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- HP Envy 15 targets Apple MacBook Pro with quality, performance
- HP's new ENVY 15 targets Apple's MacBook Pro notebooks with Voodoo spirit. It's about an inch thick and weighs 5.18 lbs. It offers a magnesium case, glass buttonless trackpad, a new Core i7 processor, dual SSD drives and non-switchable discrete Radeon HD 4830 graphics with 1GB of VRAM. Its 15.6-inch...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, product photos, HP, laptops, notebooks, MacBook Pro, Envy 15, Voodoo, Andrew Nusca
- Image galleries 2009-09-15
- HP Envy 13 targets Apple MacBook Pro with quality, performance
- HP's new ENVY 13 targets Apple's MacBook Pro notebooks with Voodoo spirit. It weighs 3.74 lbs, omits an internal disc drive, offers Radeon HD 4330 discrete graphics, a 13.1-inch WXGA display (82% color gamut; 410 nit) and an optional Slim Fit extended life battery that doubles the 7-hour battery life....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, product photos, HP, laptops, notebooks, MacBook Pro, Envy 13, Voodoo, Andrew Nusca
- Image galleries 2009-09-15
- WWDC 2009: Latest MacBooks revamped
- At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, the company's vice president of product marketing, shows off the company's new additions to the MacBook Pro line including a new 13-inch and an updated MacBook Air.
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, News, WWDC 2009, macbook pro, laptops, apple, mac, green, macbook air, 13-inch, macbook
- Videos 2009-06-08
- WWDC 2009: New 15-inch MacBook Pro revealed
- At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Apple's vice president of product marketing, Philip Schiller, shows off the company's latest MacBook Pro. The new notebook has a 3.06GHz processor, a unibody architecture, and a built-in lithium polymer battery. Schiller adds that customers shouldn't need to change battery in a notebook...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Schiller, Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Apple, MacBook Pro
- Videos 2009-06-08
- Confirmed: MacBook drops Firewire port
- Confirmed: MacBook drops Firewire portUpgrade to Pro?It looks like if you want FireWire, you'll need to get a Macbook Pro instead.http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html"What do video professionals think about this?"What about we non-professionals who shoot video?I guess we're SOL, as far as Apple is concerned.Nice way to drive customers to Windows machines Stevie...
- Tags: Notebooks, macBook Pro, Apple MacBook, FireWire, video, Firewire port
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Some snaps of what happens when 10.5.2 goes bad. (Gallery: Apple Vista (a.k.a. 10.5.2))
- Some snaps of what happens when 10.5.2 goes bad. (Gallery: Apple Vista (a.k.a. 10.5.2))Not everything is perfect, but pretty closeIts obvious the macbook pro has some defective hardware. I been running 10.5.2 since its release and not once have I seen any of these error messages and I work my...
- Tags: Apple Vista, macBook Pro, A.K.A., Apple Inc., Gallery, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- 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
- MacBook Pro 17-inch HD starting to arrive
- Lost in the excitement of the new MacBook Pro announcement on 5 June was a unique new feature never available in an Apple notebook before. No, I'm not talking about the new LED-backlit displays, I'm talking about the new 1920 x 1200 displays that are available as an option in...
- Tags: Announcement, Displays, Hardware, MacBook Pro
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Inside the new MBP: Intel's Santa Rosa processor
- Arguably the most significant upgrade in the the new MacBook Pros announced yesterday is the inclusion of the new Mobile 965 chipset (a.k.a. "Santa Rosa") from Intel. The new chip whose marketing name is Centrino Pro has a number of features over the previous silicon: Improved graphics Better wireless with support for...
- Tags: Hardware, Intel, MacBook Pro
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Inside the new MBP: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
- One of the major new features of the new MacBook Pro is the addition of the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card. This is a switch from the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 GPU which shipped in the previous MBPThe 15-inch MacBook Pro ships with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics...
- Tags: Video, MacBook Pro, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Apple announces new MacBook Pros
- As expected, Apple today announced new MacBook Pros â€" less than a week before the start of their Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC which kicks off in San Francisco next week. The new MacBook Pros feature faster 2.2 and 2.4GHz processors presumably based on Intel's new Santa Rosa chip architecture. The...
- Tags: MacBook Pro, Hardware, Announcement
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- WWDC 2007 predictions and historical announcements
- Apple Gazette has posted their predictions for WWDC 2007. With less than 17 days before the big event it's time to start placing your bets.Here's Apple Gazette's list:1. Multi-Touch in Leopard2. New GUI for OS X3. New iLife w/iTunes HD4. Blu-Ray Support5. Leopard/iPhone integration6. New Mac Minis and MacBook Pros,and...
- Tags: Conference, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, Prediction, WWDC
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- 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
- Analyst: New MacBook Pro a "near certainty" at WWDC?
- Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said that new MacBook Pros are a "near certainty" to be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC next month.He notes that the last MacBook Pro was launched 209 days ago and that, on average, Apple updates its professional notebooks every 182 days. In other...
- Tags: MacBook Pro, Rumor, WWDC
- 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.â€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
- Apple store is 'busy updating'
- The Apple online store is currently offline, rumors abound that Apple is releasing new Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pros with LED backlights today.
- Tags: MacBook Pro, Retail, Rumor, Store
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- 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
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