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Dear Apple: Where is the MagSafe auto adapter?

Dear Apple,When you announced the new MacBook Pro on 10 January 2006 you touted the new MagSafe adapter as an important new feature. While I like the concept I really need a power adapter for my vehicle.With the onset of the summer solstice tomorrow more people find themselves outdoors and...

Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Accessory

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Apple notebook retail sales up 94 percent

According to market research firm NPD U.S. PC unit growth for April grew 14 percent overall, including a 19 percent increase in retail sales and a 30 percent increase in notebook computer sales.AppleInsider reports that Apple's retail Mac sales grew 62 percent year-over-year for the month of April, including a...

Tags: MacBook, MacBook Pro, Retail, Store

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Apple not the only PC vendor making bogus display claims

A class action lawsuit filed recently against Apple Inc. claims that, among other things, the company advertised MacBooks and MBPs as capable of displaying "millions of colors" when in fact they can only do that by "dithering."Wired's Gadget Lab blog mentions that Apple is not the only one making this...

Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Legal, Displays

Blog posts 2007-05-22

March of the notebook hard drives

I've always complained about the fact that notebook hard drives are the only technology that don't seem to keep up with Moore's Law, but that appears to be changing. A rash of recent 2.5-inch hard drive announcements shows promise that the trend of small, slow notebook drives could be changing...

Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Hard drive

Blog posts 2007-05-22

MacBook displays: good or bad?

Apple has long touted their MacBook and Pro displays as tops in their fields but apparently everyone doesn't agree.A class action lawsuit filed in San Diego Fred Greaves and Dave Gatley and unearthed by Engadget states that Apple's portable displays don't live up to the hype. The suit accuses Cupertino...

Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Legal, Displays

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Intel Santa Rosa chips destined for MacBooks

Its inevitable. Now that Apples hitched its wagon to the Intel star, the processor road map is pretty much set in stone. The switch to Intel was exciting news for Apple portable users because theyre known for their powerful mobile chips. In fact, it was the lack of fast and...

Tags: Intel, Hardware, MacBook, MacBook Pro

Blog posts 2007-05-10

iSkin SOHO sleeve for MacBook Pro

Sometimes you dont want to carry around a large bag for your MacBook or MBP. Especially as we get closer to summer theres something to be said for traveling light. The SOHO (US$60-65) from iSkin is a form-fitting portfolio type case made specifically for the MacBook or MacBook Pro that...

Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Cases, Bags

Blog posts 2007-05-08

Stealthy Battery Update addresses swelling

Whenever Apple releases a software update you sometimes have read between the lines to get the whole story. Late Friday Apple quietly released the mysterious Battery Update 1.2 with the the brief explanation that it "updates battery firmware and improves battery functionality." Um, sure. According to the BBC there is...

Tags: Software Update, Software, MacBook Pro, MacBook, Battery

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Battery Update 1.2 released

Apple yesterday released Battery Update 1.2 (244kb) which "updates battery firmware and improves battery functionality" for the following Apple notebooks:MacBookMacBook (Late 2006)MacBook Pro (15-inch)MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy)MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo)MacBook Pro (17-inch)MacBook Pro (17-inch Core 2 Duo)The update requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later and after installation...

Tags: Software Update, Software, MacBook Pro, MacBook, Battery

Blog posts 2007-04-29

Tom Bihn ID messenger bag

Tom Bihns ID (US$130) is a mid-sized messenger bag that can easily carry a MacBook 13-inch all the way up to a 17-inch MacBook Pro, depending on the sleeve you pick. All Toms bags are made in Seattle, Washington and the ID shown here is constructed of tough 1050 denier...

Tags: MacBook, General, Cases, MacBook Pro, Luggage, Bags, Accessory

Blog posts 2007-04-10

Crystal ball: Macworld Expo 2007

Another January means another round of fortune telling. The week leading up to Macworld Expo are when pundits predict what Apple has in store for us in the new year. With that lets dive into what Steve Jobs could announce at the Moscone Center in San Francisco one week from...

Tags: iTunes, Macworld Expo, iPod, Apple Computer Inc., iTV, iPhone, MacPro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iWork, Mac mini, iLife

Blog posts 2007-01-02

CoolBook adjusts Core Duo voltage and clock speed

Hot on the heels of my story yesterday about undervolting your Core Duo CPU to save on battery and heat comes a nifty piece of shareware. CoolBook is a GUI to control CPU clock speed and voltage. Its like the author was reading my mind!CoolBook is a $10 shareware application...

Tags: Processors, voltage, Intel Core Duo, Apple MacBook, clock speed

Blog posts 2006-11-15

"Undervolting" can increase battery life

Everyones heard of overclocking a CPU to wring the last few drops of performance out it, right? Well, a notebook jockeys equivalent is called "undervolting" and its designed to increase battery life not clock speed.An article in NordicHardware explains the concept: The technology used is called undervolting and even if...

Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Battery, voltage, CPU, Fredrik Andersson

Blog posts 2006-11-14

The MacBook Chasm shrinks

A very short two weeks ago I wrote about the MacBook chasm, the difference in features and benefits between Apples consumer MacBook and the professional MacBook Pro. I wrote that Apples revving the MacBook Pro to the faster and cooler Core 2 Duo processor essentially widened the gap between the...

Tags: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Apple MacBook

Blog posts 2006-11-09

More on Merom ship dates

More on Merom ship datesI will definitely be one of the first in line ...I'm getting one as soon as it's released.Sign me upJust looking at apple-history.com and the updates for iBooks seem to follow a pattern of May and October/Novermber refreshes. Need a MacBook for Uni and will be...

Tags: Logic Pro, macBook Pro, macbook

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

Additional Resources

Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux

Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...

Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)

Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...

Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs

Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUsIt's not surprising.The increased cost of the premium Office doesn't provide much that corporations need. Also, as linked, Vista Home Basic is not viable either, so they must, if they go Vista, get the premium product.I do think a clarification is needed. [B]He...

Tags: Elop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!

We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...

Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Apple's coming notebook transition

Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...

Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-24