Mac User Archive

  • Steam offers Portal for free until the 24th: The first hit is free

    Steam offers Portal for free until the 24th: The first hit is free

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Good news for Mac and PC gamers, Steam is making Portal free! Admittedly it's for a limited time, but it'll give you the chance to try one of the most popular titles that Valve has ever come out with. And this deal is not a lie.

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  • Wait a minute: Maybe Microsoft is making the Zune software for Mac after all?

    Wait a minute: Maybe Microsoft is making the Zune software for Mac after all?

    Posted on October 7, 2009 | No Comments
    You probably know by now that at least some of us here at pretty high on the Zune HD—look at the lengths I went to get it up and running!—but I recognize that not every Mac owner is going to jump through hoops just to be able to use the device. But maybe, just maybe, Microsoft is finally ready to do what so many people have asked it to do: make a Mac version of the Zune software, thereby enabling all the Mac owners out there to use the portable media player a little more easily.

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  • Zune HD, powered by Nvidia’s Tegra

    Zune HD, powered by Nvidia’s Tegra

    Posted on August 13, 2009 | No Comments
    There's a reason why the Zune HD's interface moves so smoothly. Powering the device is the Nvidia Tegra, which Nvidia recently described as an “an entire computer-on-a-chip,” and one with “eight separate processors, including: a GPU, two video processors, and audio processor, two ARM core processor and more.” (That “and more” bit is a bit ambiguous for my liking, but what are you gonna do?) In any event, the Zune HD looks to have some serious computational power going for it. WILL IT BE AN IPOD KILLER?

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  • Hands-on with the Brite-View CinemaCube HD multi-media player, BitTorrent downloader

    Hands-on with the Brite-View CinemaCube HD multi-media player, BitTorrent downloader

    Posted on July 7, 2009 | No Comments
    At $90, Brite-View’s CinemaCube appears to be a viable BitTorrent downloader for the home theater, but my first few minutes with it were an exercise in futility. Testing the other features of the CinemaCube seems pointless if I can’t get the BitTorrent client to work, IMO. That’s not to say I didn’t get it to work, but it shouldn’t be as difficult as it is. Consider this a rant, but I’ll do my best to keep a level head about it. Once I’ve worked all the kinks out I’ll have a full review, but until then…you get the point.

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  • Rejoice, Mac gamers: Chronicles of Riddick is coming to you

    Rejoice, Mac gamers: Chronicles of Riddick is coming to you

    Posted on June 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Don't look now, I think the Apple platform might be approaching a half dozen games! Now in addition to Myst and World of Warcraft, Mac users can also play the not-really-acclaimed shooter Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena. I frankly have no idea why anyone is porting this game. I mean, it's not especially good, or original. Maybe Vin Diesel is a Mac user?

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