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  • Appletell reviews the CorePack Fly and AftPack laptop bags from Speck

    Remember the good old days before the iPod and the iPhone, when you couldn’t rely on your iDevice case to convey your personality? Back then, you had just one thing to carry around—your computer—and that alone let passersby know every tiny detail about who you are. Well, some of us still carry around laptop computers, and Speck wants to make sure you’re making a statement with their CorePack Fly Messenger Bag and AftPack Notebook Backback.

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Special one-day Apple shopping event now official

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 27, 2009 at 07:06 AM

We’ve been speculating for a few days now on what sort of Apple Store Black Friday sales event we’d see, and it’s now been officially unveiled. First, you get free shipping on any order over $50, which brings Apple in line with other online retailers (still have to pay taxes,… Continue Reading »

Black Friday 2009: More deals on Apple hardware

by Jake Gaecke on Nov 25, 2009 at 12:17 PM

If Apple’s rumored Black Friday sale isn’t quite good enough for you, know this; there are other options. Best Buy will be having a Black Friday Apple sale of their own, if the image above is to be believed, and in some cases it will beat the Apple sale. But… Continue Reading »

Black Friday 2009: Apple one-day shopping event details

by Jake Gaecke on Nov 23, 2009 at 02:08 PM

Today, we were teased with Apple ‘s Black Friday event (or TGI Friday) with little detail on what exactly is on sale. We weren’t so confident in the last Apple Black Friday sale rumor, but there’s a new one that seems a lot more likely, and it’s from a more… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews the BookArc Desktop Stand for MacBooks

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 6, 2009 at 10:09 AM

I like the BookArc; let’s start with that. This device from Twelve South is a simple but solid heavy gauge steel arc in which your MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air can rest in its closed position. Why would you need that? You wouldn’t be asking if you use an… Continue Reading »

Unreleased MacBook Pro 6,1 and 6,2 referenced in Mac OS X 10.6.2

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 26, 2009 at 07:27 AM

Support files for unreleased MacBook Pro computers have been discovered in the latest devloper build (10C531) of Mac OS X 10.6.2. The new build was seeded to developers just a few days ago, and includes a few references to the unreleased 6,1 and 6,2 MacBook Pro models. The latest available… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews the SeeThru Satin cover for Macbook Pro

by Bill Stiteler on Oct 15, 2009 at 12:13 PM

As we all know, the kind of cover you put on your laptop says a lot about you; everything, in fact. It gives people exactly the kinds of deep insights into your personality that are normally reserved for years of close friendship or Twitter feeds. “Who are you, Mac user?… Continue Reading »

Back to School: Is a Mac the right choice?

by Ed McKell on Sep 7, 2009 at 03:19 PM

As students head back to school, many have dreams of computers dancing in their heads. Let’s be honest up front here, it’s hard to justify a new computer for your average high school student, but it’s definitely becoming a must-have for most college students. Let’s put the cards on the… Continue Reading »

Apple begins to offer matte display for 15-inch MacBook Pro…again

by Indraneel Purohit on Aug 13, 2009 at 07:38 AM

Starting this week, however, Apple has begun to once again offer a $50 matte display option to their 15-inch MacBook Pro, calling it the “Antiglare” widescreen display. It will join the 17-inch MacBook Pro as models that have matte displays, but the 13-inch MacBook “Pro” will not have this option… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews HyperMac’s External MacBook Power Battery

by Jake Gaecke on Jul 16, 2009 at 05:42 AM

Apple has made their best effort to maximize battery life in their notebook line, but sometimes it’s just not enough. Even if battery life has been extended since previous models, the new MacBooks don’t support swapping of batteries (at least not in a usable fashion). So, what do you do?… Continue Reading »

Walt Mossberg on MacBook Pro’s sealed in batteries

by Josh Holat on Jun 29, 2009 at 09:33 PM

Walt Mossberg has his official review of the new MacBook Pro batteries written and published, and his results and insight are very interesting. He makes some very good points regarding how well the built-in batteries in these machines will work for various users. He also describes the growing trend of… Continue Reading »

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