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Andy Ihnatko - Had Jobs 'finally cracked' TV?

Thu, 24 Nov 2011

It’s that most depressing time of year for any tech pundit: the time just after Apple’s autumn iOS event. That’s it for new products for the rest of the year; it’s a drought that won’t break until January at the earliest.

It leaves us feeling all edgy and out of sorts and at a loss for what to say in social situations. “So what do you think the new iPhone is going to be like?” is how people normally greet us. It’s not an offensive question, trust me. I could answer that question. The ones that electrify me with blind panic are questions like “Hey, have you met my wife, Angela?”

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Simon Jary - Apple Qs round the block

Wed, 09 Nov 2011

Quadra  Before Steve Jobs simplified the company’s product range (see below) Apple gave its computers all sorts of nonsensical names, like Centris and Performa. One name that could at least be explained was the Quadra, which used Motorola’s 68040 processor – hence the ‘quad’. The Quadra line of pro desktop Macs was the last before Apple moved to superior PowerPC chips. The Quadra 630 was the first Mac to ditch internal SCSI disk drives for IDE. And that’s about as interesting as the Quadra got.

Quartz   The graphics and imaging engine at the heart of Mac OS X. It replaced previous imaging technology QuickDraw. Those guys really loved the letter ‘Q’.

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Andy Ihnatko - The accidental celebrity

Wed, 02 Nov 2011

I am in New York for some meetings, which, through divine ordinance, take place the same week the city is hosting the country’s second-largest annual comic book convention. Last night was Preview Night. The floor was open only to press, industry pros, and those who’d shelled out for the full four-day pass. So the crowds were a little thin. Nonetheless, I spotted plenty of people dressed as their favourite movie, comic, and cartoon characters.

If over the course of the weekend I don’t see at least three people dressed as Steve Jobs, I’m going to be very surprised and a little disappointed. At last year’s New York Comic-Con, I saw someone in a homemade Optimus Prime costume that was so true to the movie original that it, too, could out-act Shia LaBeouf. In comparison, a Steve Jobs costume is a snap: jeans, black turtleneck, and if you really want to go all-out, the right New Balance sneakers.

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