Hands on: OS X 10.10 Yosemite beta shows off a new look and features

Apple’s latest OS promises a sparkling new design and some very useful features. During this year’s World Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) — where software is introduced and released in beta form to developers and enthusiasts — Apple execs revealed that they would ship a public beta of the latest Mac operating system, OS X 10.10, popularly known as Yosemite. Yosemite marks a major …

Michael deAgoniaHands on: OS X 10.10 Yosemite beta shows off a new look and features

Apple’s latest Mini gets a ‘serious’ speed boost

It gains a low-end Core i5 chip, but loses the optical drive. Since its unveiling in January 2005, the Mac Mini has been the cheapest Mac that Apple sells, making it the least expensive way to get hardware that natively runs OS X. In the past, this usually meant settling for older components — especially compared to the pricier iMac …

Michael deAgoniaApple’s latest Mini gets a ‘serious’ speed boost