Gathered, if I remember well, from my Mac LC (’90), PowerBook 270c (’92), Power Mac 6200 (’95), iBook SE (’99), Power Mac G4 (’99), PowerBook G4 (’02), PowerBook G4 12.1″ (’03), iPod (’03), Power Mac G5 (’04), iPod (’05), MacBook (’06), iPod nano (’06), iPhone (’07), iMac (’07).

“A new platform is like a new musical instrument. You can transpose existing music for it, or write new music that exploits its unique expressive power. The saxophone, for example, solved two problems: it provided better coupling and impedance between the reed and the air mass; and the mechanics offered better, faster fingering and a wider range of notes. You could play Bach fugues on a saxophone (rather nicely) or explore the then-emerging genre of jazz.”

Jean-Louis Gassée, Be Newsletter, Volume II, Issue 49. From The Quotable JLG.

The man who brought the mouse to the market.

Magnesium	Titanium	Aluminium		next?

Update: DamienG is more voluble. Berylium, anyone?

iPod+iTunes continuous play: When your iPod is playing and you plug it, it stops and iTunes continues to play the same song (unless iTunes was already playing something). In the other way too: when you unplug an iPod, it continues to play what iTunes was playing. Speaking of iTunes, can we expect an iTunes Pro?Update: Apple TV, released March 20, does it for paused movies.Update 2: iTunes Plus, introduced May 30.

10. iPod huge
09. call center to support 2-button Mighty Mouse customers
08. housing Steve Jobs’ ego
07. supercomputer to find Mac customers
06. …

Ref: Apple Computer pays $45M-$50M for data center in Newark

Well done and very funny video parody…

More real than reality…

Apple products are usually very cool. Well, this one will keep your iPod warm during winter.

Watch Steve Jobs’ keynote with Bono and The Edge. iPod U2 looks awful though.

Short article on JustOneMorething.com in SVM Mac, the best French magazine about Macs. Merci Hervé pour le scan !