New and Noteworthy: 10th annual Apple Design Awards; Wall Street Journal recommends Macs over PCs in Buyer's Guide; more
New and Noteworthy: 10th annual Apple Design Awards; Wall Street Journal recommends Macs over PCs in Buyer's Guide; more
10th annual Apple Design Awards Apple's 10th annual Design Awards ceremony will be held at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. Apple says "This year?s contest rewards outstanding software design on Mac OS X 10.3.x Panther, in the areas of platform innovation, user experience, technology adoption, performance optimization, and use of Open Source." The winner in each category receives: a 17-inch PowerBook G4, a Dual 2.5 GHz Power Mac G5, an Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display, an ADC Premier membership, and a MacWorld 2006 marketing package. The winning Student developer wins a 17-inch PowerBook G4, a full conference pass to the 2005 WWDC, airfare to the WWDC 2005, and lodging during the week of the 2005 WWDC. More.
Wall Street Journal recommends Macs over PCs in Buyer's Guide The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has once again recommended the Mac OS X platform over Windows in a Spring buyer's guide. Mossberg writes: "Because they are beautifully designed and so far haven't attracted viruses or spyware, Apple Computer's Macintosh models are getting more consideration than they have in years from Windows users. You can now buy a full-fledged, decently equipped Mac, called the Mac Mini, for just $499. It doesn't include a keyboard, mouse or monitor, but it can use the ones you already have on your old Windows machine. Doubling the memory adds $75. Apple's iMac G5 models, starting at $1,299, are an even better choice. They use a powerful processor called the G5, and they have a brilliant built-in flat-panel screen. The Mac does everything a typical user needs at least as well as a Windows computer, and it's about to get a major new upgrade of its operating system, which already bests Windows in some respects." More.
UBS sees new device in Apple's future NewsFactor reports that UBS Investment Research released a report that speculates on the direction Apple might take in the future, including the release of a digital media hub, multimedia-capable iPods and even an iTunes Music Store-like movie download service. "Analysts Jeff Brickman and Ben Reitzes, who authored the research note, also estimated that the company will report earnings of 23 cents per share during its quarterly conference call with analysts on April 13. They expect Apple's revenue to hit the US$3.2 billion mark, which would be a 67 percent year-over-year increase from the same quarter in 2004." More.
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