Review: MobileMe 1.1

MobileMe is a rebranded .Mac, but the service offers one stellar feature that may convince new people to subscribe. Some information can now be synchronized among devices as it changes.

The Portable Office: Work AnywhereWhen you’ve got co-workers scattered all over the country, you need a different kind of office software. Gina Trapani lists the tools she and her widely dispersed team use to run the Lifehacker blog.
Apple reports $1.07 billion profit on strong Mac, iPhone salesApple posted a profit of $1.07 billion as Mac sales rise 43 percent over the year ago quarter.

Product	Score	Price
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.4GHz	204	$1,899.00
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	222	$2,478.00
17-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	219	$2,679.00
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz (white)	193	$1,288.88
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz (black)	196	$1,479.00
13-inch MacBook/2.1GHz	180	$1,088.88
MacBook Air/1.6GHz	124	$1,650.65

Product	Score	Price
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.8GHz	268	$1,721.15
Mac Pro/8-core 2.8GHz Xeon 5400	314	$2,594.57
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz	254	$1,434.12
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.4GHz	230	$1,147.09
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz	159	$559.99
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz	172	$777.77

Product	Score	Price
24-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.8GHz	268	$1,721.15
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.4GHz	204	$1,899.00
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	222	$2,478.00
17-inch MacBook Pro/2.5GHz	219	$2,679.00
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz (white)	193	$1,288.88
13-inch MacBook/2.4GHz (black)	196	$1,479.00
Mac Pro/8-core 2.8GHz Xeon 5400	314	$2,594.57
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.66GHz	254	$1,434.12
20-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2.4GHz	230	$1,147.09
Xserve (2.8GHz Quad-Core Xeon) (2008)
13-inch MacBook/2.1GHz	180	$1,088.88
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz	159	$559.99
Mac mini Core 2 Duo/2GHz	172	$777.77
MacBook Air/1.6GHz	124	$1,650.65

Another way to set the desktop image
Learn a simple way to change your desktop image that doesn't involve the System Preferences panel.
Disable shadows in 10.5 window screen captures
Learn two ways to prevent 10.5’s (large) translucent shadow from being captured when you take screen shots of windows.
Change Excel's ‘edit in cell’ keyboard shortcut
Learn one way to change Excel’s Control-U shortcut to the easier-to-use F2 (which also matches the Windows’ shortcut).
Working Mac: Save time and type less
If you regularly mouse through menus to find the commands you want in OS X and your favorite apps, there's a quicker way: Kirk McElhearn explains how to take advantage of keyboard shortcuts.
Two text selection tricks
Learn how to select text not just character-by-character, but also word-by-word or paragraph-by-paragraph.

The Mac keeps driving Apple
All people seem to talk about these days is the iPhone, but as Monday’s quarterly earnings announcement proved, the Mac is still very central to Apple’s business.
Comparing prices: Mac vs. Windows laptops
Think Macs costs more than PCs? PC World’s James A. Martin compares the cost of Mac laptops to their Windows-based equivalents.
Inside the OS X 10.5.4 update
A quick peek at some of the other things fixed—and not fixed—in the 10.5.4 update.
When installing software is too simple
A story about a recent Mac switcher who had trouble installing Firefox 3 suggests to Rob Griffiths that some software developers could do a better job of offering clear installation directions.
XP’s window is about to close
Need Windows to run on your Intel-powered Mac via Fusion or Parallels? Then now’s the time to buy Windows XP before it disappears from retail shelves.