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- Battery preservation and 'Desktop Mode'
- Second battery.Apple could make a separate 'battery conditioner/charger' device. This conditioner would then cycle the battery and bring it back to specs., while your laptop has the fresh one for use. How about this...Fully charge the battery. In software, disconnect the battery from the computer. This would require...
- Tags: Engineering, desktop, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Snow Leopard gets battery forensics
- Replace Soon/Now. But *how*?Replace Soon/Now/Check. But how do you replace the battery? Oh, that's right, you have to pay Apple not only for the battery but also for the labor cost to replace it. Genius bar, indeed. Apple have figured a way to make money off support.Reminds me of Hitch-Hikers...
- Tags: Engineering, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc., battery, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- What should the next MacBook look like? Cost?
- Wasn't the idea for the 13" MacBook Pro going to replace this?Here Apple seemed to be heading to killing the plastic MacBook. Originally the 13" UniBody MacBook was just "MacBook" then later they added a "Pro" to the name (which made sense, as it was so like the existing MacBook...
- Tags: Notebooks, Tablets, Apple MacBook, tablet, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Camping with your Mac 2.0 (HyperMac mini review)
- In June I wrote about some essential gear to bring while camping with your Mac. This is a follow-up based on a camping trip I took with my family this month to Olympic National Park in Washington. I thought I'd share couple of tips from a recent...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Battery, USB, Apple MacBook Pro, HyperMac, Engineering, Notebooks, Smart Phones, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- News to know: Amazon; Yahoo-Microsoft; Wireless carrier exclusivity; YouTube; Oracle; HP-IBRIX
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles Dana Blankenhorn: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Wireless, Brammo, GlassHouse Service, Microsoft Windows 7, FireWire, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Justifying non-removable batteries
- Justifying non-removable batteriesNon-Removable Battery"hot-swapping" the battery isn't the only reason to replace a battery.Rechargeable batteries have a limited useable lifespan, and degrade over time less available energy per recharge such that that macbooks 7 hour battery life will slowly decline to 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 , 0. ...
- Tags: Engineering, battery, non-removable battery, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- Justifying non-removable batteries
- Apple got the ire of its users when it released the original iPhone with a fixed, non-removable battery. The mainstream media and blogosphere myself included barbecued Apple for the omission as everything from flat out stupid to a fatal blow to the success of the device. We see how far...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcement
- Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementRE: Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementYet another MS product where all the deliverables were submitted on time and presentation is smooth and flawless.Oh. Sorry, was I thinking about Apple again.RE: Microsoft jumps gun on Office 2010 announcementDeliberately done as a marketing...
- Tags: Office 2010 announcement, Office 2010, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-13
- iPhone 3GS users complain of poor battery life
- iPhone 3GS users complain of poor battery lifeAre not most of the items listed[i]1.Minimize use of location services2.Turn off push notifications3.Fetch new data less frequently4.Turn off push mail5.Auto-check fewer email accounts6.Minimize use of third-party applications[/i]The very reason why people purchased the iPhone in the first place?i agreemy 3GS has worse...
- Tags: Engineering, Smart phones, battery, iPhone 3GS, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3GS user, poor battery life
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- More about charging Apple's notebook batteries
- More about charging Apple's notebook batteriesI tend to leave the AC power connected for many days at a time.My battery life on my MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo is currently running at 3.5 hours (after 2 years of use) after a full charge.Are you telling me to take advantage...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Apple Inc., battery, notebook battery, notebook
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- More about charging Apple's notebook batteries
- On Friday I posted a piece titled The correct way to use your MacBook's battery that was based on my experience with an Apple Genius and a two-year old MacBook battery that had failed while covered under AppleCare. The long and short of it was that the...
- Tags: Notebook, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Notebook Battery, Engineering, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- The correct way to use your MacBook's battery
- The correct way to use your MacBook's batteryOkay, so having this thing plugged into AC all the timeIs not how it is 'supposed to be used'? LAWSUIT TIME APPLE!I swear, it is stupid things like this that make me wonder if Apple is even THINKING THESE THINGS THROUGH.The fact is...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Apple Guy, battery, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- 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
- 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 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
- Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for others
- Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for othersPrices went back to normalIt looks to me that apple just reset their prices to what they were a little over a year ago... aka, still too pricy... they may be a hundred dollars cheaper here or there, but the 17"...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, OS X., PC, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for others
- Lauren would have felt so uncool at yesterday's Worldwide Developer's Conference keynote speech. You remember Lauren, right? She was the gal in the Microsoft commercial who actually wanted to buy a Mac but had to walk out of Apple store when she discovered there was no 17-inch laptop there for...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, 17-inch, Desktops, Pricing, Hardware, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- WWDC 09: the announcements (Updated 10x)
- Following is a wrap-up of the announcements at WWDC 2009 in San Francisco today. iPhone 3GS: “The S stands for speed." Launching Messages: 2.1x faster Load SimCity: 2.4x faster Viewing an Excel attachment: 3.6x faster Load NYTimes.com: 2.9x faster...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Car, Battery, ScrollMotion, Engineering, Construction, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
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