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MacBook Air Diaryâ€Â"Day 5: The packaging

MacBook Air Diaryâ€Â"Day 5: The packagingNicely done sire! nt.MacBook Air Diary–Day 30: The buyers remorse[i]"Bored of the MBA now. Fed up with having to put my DVD's into another machine just to burn / read them. Wireless is a bit shoddy. Oh I wish I had an Ethernet port. The...

Tags: Blogging, Notebooks, wireless, blog entry, MacBook Air, MacBook Air Diaryâ€, Day 5, MBA, Apple MacBook, blog

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

MacBook Air Diaryâ€Â"Day 3: migration assistance

MacBook Air Diaryâ€Â"Day 3: migration assistanceBut having that Inter-office envelope is a plus...An nice engineering design decision to have included the envelope. It fits in it perfectly.When you are ready to mail the MBA just slip it into the envelope and get a full refund.Now that TV commercial makes more...

Tags: Notebooks, Ethernet, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., MacBook Air, MacBook Air Diaryâ€, migration assistance, Day 3, USB, FireWire

Discussion threads 2008-02-02

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The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?

The message out of Computex this week is loud and clear: The Netbooks are coming. Intel is touting its Atom processor. Acer is on the board with its Aspire one. Microsoft is adapting Windows to the Netbook market. Nvidia says Netbooks will be graphics intensive. The big question: Are buyers...

Tags: Computex, Device, Acer Inc., Smartphone, Laptop Computer, Netbooks, Computing Device, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-03

The MacBook Air has no clothes

There. I said it. After using the MacBook Air intensely since it arrived in February, I am beginning to feel the limitations of its pokey 1.6GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. I knew what I was getting into going in, but I was convinced that...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, RAM, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Excel:mac 2008 performance issues

Excel:mac 2008 performance issuesnot just ExcelAll of Office 2008 is slow, even when compared to Office 2004 running under Rosetta. Terribly disappointed except for the fact that I use iWork much more anyway.Constructive Criticism: This is what the Air Diary was supposed to be aboutI'm not trying to be a...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Web browsers, Microsoft Office, NonZealot, Apple Safari, API, performance

Discussion threads 2008-03-24

Apple refreshes its MacBook Pro lineup

Apple on Tuesday updated its MacBook Pro notebook lineup with the biggest additions being the latest Intel Core 2 Duo chips, more memory and the multi-touch trackpad that's found in the MacBook Air. Apple also updated its MacBook lineup. Apple rolled out a 2.4 GHz, 15-inch MacBook...

Tags: Spec, Apple MacBook, Detail, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Apple: The angst vs. the reality

It's open season on Apple these days. The stock is in a tailspin. Worries abound. The iPod market is saturated. The consumer wallet is pinched. It all adds up to an ugly stock chart. But it's time for a reality check here. Is all this angst really warranted? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Stock, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Angst, Consumer Wallet, Enterprise Sale, Notebooks, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-25

News to know: Adobe launches AIR 1.0; Private IE 8 beta; Apple IIc; Jeremy Allison

Notable headlines: Adobe to launch AIR 1.0 Techmeme. Putting terabytes of memory into servers, the cheap way Mary Jo Foley: Private IE 8 beta 1 test build coming soon Richard Stiennon: Pakistan removed...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Jeremy Allison, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Beta, Internet, Wireless LANs, E-mail Providers, Open Source, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-25

MacBook Air Diary-Day 23: Lovin' the F8 key

MacBook Air Diary-Day 23: Lovin' the F8 keyVery cleani've said this before, but the thing i really like about the new apple keyboard is that it doesn't collect all the dust and crumbs (yes, i eat at my desk, wanna fight about it?) that every other keyboard i have ever...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Apple Inc., keyboard, Apple MacBook, Lovin, F8 Key, MacBook Air Diary-Day 23

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

MacBook Air Diary-Day 23: Lovin' the F8 key

Apple's new, low-throw, "chiclet" style keyboard arrived to great controversy. First in the MacBook, then again when it was adopted as the defacto standard USB keyboard for all Macs, replacing the clear lucite and white 109-key keyboard. People derided the new keyboard design because of its flat...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Keyboards, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2008-02-22

News to know: Microsoft interoperability; Bypassing FileVault; Woz; Black Hat; More benchmarks

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft pledges interoperability--again Reading the fine print on Microsoft’s new open-source promises Larry Dignan: Microsoft’s real game: Open interoperability protects its stack Dana Gardner: Microsoft on open APIs: New tune or blowing more smoke? Dana Blankenhorn:...

