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Posted on August 27th, 2008 in Macbook News by macbook

Feature: Would You Buy an Apple UMPC or MID?
Mobile Magazine - USA
We simply adore the MacBook Pro. Why, then, hasn’t Apple created something that fits between the iPhone and the MacBook? You see, Steve Jobs and crew don’t …

A Laptop to Start Your Career With
PC Magazine - USA
Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (Penryn), at $3149 (direct), isn’t the first laptop to undergo an Intel brain transplant in the form of a next-generation Penryn …

Solid state drives slip into the mainstream
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
SSDs made their mark by appearing in the trendiest ultraportables like the Apple MacBook Air and Asus Eee PC. Typically as stratospherically-priced options. …


Benchmarks: Western Digital Scorpio Black

Macworld - San Francisco,CA,USA
To test the Scorpio Black, we tested it in a 2.4GHz MacBook Pro with 2GB of RAM; we also tested the MacBook Pro with its stock 160GB, 5400 RPM (rotations …

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Posted on February 18th, 2008 in Macbook Air, Macbook News by macbook


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Tech Talk: Apple lures even loyal Windows users
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Dean Takahashi As I look at a newly arrived MacBook Air laptop, it occurs to me there has never been a better time to switch to a Mac. …

Apple MacBook Air
PC World Magazine - Australia
The MacBook Air is a superbly crafted notebook, but this niche product isn’t for everyone. Its lack of optical drive, FireWire and Ethernet ports deem it …

Move over MacBook Air, here comes the X300
Tectonic - South Africa
When Steve Jobs stood on the stage earlier this year and demonstrated how the the new MacBook Air could slip into an A4 interoffice envelope, X300 designer …

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Posted on October 26th, 2007 in Macbook News by macbook

Bling up your browsing - the 24 carat gold and diamonds MacBook Pro
Mobile Digest - London,England,UK
The 24 carat gold and diamonds MacBook Pro should fit the bill - at a price. Created by the worryingly-named Computer Choppers, there’s an option of a …

2.2GHz 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro
Oceania - CA,USA
I needed a new computer, preferably a notebook and because I wanted a Mac, the MacBook Pro was the only way to go because the MacBook’s have shared memory …

Intel Takes Step Towards 45 Nanometer Chip Production
O’Grady’s Power Page - Philadelphia,PA,USA
No word has been given yet as to when this will be seen in Apple’s mobile product line, especially in a MacBook, MacBook Pro, iPhone or ultra-thin MacBook …

Maybe the coolest Leopard trick of all
Blognation - London,England,UK
But with Back to My Mac built into the OS, I can now connect from the café using my MacBook to my iMac at home and then launch a browser or e-mail client on …

iPhone 1.1.1 Safari has improved JavaScript performance; other new …
iPhone Atlas - Portland,OR,USA
In our informal tests, a MacBook Pro running at 1.83GHz with Mac OS X 10.4.10 and a Safari 3.x beta delivered test times of ~300 ms on average. …

Theft and Snooping Alarm for Your MacBook
Help Net Security - Croatia
iAlertU is a simple utility that turns your MacBook into a motion sensitive remote controlled alarm system. I cannot think a lot of useful ways of using the …

Replacing a MacBook Pro Fan
By rosenz
Gary attempts to replace his noisy MacBook Pro fan. Don’t try this at home folks! Click To Play. Share This.

There’s a MacBook in a Windows Vista© advertisement! [PIC!!]
bad advertisment….


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Posted on October 4th, 2007 in Macbook News by macbook


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Briefly: Alum. Bluetooth keyboard ships
MacNN - Santa Clara,CA,USA
XM MacBook Pro case has debuted … Purchasers of the Apple wireless bluetooth aluminum keyboard have received notifications that their units have shipped …

Apple Releases Battery Update 1.3 for 15″ MacBook Pro Laptops
O’Grady’s Power Page - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Battery Update 1.3 is available through Mac OS X’s built-in Software Update feature and requires Mac OS X 10.4 and an Intel-based 15″ MacBook Pro laptop to …

Synchrotech Introduces CompactFlash Reader for MacBook Pro Laptops
O’Grady’s Power Page - Philadelphia,PA,USA
… a CompactFlash Adapter designed to work within the ExpressCard port found in Apple’s MacBook Pro as well as similarly equipped laptops. …

Apple Store Says You “Must” Have Dropped Your Laptop - No I Didn’t …
The Consumerist - New York,NY,USA
Last Wendesday, I was sitting in my dorm room by myself, doing homework on my Macbook, which is less than two months old. After typing my essay for a while, …


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MacBook News

Posted on October 2nd, 2007 in Macbook News by macbook

Analysts Praise Apple (AAPL) MacBook Sales
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA
By Joseph Hargett Shares of AAPL are not rallying in usual form following the praise from the brokerage bunch, but are still up about 0.5% on the day. …

Rumors of Mac ultralight, tablet: Part 2
ZDNet - USA
For consumers Apple offers the MacBook and the iMac; for professionals: the MacBook Pro and the Mac Pro. When a new model comes out it replaces the older …

Apple Macbook - from a Windows point of view
By wagedomain
I wanted a new laptop, as the Acer I had, to put it as frankly as possible, sucked. The battery lasted 45 minutes, it was scratch-prone, it was humongous and underpowered. I would never have considered buying an Apple Macbook if [...]

got me a Macbook Pro
By Prakaz(Prakaz)

