‘Gulftown’ Core i9 to be in Next Mac Pro

Apple’s current Mac Pro is a major speed bump over the rev. before it. The current Mac Pro with it’s stand specs features two quad Core Core i7 Nehalem 5500 Xeon Processors, equaling eight Cores. Mac OS X has a hyper threading feature which turns the Core i7s’ eight Cores, into sixteen Cores. That’s real processing power.

Apple’s next rev. of it’s pro level Mac, the Mac Pro. Is rumored to have Intel’s 2010 roadmap ‘Gulftown’ Core i9 six core processor inside. Apple has always gotten processors from intel before the rest of the industry, somehow… I suppose their exclusive deal with Apple helps.

Don’t buy a new Mac Pro if you’re in the market for one. Wait for the new version.

Apple Releases Performance Update 1.0

For awhile now, there have been issues all around the early 2009 unibody macbook pro’s, to the present revs. The most prominent, after the trackpad… Is the sometimes faulty HDD inisde these machines. In the 17 inch version, it would be the 7,200 rpm spec that would quit spinning and render the computer unresponsive. Apparently though, these issues have affected other machines besides the one aforementioned. Ranging from iMacs, to MBPs…

Some of the expected causes of these hangs, were the SMS (Sudden Motion Sensor) inside MacBook Pro’s, being over sensitive, or defective. There are ways of disabling the SMS within terminal, but it’s not possible if you have an HDD. You must have an SSD to disable SMS. As, I have. Here is an Apple Support page regarding disabling SMS.

Anyways, Performance Update 1.0 is available for downloading pleasure for eligible machines.

iMovie update includes new ‘iFrame’ video format

Apple, today released an update to iMovie. The update is available through software update, or from Apple’s support download page here. The update fixes minor issues regarding compatibility and the like, and even though this is fine news for iMovie users…

The real news although, is Apple revealed a new video format. The new format is called “iFrame.” iFrame is based on H.264 and AAC audio codecs.

As mentioned on Daring Fireball, iFrame is already the native shooting format used in two new Sanyo video cameras.

Tweetie 2 Is On the App Store

Tweetie 2 has probably been the most awaited, and ‘hyped up’ Twitter client release, ever. This is not really, arguable…

Loren Brichter, the developer behind Tweetie 1, as well as Tweetie for Mac has made enough money for a living as he’s mentioned on the Atebits blog. Now, Loren has released Tweetie 2. (iTunes link) The only Twitter client for iPhone. Tweetie 2 is full of new features, of course. Tweetie 1 was a huge success, and Tweetie 2 has been that successful already… Tweetie 1 redefined the Twitter client, and Tweetie 2 will do it again.

Loren announced the imminent release of Tweetie 2, after dropping out of the spotlight for four months. This man, as many apple related news outlets have said, must not get any sleep. four months of speaking nothing but Objective-C and programming a new Twitter client for iPhone must be worth the lucrative riches awaiting at the end. Trust me, Loren’s making some real money right now. How many Tweetie 1 users won’t buy Tweetie 2? maybe a handful. These people are woefully unhappy with life. Tweetie is the masterpiece of Twitter clients. King of the Hill. The best of the best.

I’d like to write an iPhone app, and make a living off it. I’ll dream for a while longer…

Purchase Tweetie 2 if you haven’t bought it already. Or upgrade. Here.

MacBook Pro SSD Upgrade

I have installed a new Corsair P128 128GB ssd in my ‘so very, old’ MacBook Pro (late 2008 model) I won’t go into details about how to replace the old hhd, or how to open it… but, it’s a very fast process, you just have to keep track of all the screws. You must also have a Torqs T6 screwdriver. I will post two pictures, (one) of the old HDD in my MacBook Pro. and a (second), with my new SSD installed. The install process took about 40 minutes.

• MacBook Pro with an SSD
• MacBook Pro with an HDD

My new Corsair P128 SSD is 3 to 4 times faster than my old hhd. Everything loads faster, applications are snappier, my MBP turns on in 18 seconds. It’s amazing, very, very fast.