"Steam for the Mac: May 12, 2010
Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is May 12.
Please stay tuned for more information."

"So Far, So Good
Just chiming in that I've got the dual high-power graphics cards running without a hitch. It's rendering with the GTX 285 and CUDA now while I use the computer with the Radeon 4870 (no GUI lag, which is a nice change from using the GTX 285). The total system power draw hit 470 Watts (per iStat Menus) when I ran SmallLuxGPU with all cores and GPUs but no smoke - hehe. Right now it's at 367 Watts and while it's not as quiet with two high-end cards running, it's definitely stable so far.... Feel free to just post the above comment for curious readers.

I'm using a readout from iStat menus, not a measurement from a hardware utility. I'll plug in the Kill a Watt to test later.
The nice thing is that OpenCL automatically uses all GPUs (and CPUs if you want) (he sent screenshots too large to post here.)
-Dave G."

I asked he report back after longer term use and I'd be curious what the wattage use was if he could load up one card with CUDA and then run something like the Quake 4 timedemo repeatedly. (I included total system wattage readings per my UPS's LCD display during various tasks with single card use (GTX-285 vs ATI 4870 vs GT120) down the first page of my GTX-285 review in June 2009, although that was before I filled all the drive bays.)
I have a similar 2009 Mac Pro (dual 2.66GHz) and still have my original ATI 4870 card, but right now have no plans to put the 4870 back in as I don't even have a spare 2nd display. So for me personally all that would do is add more heat/noise/power draw. (And this reminded me I forgot to get Applecare before my std warranty ran out last month...)

"Just purchased an OWC Mercury Extreme 100GB SSD this week, just thought I would supply some benchmarks.
System has 4GB RAM, and is a late 2008 Unibody MacBook Pro. Being the late 2008 model I think I managed to dodge the SATA bug that the 2009 model had. I cloned my 10.6.3 system across from my old drive, so it has numerous apps and add-ons which probably don't help the figures.

System boots lightning quick, and most apps launch within 1 bounce. Re-opening Firefox with a bunch of saved windows is markedly faster. Definitely a must-have upgrade, its like having a new computer!
Let me know if there is any tests or benchmarks you would like me to run over it.
-Braden

Xbench Version 1.3
Disk Test 330.39
  Sequential 199.55
    Uncached Write 247.34 - 151.86 MB/sec [4K blocks]
    Uncached Write 268.56 - 151.95 MB/sec [256K blocks]
    Uncached Read 102.04 - 29.86 MB/sec [4K blocks]
    Uncached Read 403.47 - 202.78 MB/sec [256K blocks]
  Random 959.65
    Uncached Write 1234.48 - 130.68 MB/sec [4K blocks]
    Uncached Write 474.15 - 151.79 MB/sec [256K blocks]
    Uncached Read 3259.72 - 23.10 MB/sec [4K blocks]
    Uncached Read 1061.18 - 196.91 MB/sec [256K blocks]

(I asked if he'd seen any issues with sleep/wake)
Haven't put the computer to sleep yet as I have it set up as a server, I might sleep it tonight and give it a whirl.  No crashes or anything yet which is great, just works like a normal HDD. I remember hearing about the issues and to use hibernate mode, (tip from OWC support posted here a month or so ago) I think the drive has 3.0.5 firmware which might have fixed the issue? Will give it a go and report back.
(he later wrote)
So far so good with the sleep function, slept the computer for around 3-4 hours this afternoon when I went out, came back and it woke right back up, no problems.  Still havent had a single crash or freeze since I fitted the drive :) Price-for-performance this is definitely the best upgrade I have made
-Braden"

"To follow up on the 128K resync issue, Apple issued a hotfix today. (It did work and solve the problem.) Now if I could just get it to stop determining gapless playback every time I sync that would be great. That's been going on since 9.1.

From the discussion group:
Hello all, If your songs with lyrics are re-syncing every time you sync (with 128 kbps conversion enabled) after updating to iTunes 9.1.1, follow these steps:
1. Re-download the iTunes 9.1.1 installer from www.apple.com/itunes/download
2. Run the installer.
This will install iTunes 9.1.1.12 over the existing 9.1.1.11.
3. Open iTunes.
iTunes will automatically update your iTunes Library. This may take a while for large libraries, but after the update has completed, syncing should return to normal."

• MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010): Left and right speaker balance
• About integrated video on Intel-based Macs
• "AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Time Capsule: USB storage device supported formats and protocols" now goes to Using a USB drive with an AirPort base station.
• iPad: Understanding Location Services (HT4084 no longer online)
• iPad: Using Bluetooth headsets and keyboards
• Monitor and Display Adapter Table
• iPad Wi-Fi + 3G: About APN settings
• AT&T: How to set up a new Cellular Data account on iPad Wi-Fi + 3G
• OS X v10.6 Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email
• Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password
• Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
• Xsan: Ensuring that files or folders go to the intended affinities
• MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010): External ports and connectors
• MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010): External ports and connectors
• Apple TV: Depending on my country, what content can I buy or rent from the iTunes Store?
• iTunes Store: Film rental usage rights in Europe
• iDisk: Sharing more than 500 files with the iDisk app does not work
  - TS3164 no longer online.