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David Pogue of The New York Times says the new Spotlight technology in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is what makes the upgrade worth the money. “If it weren’t for that brilliant Spotlight feature, Tiger wouldn’t be as important an upgrade as, say, last year’s Panther edition,” says Pogue. “In fact, without Spotlight, you could make the case that Tiger is overpriced… But with apologies to Mac-bashers everywhere, Spotlight changes everything.

Best-selling author and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue credits Mac OS X and a handful of Mac applications for keeping on top of his busy schedule. In responding to a reader question asking how he has time for everything, Pogue offers a list of things that help to make his life easier. In addition to Mac OS X, he credits iMovie for his Times video reports, Microsoft Entourage for e-mail, and FileMaker for keeping products, contacts, topic ideas and status reports organized.

David Pogue of The New York Times says there is one very important feature of the new iMac G5 that is being overlooked–Mac OS X. “The iMac’s sleek design may be its most attention-grabbing aspect. But if Apple succeeds in luring iPod fans into the cult of Mac, the feature that will ultimately make them happiest has nothing to do with quiet fans or thin power cords,” writes Pogue. “In the long run, they’ll benefit most from the iMac’s stealth feature: Mac OS X.

The New York Times’ David Pogue has written an article on iLife ’04 and GarageBand, which are now available. “Each program in the updated suite (except iTunes) offers about a dozen enhancements. For example, the new iMovie offers video trimming with an undo feature right in the storyboard strip. The iDVD program introduces 20 new professional-looking templates for your DVD menu screens, and can now fit two hours of amazing-looking video onto a disc.

Best-selling author and New York Times columnist David Pogue will be appearing at the SoHo Apple Store in New York City on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 6:00 p.m. “Join this highly entertaining session as David Pogue makes Panther, Mac OS X 10.3, sing, dance, and walk on its head,” notes Apple. “Witness a parade of undocumented shortcuts, decipher the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and discover the power of the Unix system that powers the whole thing.

In his latest column for The New York Times (free subscription required), David Pogue gives high marks to Apple’s iChat AV video conference software and iSight, the company’s Web cam. While sitting in an Internet Café in London, Pogue had the opportunity to try the video chat duo first hand to talk to his wife back in the US.

In today’s New York Times, David Pogue previews Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, which will hit store shelves Friday evening. “That decimal-point increase (from version 10.2 to 10.3) doesn’t give the upgrade’s 150 new features enough credit,” Pogue writes.

In his column (free subscription required) for the New York Times today, columnist David Pogue compares the audio/video capabilities of Apple’s newly released iChat AV beta and Microsoft’s MSN Messenger 6. “…Microsoft, true to tradition, has focused on expanding its list of features, while Apple has worked toward elegance and simplicity.

New York Times technology columnist David Pogue has written a helpful article (free subscription required) with several basic tips for making a computing platform switch. “Whether it’s Mac OS X, Windows XP, or Billy Bob’s System-Software Special, every operating system has pretty much the same job description… Truth is, you could summarize the chief difference between the two operating systems in, say, a single e-mail column — like this one.