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Sub $1,000 Apple notebook receives hardware upgrade

by Josh Holat on Jan 21, 2009 at 03:58 PM

Apple managed to sneakily update their sub $1,000 notebook hardware.  And when I say sub $1,000, I sadly mean the $999 white polycarbonate shell notebook that Apple has kept around. Although the processor has been kept at 2.0GHz and there is no option for a backlit keyboard, the updates still… Continue Reading »

Sure we miss FireWire, but do we really need it?

by Aaron Kraus on Jan 14, 2009 at 07:07 AM

To preface this article, yes it has been several months since Apple gave us the thumbs-down on FireWire by axing it from the latest round of MacBook updates (it survives on the MacBook Pro, but only in the less popular Firewire 800 form). Much has been said, though little has… Continue Reading »

LG signs 5-year contract with Apple for LCD displays

by Patrick Lutz on Jan 12, 2009 at 05:17 PM

LG has just signed a five-year contract with Apple which states that they will be providing LCDs for the company. Apple apparently wanted LG’s LCD and next-generation OLED displays for its line of notebooks and Cinema Displays, along with future iPhone and iPod models. LG will receive US$500 million for… Continue Reading »

Axiotron announces the ModBook Pro

by Jake Gaecke on Jan 7, 2009 at 03:51 PM

Yesterday at Macworld, Axiotron announced the ModBook Pro.  Adreas Has, the CEO, and Steve Wozniak were both there, and so was I. I got a chance to sit down with CEO of Axiotron Andreas Has and view a nonworking model of the ModBook Pro. We talked about more announcements than… Continue Reading »

Speck to introduce new notebook backpacks, bags and sleeves at Macworld

by Kirk Hiner on Jan 5, 2009 at 09:00 AM

Speck Products, developers of cases for numerous consumer electronics devices (including the iPod, iPhone and Apple laptops, of course), will introduce a new line of laptop cases at both Macworld Expo and CES in the coming week. The four new packs will launch in two distinct colors—Speakeasy Black Pinstripe with… Continue Reading »

MacBook Nano to show up at Macworld?

by Josh Holat on Jan 3, 2009 at 09:45 PM

In what appears to be complete speculation, the UK technology news website named ElectricPig has written an article over at their site about the MacBook Nano that Apple will supposedly be announcing at Macworld on Tuesday. According to them, this machine would not only kick the competing netbooks’ behinds when… Continue Reading »

Boot Camp update addresses Macbook multitouch trackpads

by Jake Gaecke on Dec 19, 2008 at 08:07 AM

Apple has released an update to Boot Camp.  The update is pretty slim on details. Here’s what it has to say… This update improves the performance of the Apple Multi-Touch trackpad when running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. Continue Reading »

In the Lap(top) of the Gods: The fascinating behavior of migratory Macs

by Kirk Hiner on Dec 17, 2008 at 06:51 AM

One of the things that has always surprised me about the Mac web is that computer migration doesn’t get more press. The ease with which you can move files and identities on Mac OS X is astounding, simply astounding. There’s just no way around that. When I think of how… Continue Reading »

Are we going to see a sub-notebook in January?

by Anthony Parkinson on Dec 14, 2008 at 05:38 PM

Are we going to see a sub-notebook in January? I don’t think so. There are rumors on the internet that Steve is going to announce some kind of “netbook” or “sub-notebook,” however, you wish to refer to it. The device would have the same functionality as the MacBook Air, with… Continue Reading »

Apple updates Unibody MacBook Firmwares

by Jake Gaecke on Dec 10, 2008 at 07:03 PM

Apple has issued firmware updates for the unibody notebooks, including MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air. All models have two firmware updates available, EFI and SMC, both of which require system restarts. To get the latest firmwares, launch Software Update from the Apple menu in the top left corner of… Continue Reading »

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