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Airport Express, holding up the revolution?

With Apple's announcement of the MacBook Air they've clearly stated that the future is wire free and that hard wired connections are dead. The MBA Apple has done away with the traditional Ethernet port that's graced almost every previous Apple portable. Sure, you can add Ethernet with...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., IEEE 802.11, Home Stereo, Wireless LANs, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11n, Wireless, Apple AirPort Express, MBA Apple, Networking

Blog posts 2008-01-28

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Can a laptop ever be too thin?

It is disgusting how you guys rewrite history for Apple ad $$$[i]The ultra-thin laptop craze began in early 2008 when Apple first pulled a MacBook Air out of an interoffice envelope.[/i]Don't you guys feel ashamed lying about [b]facts[/b] in order to get a few $$$ from Apple's marketing department?http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2004-07-21-baig_x.htm[i]Sony weighs...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple Inc., laptop computer, craze, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?

Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Forget 99 cent smartphone apps, let's be fair to developers too

Price floors don't help anyoneFirst, setting a minimum price is a price floor. Basic microeconomics teaches that this lowers demand and raises supply, generating an inefficient surplus. I don't see how that's good.Second, you seem to imply in this article that $0.99 apps are Apple's fault. They...

Tags: Action Games, developer, cent smartphone app

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric Schmidt

Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric SchmidtArt Levinson is nextNow Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson needs to exit either Google's or Apple's board.RE: Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric SchmidtMy opinion is any of these Board members who receive Stock Options as partial remuneration for their services on this...

Tags: Corporate governance, Art Levinson, Apple Inc., board, Eric Schmidt, GOOD RIDDANCE, Apple Board vacancy, Intuit Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Apple's tablet in time for Christmas?

Apple's tablet in time for Christmas?Why call it the NEWTON?X-Tablet or iTablet perhaps.NEWTON!!Been and gone in the 1990'sKeep GuessingI'll bet you're way off.NEWTON?Are you suggesting this device will fail hard like the Newton?My feeling is this will be MBA hardware with a touch screen on top. Which wouldn't be...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Inkwell, tablet, Apple Inc., PC, Christmas, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

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

Analyst: Cheap ultrathin laptops push design limits; cracked plastic

Analyst: Cheap ultrathin laptops push design limits; cracked plasticIt's cheap for a reason, folks.Apparently, this lesson is never learned.Actually, metal case should not mean higher price tagThe fact is that the layouts for metal and plastic right now, pound for pound, are only different by.... 20 bucks? So, they wouldn't...

Tags: Notebooks, Product marketing, laptop computer, metal case, plastic case, product design

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

PC makers are lying to you about battery life

PC makers are lying to you about battery lifeI get about 30-45 minutesBut then I have a gaming laptop with sli graphics.On my Sony Vaio, i get about 5 hours under normal use ntnt5.5 hours, 5900 mAH batterySamsung NC20 with a mildly customized power profile, running at 62.5% brightness.Now lets...

Tags: Engineering, battery, MSI, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Apple feels economic pinch, drops prices

Apple feels economic pinch, drops pricesApples to Apples17" laptop with poor battery life, low resolution screen and a slow CPU is not in the same class as the 17" Apple. Those PC laptops that are in the same class cost about the same....$2,500thats still rather expensive for a 17"...

Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Desktops, Apple Inc., laptop computer, economic pinch

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Poor economy saves Mac community from clone crap

Poor economy saves Mac community from clone crapRE: Poor economy saves Mac community from clone crapOh you'll enjoy my response to this, David. :)Can you point me to the reliability data you used......in order to reach the conclusion Psystar computers were more failure prone than Apple computers. Thanks.RE: Poor economy...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mac Community, Poor economy, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-27

Apple tablet: too little, too late?

Apple tablet: too little, too late?Perhaps you need to step away from your publishing job for a while.. because you have clearly fallen into the tired mass media trap of trying to generate controversy as a means to drive traffic."Whatever happened to being nimble and innovative? Has Apple lost its...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Apple Inc., tablet

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Will ARM netbooks be competitive?

Will ARM netbooks be competitive?One killer app not mentionedRemote client. With a remote client you basically have the power of your main computer at home or work with the all mobility and power longevity a netbook would imply.If you can get a remote client that can connect to any desktop...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Arm Netbooks

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Notice to Tim Cook: Apple Has A Netbook. It's Just Not Competitive.

Notice to Tim Cook: Apple Has A Netbook. It's Just Not Competitive.Well putGreat article.WRONG!If you follow this, Dell launched a new Netbook, the Adamo. Or the really tiny Sony Vaios. Or the other small Windows Notebooks.This Article = EPIC FAIL!Ridiculous ArticleA netbook is a weak system with a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Flybook, netbook, Tim Cook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Foxconn may have contract to manufacture Apple netbook

Foxconn may have contract to manufacture Apple netbookFoxconn may have contract to manufacture Apple netbookLook on the bright side, if they use a Foxconn motherboard you won't be able to run linux on it. The purchase of one of these will depend on price. Remember that Apple is...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Apple Inc., netbook, Apple Netbook, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

Dell Adamo teardown

Dell Adamo teardownNice interior..I just love the Made in China logo on the back...can`t compare it with the Designed in California/Made in China Sweatshops of the CrapBook Air :)))Ugh. Painted on?The word stylish and Intel and Windows logo used in the same sentence makes babies cry. And painted on means...

Tags: Notebooks, Dell Adamo, Dell Computer Corp., MBA

Discussion threads 2009-04-11

Apple hoarding NAND flash memory, 32GB iPhone here I come!

Apple hoarding NAND flash memory, 32GB iPhone here I come!pure supply and demand.. i dont see a problem with that.The big cable/phone providers were doing it back in 2001 with fiber cabling. You had to wait months to get it because they were buying everything they could get their...

Tags: Flash memory, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, NAND Flash memory, memory, NAND flash, NAND

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Boot time shootout: MacBook Air v. Dell Mini 9

Boot time shootout: MacBook Air v. Dell Mini 9SSD Boot timeI think that the MBA boot time has a lot to do with the disk. I have a Patriot SSD in my uni-body MacBook and it boots as fast as the dell in the video.RE: Boot time shootout:...

Tags: Notebooks, Boot-time, MacBook Air v, Apple MacBook Air, Dell Mini 9, Apple MacBook, Dell Computer Corp., Mini 9

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Boot time shootout: MacBook Air v. Dell Mini 9

A friend forwarded me this video that compares the boot time of the MacBook Air to that of a Dell Mini 9 netbook and the results are pretty astonishing. Keep in mind that this test is unscientific and that the MacBook Air is using a standard SATA...

Tags: Apple MacBook Air, Dell Computer Corp., Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-03-26

Lack of iPhone 3.0 hardware not surprising

Lack of iPhone 3.0 hardware not surprisingMy hardware wishlistSmaller. The iPhone is big, bulky, and heavy.Something better than the industry trailing 480*320 resolution. The quality of the screen on the iPhone is so atrocious that I laugh and I laugh and I laugh when people suggest that the iPhone makes...

Tags: Engineering, Wireless and Mobility, Apple iPhone, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-03-18