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Linux on the Mac mini

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: February 11, 2005
Introduction On January 11th, when Jobs’ announced that the rumors of a small, cheap Mac were true, I hopped on the Mac mini bandwagon. Minutes after the keynote wrapped up, I swung by Apple’s online store and managed to place the order before the throngs of people crushed the site. I wasn’t exactly sure what I [...]
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IBM Drops PC Business

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: December 8, 2004
It’s now official: according to the press release, IBM has sold their PC business to Asia’s leading PC manufacturer Lenovo. Under the deal, IBM will keep an 18.9 percent stake in Levono, Lenovo will pay $1.25 billion for the IBM PC unit and assume debt, which will bring the total cost to $1.75 billion. Lenovo [...]
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IBM Dropping PC Business

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: December 4, 2004
The New York Times is reporting that IBM is putting its PC business up for sale. Any sale would include both IBM’s desktop and laptop lines. I haven’t heard or seen anything other than the news available on the Internet… I guess co-ops aren’t very high on the need-to-know list. A moment of silence for the [...]
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News: G5

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: September 25, 2003
Got an Apple PowerMac G5 at work today. Drool. I’ll stick with my $250 3.2GHz 400SC though Unless someone wants to donate a cluster of these to “help my site out”.
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