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Randy

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Win one of three copies of the MacUpdate Bundle (TUAW.com)

Dec 17th 2010 4:16PM I'll take 1Password - thanks!

Guitarists: Win a Guitar Sidekick from Castiv and TUAW (TUAW.com)

Oct 5th 2010 4:04PM 'Goodbye To Love' by The Carpenters, believe it or not...

Win a 16GB Wi-Fi iPad from TUAW (TUAW.com)

May 3rd 2010 5:59PM Perfect for me!

Win a limited edition set of Beatles MusicSkins from TUAW (TUAW.com)

Feb 19th 2010 9:16PM George Harrison, without a doubt!

Engadget's recession antidote: win an HP TouchSmart IQ527! (Engadget)

Jul 30th 2009 1:10PM Sweet!

Engadget's recession antidote: win a Phosphor E-Ink watch! (Engadget)

Jul 15th 2009 12:32PM It would look so great on my lithe wrist.

Engadget's recession antidote: win a VTech IS9181 WiFi radio (Engadget)

Jul 1st 2009 12:56PM Me! Me!

Engadget's recession antidote: win an 8GB Kingston Technology SDHC card! (Engadget)

Jun 26th 2009 1:47PM Me! Me!

Engadget's recession antidote: win an insane grab bag of random stuff! (Engadget)

Jun 22nd 2009 12:20PM Pick me!

OS 10.6: PowerPC officially left behind (TUAW.com)

Jun 10th 2009 4:26PM As much as it pains me to realize that my PowerMac G5 will fall further behind the curve as time moves on, at least Apple has the political courage to cut its ties with the past in favor of innovation, unlike another OS company I could mention.

I suppose there's a line that's not that easy to tiptoe along in an effort to appease those using hardware that is ten years or more past its 'sell by' date; an OS company can't afford to alienate an entire install base by cutting them loose too soon, when the hardware in which their users have invested is still viable. Microsoft has been loathe to 'un-support' all the old hardware it still finds in many millions of beige computer cases out there - hence Windows ME and, to a lesser extent, Vista. But still...