This has to be one the coolest laptops to be unveiled for a while, it fact could this be the Apple beater, that we have all heard was coming but the Sony Vaio TT ultraportable has all the looks and style of the Apple MacBook, but with the style of Sony too.
Occasionally something comes along that really makes you raise your eyebrows in surprise, and this laptop cases which are specifically designed for the Apple MacBook are without doubt stylish, but when it comes to being practical, then there has to be a question mark above it.
You may not be familiar with the Olidata brand, so here is a slight background. The company is based in Italy, and have a reputation for making quality machines. The Conte ranges are looking like a direct attack on the Apple Air market, these machine are both light and ultra thin.
One of the things that owners of the Apple iPhone complain about the most is the lack of a keyboard; fortunately, there are some people out there who are busy working on a decent solution to the problem.
Slash Gear has a post on a hack that allows you to get an MSI Wind fully operational with OSX. This little hack makes the Wind the cheapest Mac out there, and with Apple still on the fence about their netbook plans, you might want to scoop up a Wind and get OSX-ing.
This looks like a pretty simple, straightforward hack.
PC World is reporting that Intel and Ericsson will team up to offer a text message-based security system that will shut down stolen or lost laptops.
Sun has announced it will expand it’s OpenSolaris OS to data centers and two new Toshiba laptops. Another thing for Windows to whine about.
Speaking of the bi
ZDnet is reporting HP plans to intor a new battery that can last for three years without degradation. I’ll believe it when I see it, but the idea is neat.
PC World has it that Fujitsu Siemens will joining the mobile broadband initiative, a group focused on bringing mobile broadband to laptops and other devices.
Ars Technia first turned me on to the new developer build for Mac OSX is out there.
Looks like the build has over 100 fixes, but Apple is still asking for input concerning Mail.
Ars said:
Apple is asking developers to bang on MobileMe’s automatic syncing feature with portable Macs and on networks with medium-to-high latency or constrained bandwidth. Apple wants to hear from developers who work behind firewalls and
cNet has an interesting article on laptops and how c=some machines are very specific. So, you might need two. More is always better.
According to Computer World, Acer has out performed Asus in the netbook market, showing that the new market can make way for some little names to become big ones.