I had a hard time choosing between the Sony Vaio, Macbook and the Macbook Pro. But finally went for the best one. A fine work of art - the Macbook Pro. And, oh I love it already! I was always a little concerned about not being able to …

Are Keyboard Problems Plaguing MacBook Pros?
By Louis Gray
After much anticipation, my new MacBook Pro arrived this weekend. Following an evening of migrating files, applications and settings to the new laptop, I was extremely pleased with its speed, responsiveness, and all the little things …


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Posted on October 1st, 2007 in Macbook News by macbook


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Users Reporting Troubles with MacBook, MacBook Pro Firmware Updates
O’Grady’s Power Page - Philadelphia,PA,USA
According to the ever-watchful crew over at MacFixIt, several laptop users (particularily MacBook Pro users) have reported that the newly-released firmware …

The Mac Guy: Which MacBook to buy, and when?
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
Would you recommend the MacBook or the MacBook Pro? I have an older G4 PowerBook, but have been using a Sony VAIO 10-inch laptop, which is too small and …

Old-fashioned fix for MacBook Pro annoyance
I’ve been having problems with my Apple MacBook Pro, regarding burning DVDs. I’ve been burning data DVDs mostly from the Finder’s burning interface and having them time out. I thought I’d bought some duff, cheap DVDs (’Intenso’ brand, …

Apple MacBook News ?
By Wonderer
It seems there’s a new MacBook coming out. Mine just turned one year old this past month. Wonder if he’ll give me another rebate? I have a cousin attending Full Sail (well known art, film, and music school in Orlando). …


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Posted on September 30th, 2007 in Macbook News by macbook

My MacBook seems to be stuck in “Borg emulation mode” (red light …
By Dan York
So it seems I’ve done something to mightily mess up my new MacBook Pro. The other night while in my hotel room at AstriCon, I was using my headset for some Skype calls and then had it in when I started to play some music. …

New MacBook?
There are rumors circulating around that Apple will unveil a new slimmer MacBook. The MacBook will be thinner then the current generation and even thinner then the MacBook Pro, also the screen will cover to the edges but will be the …

RAM upgrade question
By Shaker
Macbook A: 1GB x 2 of PC5300 RAM = total of 2 GB Macbook B: 512MB x 2 of PC5300 RAM = total of 1 GB I want to buy this: http://shop3.outpost.com/product/528…H:MAIN_RSLT_PG I should be able to take the 1GB sticks from Macbook A and the …


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Macbook News

Posted on September 29th, 2007 in Macbook News by macbook

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MacBook News

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Macbook News by macbook

Apple Set To Touch Your Heart with New MacBook Touch
Mobile Magazine - USA
The latest rumor to get stirred up in Cupertino is a MacBook Touch, which is basically an Apple-branded UMPC running on Mac OS X and rocking a multi-touch …

Apple’s Airport Express: Airfoil Completes The Stream
EDN.com - Newton,MA,USA
Tethering my A/V receiver to my MacBook’s headphone jack or S/PDIF digital audio output wasn’ta palatable approach, if for no other reason than the fact …

iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook and Xserve get firmware updates
Macworld - San Francisco,CA,USA
The iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro and Xserve all received updates. According to Apple, iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.2 improves the performance and …

The Next Big Thing From Apple: A PDA ?
eFluxMedia (press release) - USA
“For sure, a ultra-thin MacBook touch running Leopard on Intel’s just announced ultra-low power Core processors, along with solid state storage and WiMax …

Use CardBus cards in that fancy MacBook Pro
By Derik DeLong
When MacBook Pros burst onto the scene, gone were the CardBus cards that we’d all gotten used to. Ironically enough, the one CardBus card I owned was a SCSI card. Many Powerbook owners got those compact flash readers. Rejoice recyclers! …

Macbook News

Posted on September 27th, 2007 in Macbook News by macbook

More Mac sense and nonsense
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
We discovered an unexpected hitch in adapting MacBook to tethered use on a desk: External Mac keyboards uniformly stink. I pulled in three candidates, …

Adapter lets CardBus cards work in MacBook Pros
Macworld - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Peter Cohen Addonics has introduced their ExpressCard to CardBus Adapter, a device that enables ExpressCard-equipped laptops like the MacBook Pro operate …

Rumor: Apple releasing slate touchscreen device
My iTablet - Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Or could it be a MacBook Touch? Maybe an Apple UMPC? Right now no one knows for sure, what is known is that there are reports of a touchscreen device that …

NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charger/Conditioner Review
CrunchGear - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Over the course of the year since I’ve had my MacBook the battery life has plummeted each month regardless of whether or not I calibrate the battery. …

Mock Up: Fabled Newton 2 + Ultrathin Notebook = Apple MacBook Touch
By Jesus Diaz
For sure, a ultra-thin MacBook touch running Leopard on Intel’s just announced ultra-low power Core processors, along with solid state storage and WiMax support, doesn’t sound bad to me. Actually, it sounds just perfect. [AppleInsider]

Slim Aluminium MacBook?
By Alex Brooks
The rumour site writes that the enclosures have been seen in Silver and Black aluminium and are “considerably” thinner than the current MacBook product line and a little slimmer than the current MacBook Pros. …

New MacBook Pros Don’t Power FireWire Devices?
By Peter Kirn
I may be the last person to notice this for all I know, but I just plugged my FireWire-based Focusrite Saffire into a MacBook Pro 17? and was treated to a blinking light show. The solution? Don’t use bus power; plug in the Saffire’s …


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