Links for Thursday January 15^th, 2009

• TidBITS Tech News: Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave Until June: Nice summary of how Apple actually works, counter to all of the garbage I have been reading in the mainstream media over the last 2 days since Steve Jobs announced his leave of absence.

• njr 3.0 » Replacing the hard drive in an aluminum iMac: A tale of replacing the hard drive in a modern iMac, from a friend from UIUC. I'm still researching my late 2006 iMac, trying to find a decent howto guide before I take the plunge.

• Confirmed: Apple Mac Mini Based on Nvidia Ion - Tom's Hardware: If true, this would be surprising. I think the Nvidia Ion platform makes a lot more sense in a revised Apple TV.