Hijinks Inc.

Category: Hardware

  • WWDC Rumors

    WWDC is tomorrow, and as always speculation and rumors are making the rounds like wildfire on the internet.

    My WWDC predictions?

    1. Much to my disappointment, there will be no Apple Tablet released or announced.
    2. 3G iPhone will be announced, but not available until later this month. Launch of 3G iPhone will also see a 32GB model introduced.
    3. iPhone 2.0 software will be demoed and likely released.
    4. MacBook Pros may see a refresh.
    5. 10.6 might get a mention, but I’m not at all confident of this.

    What are your predictions?

  • Free iPod touch (for students)

    Looks like the rumors were true! Apple announced today that they will be offering students a free iPod touch or iPod Nano with the purchase of a Mac computer (Mac Mini excluded of course).

    My question is simple, why would you ever pick an iPod Nano over an iPod touch?

  • $300 Hackintosh

    This is just a concept, while the hardware should be compatible I cannot vouch for this as I haven’t built one yet. I am however planning on building one in the next few weeks after which I will post a full breakdown.

    Case: Linkworld MicroATX Mini Tower with 430W Power Supply
    Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX
    Processor: 2.2GHz Pentium E2200 (Dual Core)
    Memory: Transcend JETRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
    Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB
    Optical Drive: Lite-On 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
    [ View prices ]

    The price of the above configuration comes to $297.94 (not including shipping and handling), you can of course save some money by switching to a slower processor, smaller hard drive, less memory, or downgrading to just a DVD drive. Also of note, this doesn’t include a licensed copy of Leopard, which adds a solid $119 to its pricetag.

  • Corkboard Mac

    Kind of a cool idea…

    Corkboard Mac

    So if you have an older PowerBook laying around and a corkboard and some push pins, why not give it a try? Or if it’s an iBook, go with the iBook server idea.

    There’s another shot of the corkboard mac on his website.