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Apple announces 17-inch MacBook Pro

Without the fanfare of a keynote address or even a media event, Apple yesterday announced the MacBook Pro 17-inch. The new large screen Intel Core Duo-based Apple portable replaces the PowerBook G4 17-inch leaving the 12-inch as the last remaining PowerBook G4 available at the Apple online store.Specs on the...

Tags: MBP15, MBP17

Blog posts 2006-04-25

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Episode 116: PowerPage Podcast

Episode 116 of the PowerPage Podcast has been posted. This week we discuss Apple testing iPhone MMS in Washington, Apple's September Keynote, no tablet in 2009?, anti-glare comes back to the MBP15 and "What's on your Mac?" Featuring: Jason D. O'Grady and Rob Parker. You can subscribe to the PowerPage...

Tags: Apple Inc., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Tablets, Cellular Phones, Notebooks, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-17

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

MWSF09 Best in Show: TechRestore matte finish MacBook screen

One of the trickest upgrades I found on the Macworld Expo show floor is the matte finish screen replacement ($199) for the 15-inch uniboby MacBook Pro from TechRestore. Apple's glossy screen is pictured on the left and TechRestore's anti-glare screen is on the right. I'm no fan...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, TechRestore, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-10

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

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

LED backlighting coming to a Mac near you

The new kid on the block for backlight technology is LEDs which "consume less power, run cooler, and last longer than CCFLs" according to a story in DigiTimes via AppleInsider.The next revision to the 15-inch MacBook Pro will be the first to get the new LED backlights some time in...

Tags: Hardware, MacBook Pro, light-emitting diode, LED Backlight

Blog posts 2007-01-21

Bigger = cheaper

I can deal with the fact that the 17-inch MacBook Pro has some features that the 15-inch model doesn't have (FireWire 800, 8x double-layer burner) but I am baffled by Apple's pricing model for the MBP17 nicknamed "riot shield."Let's compare Apples and Apples for a second (pardon the pun.) If...

Tags: Apple Mac Superdrive, FireWire

Blog posts 2006-04-26