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Tempmarks: MacBook Pro versus PowerBook G4

One of the most popular questions about the new MacBook Pro is about its temperature. Users of previous PowerBook G4s (especially the 12-inch model) are very conscious of the ambient heat generated by their machines. It's difficult to use on your lap after running for as little as 30 minutes....

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro

Blog posts 2006-03-15

MacBook Pro benchmarks: launch times

The MacBook Pro is unquestionably faster than the PowerBook G4 it replaces, but exactly how much depends on how you use it. Apple sells the MacBook Pro as "up to four times the horsepower of the PowerBook G4" but that's purely based on the SPECint and SPECfp benchmarks from...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple PowerBook G4

Blog posts 2006-03-06

MacBook Pro's crazy new LEDs

The devil, as they say, is in the details. And the MacBook Pro is no exception. When I turned out the lights to go to bed recently I discovered something new about the MacBook Pro that was quite surprising. Apple has cranked up the keyboard backlight on the new notebook...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, keyboard, MBP

Blog posts 2006-03-01

MacBook Pro requires new accessories

If you're in the market for a MacBook Pro to replace a PowerBook, you need to remember that Apple's new professional notebook requires a whole new set of accessories. If you have any PC Cards (i.e. EVDO cards or flash memory readers) you'll need to replace them because the...

Tags: Apple PowerBook, MBP RAM

Blog posts 2006-01-18

More on the MacBook Pro SuperDrive

One of the most surprising things about the announcement of the the new MacBook Pro at Macworld Expo this week was Apple's dropping the 8x burning double-layer SuperDrive in favor of an inferior 4x single-layer mechanism. I was puzzled during his keynote address when Steve Jobs listed the specs of...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook, Apple Computer Inc., Apple PowerBook, new MacBook Pro

Blog posts 2006-01-13

R.I.P. PowerBook

Apple CEO Steve Jobs used the stage at Macworld Expo 2006 today to announce the first Apple notebook based on the Intel processor, dropping the PowerBook moniker in the process. The MacBook Pro is 4 times faster than the PowerBook G4 that it replaces, according to Jobs, and will begin...

Tags: Notebooks, Monitors & displays, Serial ATA, Processors, TFT, Intel Core Duo, Apple PowerBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook

Blog posts 2006-01-10

Additional Resources

A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives

Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...

Tags: Mr., Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories

What do you get for that special person on your list already owns a Mac, iPod and a nice digital camera? Accessories! Here are my picks for the Best Luxe accessories ($200 and up) that are perfect for the Mac user with everything. Don't forget...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Accessory, Video, Blu-ray, Camera, FlipShare Software, 7xx-series, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Netbooks dominate Cyber Monday sales

Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon this Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year in the U.S. Netbooks FTW! Chalk it up to a small form factor (7-10 in., about 3 lbs.) and an even smaller...

Tags: Monitor, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sales, LCD, MSI, Monitors & Displays, Notebooks, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-02

iPhone clouds true Smartphone snapshot

Can Apple, specifically its iPhone, save an entire industry? The iPhone - now ranked the second most popular smartphone - saw strong enough adoption in the quarter ending Sept. 30 to mask the sluggishness of the overall smartphone market this past summer, according to a report by...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Smartphone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Why Amazon needs Kindle 2.0

Kindle-mania has arrived this holiday season -- but will it stay for good? In a recent article on Forbes.com, Andy Greenberg writes that Amazon's next e-reader won't be a game-changer, but it will keep killing the competition -- and that's why Amazon needn't upgrade its fabled gadget....

Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle-mania, Greenberg, Kindle, Digital Music, Digital Media, Wireless, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation

Apple recently sent a "cease and desist" email to bluwiki demanding the removal of postings by users who are trying to figure out how to write software that can sync media to the latest versions of the iPhone and iPod touch. According to the EFF: Apple doesn't...

Tags: Apple iPod, DMCA, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Google Calendar now supports iCal

In a blog post by Engineering Director David Besbris Google announced its support for the CalDAV protocol. This means that you can now use iCal with Google Calendar, allowing you to work offline, sync almost instantly, respond to invitations from others and see the free/busy data of...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Calendar, Productivity, Blogging, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?

Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", so in the meantime his best friend, Elliot Harrison, has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. The hate campaign certain Windows users have against Macintosh users must ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zack Whittaker, Desktops, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-12-02

News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Compare prices with the iPhone

Here's a cool iPhone trick: Download the free Snappr application for the iPhone and iPod touch iTunes. Scan the 2D Codes and (the first of it's kind) 1D Barcodes found on books and movies and stuff and get all kinds of price and shopping...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 2D Codes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suit

It appears that Apple is trying to put the final nail in Psystar's coffin, asking the court to accept an amended complaint against the Mac clone maker to add a charge of violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to a long list of allegations, including trademark infringement, breach of...

Tags: Complaint, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Apple Mac OS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Joost arrives for iPhone

Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a proprietary client, then in October 2008 it morphed into a Web-based service. In its...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Joost, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple iPhone customers gain free VPN service

AnchorFree, the maker of the Hotspot Shield virtual private network VPN service for Mac and Windows laptops, recently released a service for the iPhone. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Apple iPhone, HotSpot, Apple Inc., VPNs, Network Security, Networking, Telecommunications, Security, Wireless, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple hits Psystar with DMCA charges

Court papers reveal that the day before Thanksgiving Apple added new charges to the five-month old federal lawsuit against mac-clone maker Psystar. The new charges claim that Psystar, along with ten John Does, violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA by bypassing copy-protection mechanisms used by Apple to protect Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Copyrighted Works, Defendant, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-01