08/04, 4:25pm
VB Migration asst ships
REAL Software has launched its new VB Migration Assistant, a tool for transferring software from Visual Basic to REALbasic code. REALbasic is a cross-platform software development application that can generate software from small utilities to enterprise-level applications. The new VB Migration assistant automates the transfer of Visual Basic 5 and VB 6 projects into REALbasic, avoiding numerous manual copy and past cycles.
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02/07, 5:05pm
MacBook Air Migration
Following our MacBook Air teardown, delivery/unboxing, accessory photos, benchmarks, and first impressions, MacNN has investigated the specialized Migration Assistant that ships with the MacBook Air.
To achieve ultimate mobility in its new MacBook Air, Apple was forced to re-evaluate which features are necessary in a notebook computer and which are expendable or replaceable. The result compromise is a striking, razor thin laptop with full sized keyboard but lacking an internal optical drive and many of the standard ports found on traditional laptops, such as Firewire or built-in Ethernet. These limitations make the process of migrating one’s existing user accounts on another Mac to the Air more challenging than with Apple’s other computers – a process usually accomplished via Firewire.
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