Klaus' Korner

I got my first personal computer, the Altair 8800, in 1975. It came as a kit and included only the parts to build a case, power supply, an 18-slot card cage (with four slots available), an 8080-based CPU card, and a memory card with 256 bytes of memory (not 256k or 256mb, but 256 bytes). Oh my, those were the days. What memories! Teletype machines, paper tape, boot loaders, ADM-3…

Mac News: The MacBook Air wedge aesthetic: Now an Apple patent    A new Apple patent may signal legal wrangling ahead for the Windows laptop wedge design crowd — which means pretty much every major PC maker on the planet. Apple’s patent No. D661,296 S is described as “the ornamental design for an electronic device” and shows about a dozen images (PDF) of wedge-shaped Apple MacBook Air-like designs.     Read…

Apple News: Apple’s New MacBook Orders Cause Supply Chain Labor Shortages    Though Apple Inc. hasn’t officially announced the release date of its highly anticipated new 15-inch MacBook Pro, the advance booking is in full swing. And heavy booking orders from Apple have left the supply chain makers unable to meet demands. According to the sources, many upbeat supply chain makers are even outsourcing the orders to meet the shipment…

Mac News: Oracle provides Java fixes directly to Mac users    The recent Flashback Trojan exposed a problem that OS X has with Java—specifically, that the development of Java on the Mac hasn’t kept pace with the Java for Windows or Linux. Flashback uses an unpatched Java vulnerability to install itself on a Mac, a hole that Oracle, the developers of Java, had patched in Java for other platforms. Apple…

Mac News: Regarding MS Office for iPadWhat’s the worst that could happen? Everything that Microsoft hopes for with Windows 8 on tablets comes true and it becomes the new Windows PC for the new dominant form factor. The iPad takes the position of the Mac in the PC space. Guess who’s still laughing all the way to the bank? “Does it run Office?” – “Yes, it’s on the App Store.”Read…