Tags: Black Hat, Interoperability, Disk, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-22

MacBook Air Diary-Day 22: Argh! Recessed headphone jack

MacBook Air Diary-Day 22: Argh! Recessed headphone jackHeartburn annoys people tooBut they don't amplify it to the internet.Quit whining.alternates?The reccessed stuff has always been a thing of apple. I remember my iPod shuffle was the same way. luckily, it came with an adaptor out of the box (it was...

Tags: Notebooks, Heartburn, MacBook Air, Apple Inc., MacBook Air Diary-Day 22, headphone, Apple MacBook, Argh, Recessed headphone jack

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

MacBook Air Diary-Day 22: Argh! Recessed headphone jack

It's almost as if Apple didn't learn anything from the recessed headphone jack fiasco with iPhone. The MacBook Air, my friends, also has a recessed headphone jack. While it's not nearly as bad as the headphone jack on the iPhone, the MBA's headphone jack is similarly recessed...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Headphone, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Adapter

Blog posts 2008-02-21

News to know: Vista SP1 benchmarks; HP; Wireless price wars; Apple; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Another take on Vista vs. XP benchmarks Larry Dignan: HP: No tech slowdown here AT&T matches Verizon: Welcome to the wireless price wars Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1 prerequisite update ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., HD-DVD, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Toshiba Corp., Wireless, Hd Dvd, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Consumer Electronics, Viruses And Worms, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2008-02-20

MacBook+Air+Diary-Day+20%3A+Cutting+the+cord

MacBook+Air+Diary-Day+20%3A+Cutting+the+cordDecent BonusIt's a decent bonus if you already have AT&T DSL, but I'm not going to switch to a slower service to get access at Starbucks/McDonalds for free. The airport service is much more valuable for travellers, for sure.Many people are already above a 3mb download speed at home,...

Tags: Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Network technology, airport service, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, wireless, Starbucks Corp., MacBook Air Diary-Day 20, Ethernet

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

MacBook Air Diary-Day 20: Cutting the cord

Yesterday, I blogged about traveling light and paring down my computer bag down to a MacBook Air in a simple sleeve. Today I want to ween myself off wired network connections. For some, going 100 percent wireless borders on blasphemy (with its inherent security issues, lack of...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, AT&T Corp., DSL, Starbucks Corp., Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Apple MacBook, Wireless, AT&T DSL Rate, Networking, Personal Technology, Telecommunications

Blog posts 2008-02-19

News to know: HD DVD done; Vista SP1 problems and benchmarks; MacBook Air Diary; Green data centers

Notable headlines: Robin Harris: What your disk drive isn't telling you. Toshiba: We're done with HD DVD Report: Toshiba to announce HD DVD pullout Tuesday. Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360 Mary Jo Foley:...

Tags: Data Center, HD-DVD, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, GrandCentral, Data Centers, Hd Dvd, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Storage, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Hardware, Data Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-19

MacBook Air Diary-Day 19: Traveling light

MacBook Air Diary-Day 19: Traveling lightYour lifestyle should drive your technology, not the other way around.By your own admission: "It's a total lifestyle change and you have to force yourself to do it, but 90 percent of the time I only need my MacBook Air."Most people want technology to enhance...

Tags: Notebooks, Tablets, Desktops, Operating systems, MacBook Air, MacBook Air Diary-Day 19, Apple MacBook, Apple Macintosh, CD

Discussion threads 2008-02-18

MacBook Air Diary-Day 19: Traveling light

I finally did it. After almost 20 days of using the MacBook Air I'm now carrying just the MBA sans accessories. Like Linus with his blanket, I started by carrying the MBA in a padded sleeve case inside my regular bag for the first two weeks. This...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, MBA, Apple MacBook, Accessory, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-02-18

News to know: Microsoft's Hyper-V and reorg; NetSuite; Cisco patches; MacBook Air diary

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Review: Microsoft’s Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice Dana Gardner: Merger target suspect Citrix assembles virtualization products as Delivery Center Dan Kusnetzky: Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky? Former Microsoft...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., NetSuite Inc., Apple MacBook, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Social Networking, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-02-15