Hands-On Reviews & Reports

Reviews, hands-on reports, first impressions and speed tests written from the editors' own machines. 1,036 items, 1997 to 2026.

All 1997–98 1999–2004 2004–09 2010–13 2026SortNewest Oldest

Mar 15, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.2.3 Update is OutBill Fox2004–09
Mar 15, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Adobe Released Macromedia Flash Player 8.0.24--Not for Intel Macs Using Safari2004–09
Mar 13, 2006Mac mini Core Duo 512MB vs 1GB--How Fast Is It?Bill Fox2004–09
Mar 13, 2006Hands-On Report--Mac mini Core Duo AirPort ReceptionBill Fox2004–09
Mar 6, 2006New 1.66GHz Mac mini Core Duo--How Fast Is It?Bill Fox2004–09
Feb 27, 2006Hands-On Review--Adobe's New Photoshop Elements 4.0 for the MacBill Fox2004–09
Feb 24, 2006Our iMac Core Duo Speed Test was UpdatedDana Baggett2004–09
Feb 21, 2006Hands-On Report: Mac OS X 10.4.5--How Fast Is It?Bill Fox2004–09
Feb 16, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Updated Most iLife '06 Suite ApplicationsBill Fox2004–09
Feb 15, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Released Mac OS X 10.4.5 UpdateBill Fox2004–09
Feb 15, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Adobe Released Lightroom 1.0b2 as Universal BinaryBill Fox2004–09
Feb 15, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Camino 1.0 Final Released as Universal BinaryBill Fox2004–09
Feb 14, 2006Follow Up on Our iPod nano Scratches Hands-On Report--A Black iPod nano ObservationBill Fox2004–09
Feb 13, 2006Hands-On Report--iPod nano Scratch Lawsuits Keep Coming, So How's Ours Doing?Bill Fox2004–09
Feb 9, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Released Backup 3.1 Update for .Mac MembersBill Fox2004–09
Feb 9, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 7.0.7 Updates Released2004–09
Feb 8, 2006Review--Online Income Tax Preparation ServicesDana Baggett2004–09
Feb 6, 2006Mac/PC SystemsShootouts Updated for New MacsBill Fox2004–09
Jan 30, 2006Hands-On Review--Apple's New iWeb Component of iLife '06Bill Fox2004–09
Jan 27, 2006Hands-On Report--Fixes for Problems with 1/9 TurboTax 2005 for Mac OS X Updaters2004–09
Jan 25, 2006Review of Darwinia--a New Simple Strategy Game for Mac OS XDana Baggett2004–09
Jan 19, 2006Hands-On Report--Apple Beats Analysts Consensus Earnings Esimate in 2006 Q1 by Posting Record Fiscal Quarter2004–09
Jan 18, 2006Hands-On Report: Mac OS X 10.4.4--How Fast Is It?Bill Fox2004–09
Jan 13, 2006Follow Up to our Adobe Lightroom Review--A Talk with George JardineBill Fox2004–09
Jan 12, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--iPod Update 2006-01-10Bill Fox2004–09
Jan 11, 2006Hands-On Report--Apple's New MacBook ProBill Fox2004–09
Jan 11, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Mac OS X 10.4.42004–09
Jan 11, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--iTunes 6.0.22004–09
Jan 11, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--QuickTime 7.0.4 & Security Details2004–09
Jan 9, 2006Hands-On Report--Lightroom Public Beta 1, Adobe Strikes Back!Bill Fox2004–09
Jan 5, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Apple's AirPort Extreme Firmware Updater 5.7 and AirPort Express Firmware Updater 6.3 for Mac OS X2004–09
Jan 4, 2006Hands-On Review--Imation Disc Stakka CD and DVD ManagerBill Fox2004–09
Jan 3, 2006Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.2 for Mac OS X 10.4.3 on Some Macs2004–09
Dec 30, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--Camino 1.0b2 Web Browser is OutBill Fox2004–09
Dec 27, 2005Hands-On Review--NewerTech miniStackBill Fox2004–09
Dec 24, 2005Hands-On Report--Trendy Shield for Video iPodBill Fox2004–09
Dec 22, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5rc2 is OutBill Fox2004–09
Dec 17, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--ATI Released ATI Diplays 4.5.7 But It Doesn't Fix 17" PowerBook Display Rotation BugBill Fox2004–09
Dec 13, 2005Hands-On Report--TechTool Pro 4.1.1 Update for Mac OS XDana Baggett2004–09
Dec 9, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--New Retrospect 6.1 for Mac Driver Update 6.1.2.102 is OutDana Baggett2004–09
Dec 6, 2005Supplement to Our Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Broadband Tuner 1.0Bill Fox2004–09
Nov 30, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--Mozilla Released Firefox 1.5 Web Browser2004–09
Nov 29, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Released Broadband Tuner 1.0 Updater for Mac OS X 10.4.x2004–09
Nov 28, 2005Shootout of Three iPod Video Converters--MoviePod vs Podner vs Video2PodBill Fox2004–09
Nov 16, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Released Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 32004–09
Nov 14, 2005Hands-On Report--The New Power Mac G5 Quad, How Fast Is It?Bill Fox2004–09
Nov 8, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--The First Stable Beta of Camino 1.0 is OutBill Fox2004–09
Nov 7, 2005Hands-On Report: Mac OS X 10.4.3--How Fast Is It?Bill Fox2004–09
Nov 3, 2005Brief Hands-On Report--Apple Released AirPort Update 2005-001 v1.02004–09
Nov 1, 2005Hands-On Report--Apple Released Mac OS X 10.4.3 Update2004–09