New and Noteworthy: The Mac is 22 years old today; Intel Core Duo errata; more

The Mac is 22 years old today Macworld UK reports that it's 22 years since Apple first screened its epoch-defining 1984 ad for the original Macintosh at the Super Bowl. "On January 24, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984," the ad declared. "The $2,495 Mac introduced an all-new innovation: 'Users tell Macintosh what to do simply by moving a 'mouse' - a small pointing device - to select among functions listed in menus and represented by pictorial symbols on the screen,' the company said." More.

Intel Core Duo errata Geek.com offers information on the currently known errors in the Intel Core Duo, including a potentially serious issue with virtual memory swapping. "If we turn to Intel's Errata documentation for the Core Duo and Core Solo lines, we already find 34 known problems. That averages out to an error-and-a-half found every day since the chips were released. [...] If you're thinking about buying a Core Duo-based machine, you might want to stop by Intel's documentation department and pick up the latest errata updates, which are promised to be released on the following dates: February 15, March 15, April 19, May 17, June 14, July 19, August 16, September 13, October 18, November 15, December 13." More.

IBM ripening Notes features for Apple Macintosh ComputerWorld reports on a major shift in IBM's Notes for Mac strategy. The company unveiled plans at the Lotusphere 2006 conference for a vastly improved Mac version. "IBM's Lotus Development Corp. unit has offered its Lotus Notes collaboration application for Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh hardware for years, but the software never included the depth of features available to Microsoft Windows users -- and it lacked much of the familiar Mac desktop look and feel. Those shortcomings, however, may soon be history." More.

Disney to make $7 billion offer for Pixar The New York Times reports that the Walt Disney Company is planning to announce as early as Tuesday the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios in a stock transaction valued at about $7 billion, people briefed on the negotiations said Monday night. "The Walt Disney Company is expected to announce the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios in a stock transaction valued at about $7 billion. Disney's board voted to give the chief executive, Robert A. Iger, the authority to offer the chief executive of Pixar, Steven P. Jobs, about $59 a share for the company, these people said. The price would be at a slight premium over Monday's closing of $58.27 a share, which gave Pixar a market value of about $6.93 billion." More.

Previously on MacFixIt

• Apple announces PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz) Memory Slot Repair Extension Program
• Removing the Classic environment from a Mac OS X system
• Tutorial: Common workaround -- create a new user account
• Power adapter failure
• Retractable FireWire cables may not work properly with hard drives

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