New and Noteworthy: Leopard now UNIX certified; Apple to hold "Mac event"; more

Leopard now UNIX certified InfoWorld reports that Mac OS X Leopard has passed the Open Group's certification suite for Unix 03, qualifying it to use the Unix trademark. "The Open Group has issued Apple a lovely certificate of compliance. I suggest that all Leopard users print it on fine-quality, high-rag paper, frame it, and hang it in their server rooms and Mac-blessed cubicles as a reminder to Linux weenies that there are pretenders, and then there is the real thing." More.

Apple to hold "Mac event" Apple will be holding a media event next Tuesday, August 7th. The focus of the event will be the Macintosh. More.

Eight Financial Reasons Why You Should Use Mac OS In essence, they deliver a lower total cost of ownership. CIO Magazine reports. "Macs bring a better overall value proposition OK. You can buy a very low-end Windows-based PC for less than $300, if you know where to look. Good luck trying to find a Mac anywhere near that range. Even a Mac Mini will probably run you around $500. But most enterprises are unlikely to buy ultra-cheap PC hardware anyway, points out Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at JupiterMedia. 'Generally, businesses are not looking strictly at the most budget-minded hardware. They're interested in things like reliability, build quality, manageability and overall value. And from that perspective, Macs deliver very well,' he says." More.

Previously on MacFixIt:

• Security Update 2007-007 released
• Flash on the iPhone: What's holding it back
• Apple Airport Extreme Update 2007-004 for MacBooks and Intel Mac mini released
• Microsoft Office Open XML File Converter 0.2 released: Better Word conversion
• Performance problems or other issues? Make sure apps aren't running under Rosetta

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