http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/linktronics/linktronic.php Mac Links that Matter en http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/linktronics/images/favicon.jpg http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/linktronics/linktronic.php Copyright 2009 John Ward http://lowendmac.com/thomas/09tt/ibm-model-m-keyboard.html http://lowendmac.com/thomas/09tt/ibm-model-m-keyboard.html Many consider the IBM Model M keyboard the finest computer keyboard ever made. Here's why. http://www.applematters.com/article/why-is-apple-letting-the-pc-guy-be-my-hero/ http://www.applematters.com/article/why-is-apple-letting-the-pc-guy-be-my-hero/ I just watched another of those "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads. PC guy is so cool, even though he's not meant to be. http://www.macnightowl.com/2009/05/the-night-owl-will-switch-to-notebooks-in-five-years/ http://www.macnightowl.com/2009/05/the-night-owl-will-switch-to-notebooks-in-five-years/ As you know, Apple sells far more notebooks than desktops these days. That's just the trend in the industry, accelerated on the PC side by the rise of netbooks. http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/12/atandt-issues-official-statement-on-slingplayers-3g-blackout-for/ Sweating bullets over network saturation, are we? AT&T is obviously taking a good helping of heat today over Sling's rock-and-a-hard-place decision. http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/05/12/madison-avenue-and-the-app-store/ http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/05/12/madison-avenue-and-the-app-store/ There are two new reports this week about how to use Apple's (AAPL) App Store as a marketing medium. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Apple/Entourage-Is-the-Big-Pothole-on-the-Road-to-the-Mac-107729/?kc=rss http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Apple/Entourage-Is-the-Big-Pothole-on-the-Road-to-the-Mac-107729/?kc=rss eWEEK Labs' Cameron Sturdevant has been making the conversion from the PC to the Mac, but there's one thing that keeps him coming back for Windows: Entourage is a second-class e-mail client. http://cultofmac.com/david-hockney-brings-iphone-art-to-gallery/10599 http://cultofmac.com/david-hockney-brings-iphone-art-to-gallery/10599 We wondered whether iPhone art was gallery ready, perhaps it took grandad of Pop art 71- year-old David Hockney to convince those who put art on the walls for a living that the output was more than random doodling. http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1522989.html http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1522989.html Dan Frakes' 3-year-old daughter likes to play in the sand, finger paint and sing along to "The Wheels on the Bus." http://www.macworld.com/article/140546/2009/05/times_reader_20_get_with_the_times.html?lsrc=rss_main http://www.macworld.com/article/140546/2009/05/times_reader_20_get_with_the_times.html?lsrc=rss_main In our increasingly digital world, printed newspapers are sometimes thought of as relics. Who wants to get ink on their fingers and have to recycle the paper when they're finished reading it when you can go to the Web and get the same news. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=105865 http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=105865 With marketers caught up in the iPhone app frenzy, a new report aims to help companies take a step back and soberly assess whether to hawk their own branded mobile wares on App Store shelves. http://lowendmac.com/ed/hatchett/09jh/the-ac-adapter-blues.html http://lowendmac.com/ed/hatchett/09jh/the-ac-adapter-blues.html Between cell phones, notebook computers, and other devices, we're going to bury the world in power adapters. http://lowendmac.com/ed/moore/09cwm/averatech-n2700.html http://lowendmac.com/ed/moore/09cwm/averatech-n2700.html This lightweight laptop has the power of the MacBook, the footprint of the 12-inch PowerBook, and a $699 price tag. http://www.macnightowl.com/2009/05/a-few-things-not-to-expect-from-apple/ http://www.macnightowl.com/2009/05/a-few-things-not-to-expect-from-apple/ As we close in on the WWDC and Apple's expected new product announcements, there are a number of expectations from both Apple customers and the media. http://technologizer.com/2009/05/11/congratulations-michelle-its-a-mac/ http://technologizer.com/2009/05/11/congratulations-michelle-its-a-mac/ I was in the Apple Store yesterday, and I started playing around with the laptops. They're so cool! I'm getting a Mac! http://wireless.ign.com/articles/981/981645p1.html http://wireless.ign.com/articles/981/981645p1.html The classic is now available for the iPhone, coming though the App Store at a very healthy 722 MB. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/11/apple_freezes_snow_leopard_apis_as_software_nears_final_stretch.