Quad Core Xeons are here - almost.

If you were waiting for your Quad-Core Mac Pros to come out soon, look no further than Q1 of 2007. In all probability Apple will announce something along those lines at MacWorld 2007 in San Fransisco. The question is not how fast they will be (screamers), but when OS X developers will start developing apps that make use of all these hordes of CPUs. These new Quad-Core Mac Pros will mesh perfectly with Adobe's release of CS3. I know I'll be in line, how about you?

The MacCast hosting fiasco

One of my favourite podcasts, The MacCast was taken offline recently by GoDaddy.com for allegedly using too much processor bandwidth. This was a big blow to Adam Christiansen, who runs the podcast, as he received no warning from GoDaddy that his site would be taken offline. Anyways, the site is back up but Adam and the supporters of The Maccast are going to have to think seriously about how to prevent this again.

New iMacs

To the surprise of many Apple quietly announced the addition of new iMacs this week. The Core 2 Duo (Merom) chip is now present in all models, replacing the Core Duos. A huge 24" iMac was announced too, for those we would term 'prosumers'. Thankfully, on most models 1GB of DDR2 RAM is now standard. It was about time. The iMac remains a solid desktop solution for those wanting a slew of features for a reasonable price.