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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

Video: MacBook to tablet conversion in two minutes

Video: MacBook to tablet conversion in two minutesI had a truly miserable experience with TechRestoreThree years ago, when my iBook from TechRestore failed after a just few months, I went through a customer-support odyssey with them that discouraged me from ever dealing with them again. From breaking their promise to...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Corporate communications, TechRestore, tablet conversion, Apple MacBook, tablet, video

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

Video: MacBook to tablet conversion in two minutes

TechRestore has posted a new, stop-motion take-apart HD video of their overnight ModService on their blog. Watch the conversion of a standard MacBook into the only tablet Mac in under two minutes. Turn down your volume though, the SFX are a little excessive. by Jason D. O'Grady

Tags: Apple MacBook, Video, TechRestore, Tablets, Notebooks, Corporate Communications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-02-10

MWSF09 Best in Show: TechRestore matte finish MacBook screen

MWSF09 Best in Show: TechRestore matte finish MacBook screenWhy does your picture...the anti-glare screen cutting down the brightness, but the picture on their website shows the opposite?Physics tells us that only one of these is correct. Refraction and diffusion causes light loss.RE: MWSF09 Best in Show: TechRestore matte finish...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, TechRestore

Discussion threads 2009-01-10

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

Additional Resources

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

News to know: Windows 7; Oracle patches; CES wrap; Satyam saga

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft reboots borked Windows 7 Beta The Windows Blog: Here's where we stand Joe Brockmeier: Windows 7 as "Linux killer"? How times have...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Satyam, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-12

MBP tear down video

TechRestore.com has posted a stop motion tear-down video of new MacBook Pro. These new MacBooks Pro are amazing! The whole trackpad is a button, which doesn't seem all that much better than tap clicking, until you go to drag stuff, which is sooo much better this way! The four-finger...

Tags: Video, TechRestore.com, Expose Control, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-27

The mother of all notebook hard drives: Scorpio Blue

The mother of all notebook hard drives: Scorpio BlueSamsung M6 beat you to itI've had a 9.5mm height Samsung Spinpoint M6 500GB for about 3 months now in my 17" MacBook Pro. I had to order it with an external enclosure from a reseller as Samsung initially wasn't selling the...

Tags: Notebooks, Scorpio Blue, notebook hard drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., hard drive, notebook

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

What's inside the Apple TV?

(Updated on 3/23/07@10:15 a.m.) What’s on Apple TV? Apparently chips from well-known makers, including Intel, Nvidia, Broadcom and Silicon Image.I’m always interested in what is inside new products like the Apple TV. Luckily Im not the only one. Apple TV teardowns by the Techrestore FutureShock blog (Link: here) and AnandTech...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Semiconductors, Network technology, Apple TV, Apple Computer Inc., TV, chip

Blog posts 2007-03-23

The DVD-R media that destroyed my SuperDrive (photos)

The DVD-R media that destroyed my SuperDrive photosAgreedI agree that 300$ for the drive is quite outrageous. But they don't seem to be the only manufacturers who charge this kind of price. Last time I checked the price for my Lenovo T42 internal optical drive, the CD-RW/DVD-RW costs 259$! Better...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, photograph, AppleCare, media, Apple Inc., DVD-R, Apple Mac Superdrive

Discussion threads 2007-02-20