Joe Kohlmann

Hey Engadget editors and staff,
Seriously, this is a great website with wonderful, insightful content and commentary. Keep it up, and congrats!

I like stuff. Just sayin'.

@kohlmannj I meant to say, "So is the HTML 5 canvas tag. So is the HTML 5 video tag." Oops.

@Hazdaz So is . So is . So are iTunes LPs.

Web technologies can definitely make this kind of experience possible…it's just that the publishing industry has thought that the web had to be something with less form, style, and substance.

Honestly, they're just different systems with different performance characteristics, architectures, and all sorts of complexities. It's shameful for Aldous to simplify the matter like this. What's more, Apple's chosen a different graphical style for their last two operating system releases (less shiny, more matte, more smooth gradients). I'm simply not sure Apple would've made an operating system that looks and feels like Windows 7 (or Vista for that matter).

Mac or Linux users: just grab CrossOver Games from CodeWeavers ($40) or Wine (Mac users may be interested in Darwine: http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/)

I always use my digital camera to take photos of schematics or other school work I draw out by hand. This app seems like a pretty neat idea...I'll have to give it a try.

Ooh, that's a decent giveaway!

Yes, Unsanity's APE is a potentially dangerous method of inserting code into Mac OS X system and application resources at runtime. Yes, their products have caused issues with other products. Just don't use anything powered by an Application Enhancer module if it's that big a worry for you. Fact is, Unsanity deserves a lot of credit for pursuing the technology they have developed in spite of Apple's bugs and criticism, much less users' and opponents' own commentary. Look, APE is what they do, what Unsanity's all about - tweaking Mac OS X. To their credit, though it may take a long while, Unsanity has been very open to the Mac community, and they get nothing but scorn in return. Have you read Rosyna's two recent, monolithic posts about APE? Did you read the *several paragraphs* of the latter post dedicated to describing how the "blue screen" issue was caused by a version of APE that was over a year old at the time of release of Mac OS X 10.5? Did you read how APE error checks freaking *everything* it can before executing? To all naysayers, please realize that Unsanity really puts the best of their work into making sure that running APE is a stable experience. If you don't like APE or Unsanity, leave it, they don't need your $20 or your unabashedly harsh remarks. Furthermore, in case you haven't noticed, Rosyna is a tough guy, so he's not about to feel sorry for you if you're the one flaming his work. (Keep this in mind if you ever end up inquiring about a technical issue due to APE, which, may I remind you, you have the option to *not* install.)

Furthermore, uh, why haven't people flamed LinoType for the recent 10.5.2 issue with FontExplorerX? That problem occurred with a *current* release, not a _year-old_ one. Why isn't anybody all over them? Note that I'm not suggesting the Mac community should be; I'm simply illustrating an example to highlight an instance of hypocrisy.
- Joe

Great. I experienced the same problems as before. I take it back - this software update may not have fixed a thing.

I second Cory Bohon's suggestion to call AppleCare if you're still experiencing issues. I'm having my machine checked out on Thursday, but I still cannot determine if it's really a hardware or a software issue now. I suppose the key would be to boot in Tiger and see if I have any issues.

Either way I consider this unacceptably defective behavior for such an expensive machine.