July – August 2005 — Vol 27 No 4
Source
Open PDF • Jul–Aug 2005 • Vol 27 No 4 • 35 pages
Overview
★ Intel Transition Announcement ★ (Steve Jobs WWDC keynote June 6, 2005 — Mac to ship on Intel CPUs). Putting a Tiger in Your Tank (3) — Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (released Apr 29, 2005). Mac OS X Server 10.3 Panther: A Guide (7). What does Apple's Move to Intel Mean? (8). Mac Security Part II: Mental Security (13). radioShark: an AM/FM Radio for Recording with your Mac (14) — Griffin radioShark. April + May General Meetings (17, 20). President's Corner (John Barnes, 24).
Upcoming events: - July 23: "Hold That Tiger!!" Tiger upgrade Q&A (Should I? Which method? Backup? Classic? RAM? Partitioning? Apps? Scanner/printer?) at NVCC Ernst Cultural Center Forum. - August 12-20: Montgomery County Agricultural Fair — Pi + Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) + Montgomery Community Television operating an Internet Cafe. Volunteer-staffed (30 shifts). - August 27: "Getting into Digital Photography" with Martin Schulman (Ritz Camera Bethesda manager, pro photographer since 1990) at BCC Regional Services Center.
Highlights
★ Intel Transition — "What does Apple's Move to Intel Mean?"
Steve Jobs at WWDC June 6, 2005 announced Apple would transition from PowerPC to Intel by end of 2007. Massive Mac architecture shift — first Intel Macs ship January 2006 (MacBook Pro + iMac). Pi covers the announcement.
Tiger Released
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (released April 29, 2005) — Spotlight, Dashboard, Automator, Smart Folders. Pi gears up the July 23 "Hold That Tiger!!" meeting for member upgrade questions.
Montgomery County Fair Internet Cafe
Pi at the County Fair — Pi + CPCUG + MCT joint Internet Cafe (Aug 12-20). Community-outreach milestone.
radioShark — Griffin
Griffin radioShark — AM/FM radio USB dongle for Mac with TiVo-style recording. Quirky Mac peripheral era.
Ritz Camera + Martin Schulman
Local photo-retail partnership — Ritz Camera Bethesda manager Schulman teaches the August 27 photography meeting.
Entities
People: John Barnes, Martin Schulman (Ritz Camera Bethesda) Topics: Intel Transition Announcement, Mac OS X Tiger, Hold That Tiger Meeting, Montgomery County Fair Internet Cafe, radioShark References: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Griffin radioShark, Mac OS X Server 10.3
Connections to other issues
- ★ Intel Transition Announcement = WWDC June 6, 2005 — pivotal Mac history. First Intel Macs arrive Jan 2006 (2006-01 — V28 N01 or 2006-03 — V28 N02).
- Mac OS X Tiger = released Apr 29, 2005 — next OS after Panther 10.3 (2003-07 — V25 N04); precedes Leopard 10.5 (Oct 2007)
- Montgomery County Fair Internet Cafe = community-outreach Pi tradition (also Pi at NBC4 Digital Edge Expo)