Archive for the 'Hardware' Category

FrankenMac as a HTPC?

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Thanks to Psystar and their “Open Computer” Mac clones (aka FrankenMacs) have been all over the Internets lately. As a Mini owner and a FrankenMac dabbler I thought I should weigh in on the issue as it relates to the Home Theater environment. The short version of the story? Move along, nothing to [...]

MacWorld Review: HDMI Switches

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

MacWorld has a brief review of a couple of HDMI switches - one from Iogear and one from XtremeMac. Functionally they sound about the same, here’s a quote from the article:
Both products work similarly, and perform a simple function. The Iogear 4 Port Switch includes a single button on the front for cycling through input [...]

New “Mini” Mini on the Horizon?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

According to the folks over at

Control Your Mac With a iPhone or iPod Touch

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

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I ran across this over at Gizmodo but on the off chance anyone missed it the first go-round, I thought it was interesting enough to share again. In a nutshell Touchpad.app allows you to use your iPhone or iPod touch as a [...]

Apple TV Arriving Soon

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

The newest addition to the Apple family is finally being shipped today to those that thought ahead and pre-ordered. The media hub Apple TV, which was unveiled in January, was originally scheduled to be released at the end of February but had a few delays pushing the availability back till mid-March. For those of us [...]

AppleTV and the iPhone

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

So I’ve been watching the

Mac mini DVR from Miglia Technology

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

I have to admit, ever since I got a HD-DVR from Comcast I haven’t really felt the need to pursue DVR functionality from my mini, but for those of you interested in just such a device Miglia has announce the TVMax.
One feature that’s nice to see in any TV/DVR add-on for the mini is hardware [...]

RF remote for FrontRow

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

If like me you found that your Keyspan Express remote suffered from poor line of sight communication to the receiver, Keyspan now offers an RF based remote that just might solve your usability problems.
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maccontrol

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

maccontrol offers quite a bit more than the average remote-control but then again there’s nothing average about the

Apple introduces the Mighty Mouse

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

Apple has introduced a new mouse with a 360deg scroll wheel and 4 touch-sensitive buttons. Dubbed the ‘Mighty mouse’ the device confirms Apple’s work on a multi-button mouse, but in traditional Apple fashion adds something new to the mix.