OS X Lion slowdowns; could it be the hard drive?

There may be times after upgrading your Mac's operating system that you experience odd slowdowns on the system, either problems with general workflow or issues with booting the system. Apple's original hardware that shipped with its systems should run its supported operating systems very acceptably; however, some people may have upgraded hardware components of their systems (hard drives, RAM, etc.) and suspect incompatibility with those components as a root cause of the problems. MacFixIt reader Bruce wrote in with such a concern:Prior to updating to OS X Lion, I had one of those hybrid SSD drives installed in my Macbook Pro (a Seagate...

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RIM loses trademark ruling over 'BBX'

After losing an early round in its trademark dispute with a small New Mexico software provider over use of BBX, Research In Motion has opted for new name for its new operating system.  U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson in Albuquerque granted a temporary restraining order today requested by Basis International that bars RIM from using the BBX mark. In granting the request, the court concluded that "the BBX mark is identical to the mark which RIM is allegedly using to present its BBX product."  RIM representatives could not immediately be reached for comment, but the company said in a tweet that it had decided to rebrand...

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