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/11/apple_freezes_snow_leopard_apis_as_software_nears_final_stretch.html Apple this past weekend distributed a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that altered the programming methods used to optimize code for multi-core Macs, telling developers they were the last programming-oriented changes planned ahead of the software's release. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346765,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346765,00.asp Understanding how Apple thinks when it comes to designing products can help us figure what sort of gadgets the company might next unveil. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/11/apple-harpoons-an-iphone-app-due-to-fail-whale-sighting/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/11/apple-harpoons-an-iphone-app-due-to-fail-whale-sighting/ Apple has a lot of silly reasons for rejecting iPhone apps, but Twitter seems to bring out some of the best of them. http://www.macworld.com/article/140545/2009/05/nvidiasuit.html?lsrc=linktronics http://www.macworld.com/article/140545/2009/05/nvidiasuit.html?lsrc=linktronics Five plaintiffs join forces to demand class-action lawsuit. http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/apple-rejects-bittorrent-control-app-from-app-store-because-it-m/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/apple-rejects-bittorrent-control-app-from-app-store-because-it-m/ The company rejected Maza's Drivetrain, an app that allows users to remotely control the Transmission Bittorrent app. http://www.macworld.com/article/140541/2009/05/iphone_heat.html?lsrc=rss_main http://www.macworld.com/article/140541/2009/05/iphone_heat.html?lsrc=rss_main Just the other day, I was using Google Maps on my first-generation iPhone to track my position and get directions to a Chevy service center when a call came in. The moment the phone made contact with my ear, I reflexively jerked it away-that's how hot it had become. http://www.macworld.com/article/140532/2009/05/add_audio_to_imovie.html?lsrc=rss_main http://www.macworld.com/article/140532/2009/05/add_audio_to_imovie.html?lsrc=rss_main Reader Ralph Svendsen followed some earlier advice about extracting audio tracks from iMovie projects. He'd now like to put one of these audio tracks back but needs some help. http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=25970&pagtype=allchandate http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=25970&pagtype=allchandate An Apple app developer believes that the future of the Apple TV lies in video gaming built on the success of the iPhone and iPod touch. http://adage.com/article?article_id=136545 http://adage.com/article?article_id=136545 As marketer goes mass, issues arise around third-party content. http://lowendmac.com/ed/moore/09cwm/powerbook-2400-crossover.html http://lowendmac.com/ed/moore/09cwm/powerbook-2400-crossover.html Built by IBM Japan, the PowerBook 2400c remains the smallest footprint notebook that Apple has ever produced, comparable in size to today's 12-inch netbooks. http://www.applematters.com/article/what-apple-tv-could-learn-from-the-iphone/ http://www.applematters.com/article/what-apple-tv-could-learn-from-the-iphone/ The iPhone and the Apple TV share many things in common except for one big thing. The iPhone is a roaring success. http://www.macnightowl.com/2009/05/21st-century-email-remains-a-mess/ http://www.macnightowl.com/2009/05/21st-century-email-remains-a-mess/ One of the earliest features folks embraced when they discovered the Internet was obviously email. http://www.applematters.com/article/why-is-microsoft-trying-so-hard-to-portray-its-customers-as-impetuous-fools/ http://www.applematters.com/article/why-is-microsoft-trying-so-hard-to-portray-its-customers-as-impetuous-fools/ Microsoft's latest ad campaign, the "Laptop Hunters" continues to show PC buyers as ignorant, impulsive and, just as surprising, continue to promote Macs as a real alternative. http://www.macnightowl.com/2009/05/warming-up-to-an-apple-netbook-maybe/ http://www.macnightowl.com/2009/05/warming-up-to-an-apple-netbook-maybe/ We know that the tech media can't stop talking about netbooks, particularly the one missing from the market, and that's a model with an Apple label on it. It's also not certain yet, despite what the pundits say, if the netbook will actually survive beyond its short-term success. http://www.applematters.com/article/what-would-a-budget-mac-look-like/ http://www.applematters.com/article/what-would-a-budget-mac-look-like/ AppleInsider is reporting that Apple could be about to release a budget Mac. Rumor is it could be a budget Mac mini, iMac, or MacBook. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/macnightowl/~3/nKaxwGDGIm4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/macnightowl/~3/nKaxwGDGIm4/ As Amazon reportedly prepares to release a grown-up version of its Kindle book reader to handle magazines and newspapers, you have to wonder just how Apple might enter this arena.