For those who has the redemption coupons for the free Leopard upgrade, its ready for collection from 28th November onwards. For any enquires you can call up the NUS IT Co-op (who’s handling the redemption) at  67732544.

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More and more evidence showing that Windows Vista was a direct copy of Tiger. The Vista executives, especially Jim Allchin, was so impressed with Tiger, as shown in the following email exchanges.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/103108/microsoft-emails-reveal-tiger-envy.html

http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07278.pdf

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Please get your updates via Software Update.

Some features updated are:
- connecting to wireless networks using the EAP-FAST protocol
- Apple USB modem reliability
- using OpenType fonts in Microsoft Word
- compatibility with 3rd party USB hubs
- scanner performance
- RAW camera support
- printing documents with Asian language names
- performance of the Translation widget
- broadband network performance
- security updates

[More Information on Update]

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Apple has released a firmware update for all MacBooks which is said to solve both the Moo-ing problem and improve upon the “Hot MacBook Problem”. So far the reviews have been very good, with most users reporting significant decreases in temperature.

MacNN Forums link

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Changes in Boot Camp 1.1 beta

• Boot Camp 1.1 beta contains many updates and is intended for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users.

Boot Camp 1.1 beta includes:

• Support for the latest Intel-based Macintosh computers
• Easier partitioning using presets for popular sizes
• Ability to install Windows XP on any internal disk
• Support for built-in iSight cameras
• Support for built-in microphones
• Right-click when pressing the right-hand Apple key on Apple keyboards
• Improved Apple keyboard support including Delete, PrintScreen, NumLock, and ScrollLock keys

[Boot Camp v1.1]

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