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Evidentemente alla Apple hanno il terrore che qualche proprietario di iPhone si metta a scrivere software in quella allucinante ciofeca di Basic Commodore 64, noto per la sua terrificante rozzezza e per la sua allucinante lentezza!
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Every once in a while it’s healthy to reinstall your system... I know, I know, it’s almost a heresy to say that, but that’s reality in the world where our systems are totally unverifiable. In fact I don’t even attempt to verify if my Mac laptop has been compromised in any way (most system files are not signed anyway). But sometimes, you got this feeling that something might be wrong and you decide to reinstall to start your (digital) life all over again :)
The most talked about new feature in Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which debuted on August 28, is its native integration with Microsoft Exchange. The assumption was that this one feature could have the same kind of impact in opening the Mac market to corporate users as Exchange integration had on bringing the iPhone to business professionals. A new survey of TechRepublic’s CIO Jury completely debunks that assumption.
On September 1, TechRepublic polled its 90-member panel of U.S. IT executives and asked, “Does the release of Snow Leopard make your IT department more likely to adopt more Mac OS X machines?” The jury, made up of the first 12 respondents, unanimously voted “no” in a 12-0 decision.

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it may at first be difficult to understand why Apple would change to a base 10 system. But think about it once more, doesn’t Apple have a lot to gain if all the storage-containing-hardware they sell sounds bigger than it actually is? |
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Apple’s Snow Leopard (OS 10.6) came out last week, and one of its most hyped features is native support for Microsoft Exchange. Here’s what Apple says:
With Snow Leopard, the Mac is the only computer with built-in support for the latest version of Microsoft Exchange Server. So you can use your Mac — with all the features and applications you love — at home and at work and have all your messages, meetings, and contacts in one place.
What this means is that eager Mac users will be upgrading to Snow Leopard and expecting to be able to connect to Exchange at work with Apple-style “it just works” ease of configuration.
The truth is more complex; and I’m disappointed with both Apple’s publicity and the number of reviews that have simply reported its claims without investigation. That said, it is a tricky subject, and I have some sympathy with Apple, which is doing more or less the right thing at a technical level.

occupa meno spazio sul disco fisso ma una piccola parte del maggiore spazio disponibile che gli utenti si ritrovano è dovuta anche a un altro fattore: in Snow Leopard cambia l'unità di misura delle dimensioni dei dischi. Il perché è spiegato in un documento di Apple.
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