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The correct way to use your MacBook's battery

Recently a battery completely failed in a two-year old black 2.16GHz MacBook that was covered under AppleCare. It worked fine one day, went completely dead the next. It wouldn't charge and no LEDs would light up. When I brought it into the genius bar at my local Apple Store I...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

How-to: Reset a noisy optical drive in the Mid-2009 MacBook Pro

While playing with my new 3GHz "Mid 2009" MacBook Pro I noticed that it made that weird optical drive load/unload sound three times in a row, instead of the usual one, any time the drive was used. If you don't have a CD or DVD handy you...

Tags: Optical Drive, Apple MacBook, Disc, Apple MacBook Pro, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Analyst: Cheap ultrathin laptops push design limits; cracked plastic

Been eyeing a thin-and-light laptop recently? You know, the kind that usually comes prefixed with the "Macbook Air killer" tag? Be careful what you wish for. Broadpoint AmTech analyst Doug Freedman said Wednesday to CNET contributor Brooke Crothers that some...

Tags: Apple MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, OEM, Manufacturer, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Design Limit, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook Pros

Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook ProsWill Apple be contacting everyone to inform them of this patch?I'm just wondering how the average Joe is supposed to know about this patch? Heck, even the technically proficient would be hard pressed to tie sluggish system performance to buggy Apple firmware...

Tags: Patches, Apple Mac OS, storage, Apple Inc., firmware, firmware update, patch, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Firmware update enables faster storage on new MacBook Pros (maybe)

Apple this week released an EFI Firmware update for the just-shipped MacBook Pro models that enable 3Gbps transfer rates with some third-party hard disks. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Firmware Update, Storage, Apple MacBook, Firmware, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Camping with your Mac

After having just returned from the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee I wanted to share a few tips about what to bring if you plan to bring your Mac and iPhone for that matter on a camping trip. Moisture is the enemy of all electronics. When...

Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple MacBook Pro, FastMac, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-16

ThinkFree Mobile for MacBook 3.6.1219.82 (Mac)

Light-weight office suite recommended for users of MacBook. - Simplified Start Screen-ThinkFree Mobile provides a simplified, clutter-free start screen for viewing, editing or managing documents. Even users with little experience with computers will find it easy to get started. - Modern, Intuitive Office Document Viewer-ThinkFree Mobile's viewer is...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mobile, Apple MacBook, ThinkFree, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-16

Is SATA capped at 1.5Gbps on the 13" MacBook Pro

Is SATA capped at 1.5Gbps on the 13" MacBook ProErm ... yes, they were!When Vista RTM shipped and users discovered that it's file & networking throughput was less than expected, they (and many ABM'ers who'd never even installed the OS) started baying for blood.MS fixed many of its file &...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Adrian, Apple MacBook Pro, SSD, Serial ATA, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Is SATA capped at 1.5Gbps on the 13" MacBook Pro

For some, the pride of owning a brand new 13" MacBook Pro was shortlived as they discovered that the speed of their SATA hard drives are capped at 1.5Gbps, well below the expected 3.0Gbps. The difference between 1.5Gbps and 3.0Gbps makes little difference when you're dealing with...

Tags: Hard Drive, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Storage, Semiconductors, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Photos: Top reviews of the week

Here are a few of our reviewes' favorite items from the past week, including the Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro, Amazon Kindle DX, and Verizon's MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot. by CNET News.com

Tags: Apple MacBook, Photograph, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-06-15

Apple 13-in. MacBook Pro disassembled: what's inside?

Apple 13-in. MacBook Pro disassembled: what's inside?No reason user could not change batteriesI think its wrong on Apple's part not to make the battery serviceable. It looks as though you could replace it if Apple had made things a bit easier to access. This was obviously done by design probably...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Apple 13-in. MacBook Pro disassembled: what's inside?

What's inside Apple's new 13-in. unibody MacBook Pro? Glad you asked. The fine people over at iFixit gave into their urge to destroy and deconstruct gadgets and have posted their latest victim, the newly-promoted 13-in. Macbook Pro. See their step-by-step...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Apple MacBook Summer 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M)

While Apple still hasn't put a Netbook on the market, don't fault it for not trying to make its products more affordable. This year's WWDC 2009 keynote was all about lower price points and more features across the MacBook line, and leading off as the cheapest MacBook money can buy...

Tags: Notebooks, Nvidia GeForce, Intel Core 2 Duo, NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-06-10

Apple MacBook Pro Summer 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz, 4GB RAM, 250GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 13-inch)

Radically overhauled last year, Apple's MacBook line of laptops moved to aluminum construction, edge-to-edge glass over LED displays, and oversize multitouch trackpads (with the exception of the lone $999 white plastic model). The latest round of updates is more of a refinement than another revolution, but it adds some much-sought-after...

Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-06-10

Apple MacBook Pro Summer 2009 (Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 13-inch)

Radically overhauled last year, Apple's MacBook line of laptops moved to aluminum construction, edge-to-edge glass over LED displays, and oversize multitouch trackpads (with the exception of the lone $999 white plastic model). The latest round of updates is more of a refinement than another revolution, but it adds some much-sought-after...

Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo

Product reviews 2009-06-10

Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!

Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!Alert for Mac fanboy outragedHaving USB 3.0 is quite important when Apple claims to be the 'latest and greatest'.It would be a long time untill you'll see USB 3.0 ports on any Mac.For PCs, you just have a PCI card and a driver to install because...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., USB 3.0, rich people, Linux, Apple Macintosh, laptop computer, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

Apple's MacBook flop - fixed!

6 months ago I asked: Apple's new MacBooks: flop or fiasco? Apple answered "flop" by backpedalling on pricing, the unibody and FireWire - in record time! The big loser? Microsoft's successful ads focused on price. Maybe that's a card you don't want to play. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, FW400, Notebooks, FireWire, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Viliv X70 ultra portable PC available soon for $599

Viliv X70 ultra portable PC available soon for $59913" Macbook Pro not really that newI was looking at one of those too, but I wish they did more with the screen resolution. 1440 x 900 would have been nice. They didn't change it. Seems to me like they just renamed...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, Viliv X70, portable-PC

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Unboxing: It's New MacBook Day

Looking for the new Apple MacBooks? We've got three of them, fresh off the FedEx truck. by CNET News.com

Tags: Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-06-09

What's up with Apple's laptops?

What's up with Apple's laptops?WHAT?!You're kidding right? So not having "business" and "consumer" laptops is a problem?Clearly this isn't really a problem at all. More and more consumers want products that serve BOTH personal and business uses. What Apple have recognised is there is no real difference between these things,...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., laptop computer, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-06-09