cocoa-app-for-lion/

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iWork Update 6 adds OS X Lion features

As we expected, Apple today released iWork Update 6, which adds OS X Lion functionality to the iWork suite of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote and updates the suite to iWork 9.1. The update is a 90.2 MB download.

The update is available immediately through Software Update and provides full support for Full Screen mode, Resume, Auto Save, and Versions. You must be running iWork 9.0 or later for the updater to perform its magic.

According to the notes for this update, the update also adds the Lion character picker feature (holding down a key brings up all accented versions of the letter) and improves compatibility with Microsoft Office. Keynote now has two new builds called Anvil and Fall Apart.

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Multinational Bank Goes Mobile with iPhone and iPad

For Standard Chartered Bank ? a Global 500 international bank with 1800 branches on six continents ? iPhone and iPad provide a perfect platform to expand its mobile services, both internally and to its increasingly tech-savvy customers. ?With iPhone and iPad, we?re really looking at the next generation of banking,? says Todd Schofield, Global Head of Enterprise Mobility at Standard Chartered Bank. ?Managing our customers? money is a responsibility we take very seriously, and our mobile services reflect that.?

Source: http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/profiles/standard-chartered/?sr=hotnews.rss

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