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- MBP
- Manchester Bus Powered A synchronous transmission standard used in industrial networks. It provides 31.25 Kbps over a two-wire connection that delivers power in the bus and intrinsic safety.
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- 29 screws
- Last night I had the pleasure of installing a hard drive in the new "unibody" MacBook Pro, and it seems strange to even type those words after years of fighting with the 29 screws required to replace the HDD on the previous generation of MacBook Pro. Yesterday...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Screw, MBP, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- MacBook Pro 17 (Early 2009) observations
- For me the new, unibody MacBook Pro 17-inch (PN MB604LL/A) is probably the most exciting thing announced here at Macworld Expo. Not only because I'm more of a hardware guy but also because I'm a MacBook freak. So, where to start? The MBP has three compelling new features. ...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, MBP, MBP17, Screen Option, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Interesting facts about the new MacBooks
- Some quick observations about the new MacBooks culled from around the Web: The MacBook no longer has a Firewire port. Target Disk Mode is gone too it died with Firewire. A new version of Migration Assistant (1.2.2...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., MBP, Hard Drive Swap, Serial ATA Controller, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Rumor Mill: Some juice on the new MBP (updated)
- According to what I hear the picture that surfaced briefly on French blog Nowhere Else (above, Tip: ValleyWag) isn't the new MacBook Pro. What's with the weird OS X dock that's Photoshopped onto the trackpad and the pixelized tapered edge? Is it supposed to be...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., MBP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Rumor Mill: What you should be saving up for
- Howdy. It's Jake, Jason's evil, rumor-mongering twin. It's Friday, which means that it's time for a peek at the current raft of Apple rumors: iPhone 3G â€" This one is getting more persistant, so it's probably getting closer to being real. The latest word...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Blu-ray, Apple MacBook, Cellular Phones, Notebooks, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, MBP, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Will the MacBook Air ruin the MacBook Pro?
- New owners of the MacBook Air are putting the controversial ultralight Mac through its paces in actual, real-world workflows. And the results are upbeat. At the same time, the solid results from the ultralight spark questions about the redesign of the MacBook Pro â€" whenever Cupertino decides...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Machine, Apple MacBook Pro, MBP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- An analysis of Apple's notebook strategy
- There are several directions that Apple could take with their notebook strategy in 2008 and I want to flesh out a few of them. The MacBook is targeted at consumers, the MacBook Pro at, well, professionalsâ€"this much we know. There is much speculation that Apple...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Enclosure, Strategy, Analysis, Hardware, MacBook Enclosure, MBP, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- Canon's FSO laser beam uplink
- Canon showed off its latest line of FSO Free Space Optics CANOBEAM products. These devices offer 156 to 1250 mbps of actual throughput under good atmospheric conditions and aren't susceptible to RF Radio Frequency interference. The downside to FSO devices is that they must have an unobstructed line-of-sight in non-foggy...
- Tags: Infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Networking
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- How-to: MacBook Pro hard drive transplant
- I recently purchased a new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro and wanted to share some of the intricacies of swapping out the hard drive.Whenever I place an order for a new just-released machine from Apple I usually buy one of the stock configurations to avoid the potential delay of the...
- Tags: hard drive, MBP, MeBook, Hardware, MacBook Pro
- Blog posts 2006-11-03
- MBP 33 percent battery bug
- Something weird has been happening with the battery in my MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz for the past two or three weeks. Several times after carrying my MBP in a bag to or from work it would arrive completely shut down - which is weird because I never shut my machine...
- Tags: battery, MBP
- Blog posts 2006-06-01
- MacBook Pro's crazy new LEDs
- The devil, as they say, is in the details. And the MacBook Pro is no exception. When I turned out the lights to go to bed recently I discovered something new about the MacBook Pro that was quite surprising. Apple has cranked up the keyboard backlight on the new notebook...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, keyboard, MBP
- Blog posts 2006-03-01
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- Psystar massacred in court
- I wouldn't.....buy even with a 100% discount, Psystar is toast and part of Apple's claim would invoke a recall of all machines and buyer's info. Apart from the 'no support' from Apple, there will be no support from a defunct company too.Yep, there is pent-up demand for an expandable cheap...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- What's the key to Apple's success?
- One word: QUALITYA concept absent from WindowslandTDSo sad to see how Apple destroyed the word "innovation"Apple has never, ever, done anything innovative. By applying the term to blatant rebadging of 5 year old technology, you devalue the meaning of the word and insult those who actually [b]do[/b] innovate. For shame.Oh,...
- Tags: Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse
- You can watch BluRay movies via the Display Port IN. [nt][nt]Windows to the rescue!![i]Of course, until Apple releases software support, you?ll still have to boot into Windows to play movies.[/i]LOL, OS X sucks. :)LOLWhat's sad is that OS X is the best that Apple could steal!Is that the best you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mouse, Apple Inc., Pagan, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features
- I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...
- Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- iTablet redux, more details trickle out
- Innovative!!And by "innovative", I mean the new definition which is where Apple slaps their logo on things that have been around for years.BTW, while you guys are cheering about iTablet picture mockups, others are actually releasing real, working products:http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/c-motech-shows-off-snapdragon-powered-mangrove-tablet/That's innovation. :)Troll-o-vative!! (n/m).Or, you could go by the actual definition of...
- Tags: Engineering, Smart phones, Digital media, Digital music, learning curve, Apple Inc., iTablet, battery, Innovative
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Dell Latitude Z 16" thin-and-light revealed; Lamborghini angles hide boardroom muscle
- So Sweet.Thats all I got, that thing is frigg'in cool!I just can't see paying that much...For so little. I would honestly rather buy a mac, and that's saying a lot, as they're horribly overpriced.I travel 75% of the year, and everything that implies: planes, rental cars, subways, metro bus/rail, the...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Latitude Z 16, Dell Latitude Z, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Latitude
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Can a Windows geek learn to love Snow Leopard?
- David Alison's BlogEd, have you seen David Alison's blog? He was a long time Windows developer that switched to Mac. His blog has a wealth of information about the trials and tribulations of switching. If you've not already, I suggest you have a look.http://www.davidalison.com/NoWhile I can't comment on Snow...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., WMA, Apple Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- RadTech ClearCal tames screen glare
- Until just recently Apple only offered one screen finish on all its computers - glossy. While glossy may be fine for some people, I've long argued that glossy isn't practical for a notebook computer that's purpose-built to be used almost anywhere â€" including outdoors. ...
- Tags: Film, Screen, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, TechRestore, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Remote exploit released for Windows Vista SMB2 worm hole
- Time for an out-of-cycle patch Microsoft. nt.This exploit doesn't countIf the exploit was created by security researchers, it doesn't count.Cue the double standards...It's called "Proof of concept".Originally classified as "Denial of Service", it is now proved to be wormable in every version of Windows currently on the market.But feel free...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, NonZealot, TODAY XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
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