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Video: The 17” Macbook Pro

by Bill Stiteler on Jan 9, 2009 at 08:41 AM

Now that the crowds have died down a bit, I was able to spend a little more hands-on time with the new 17” Macbook Pro. The screen is a thing of beauty, but then, I like the glossy screen and the saturation it gives the colors. 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 »

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 »

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 adds support for multitouch gestures

by Jake Gaecke on Dec 10, 2008 at 12:47 PM

Mozilla is now testing support for multitouch gestures in the newest beta for Firefox 3.1 We’ve covered an experimental version of Firefox in the past that had multitouch support, but now Mozilla is building that support into regular Firefox. The gestures are as follows… Continue Reading »

In the Lap(top) of the Gods: trading in your used Mac

by Kirk Hiner on Dec 9, 2008 at 05:03 PM

In my introductory article to this series about switching from desktop to laptop computing, I mentioned that the most important factor was cost. A MacBook at full price simply isn’t in my current budget, so I reluctantly decided to sell my 20” Intel iMac. My traditional route for this has… Continue Reading »

In the Lap(top) of the Gods: abandoning the iMac for a MacBook

by Kirk Hiner on Dec 8, 2008 at 02:02 PM

Tomorrow I’ll be leaving the desktop computer behind and joining the throngs of middle management businesspeeps at Starbucks and college students at Pantera Bread (I know, but that’s what I call it) with my laptop computer. Many—if not most—of our readers will be thinking, “What’s the big deal?” You’re right.… Continue Reading »

Unibody MacBooks reportedly unstable after third-party RAM upgrades

by Jordan Satok on Dec 7, 2008 at 07:48 PM

Owners of the new unibody aluminum MacBooks are reporting that after third-party RAM Upgrades, their machines are becoming quite unstable and locking up. There are a number of discussion threads on Apple’s support forums where users have complained about such issues dating back to mid-October. It appears that if the… Continue Reading »

Graphics issues on the new MacBooks?

by Anthony Parkinson on Nov 28, 2008 at 06:40 AM

There are quite a few reports on the new MacBooks have some serious graphic issues. Apparently some users are experiencing a mysterious “black screen” just a few minutes into graphics intensive game play. Apparently this is affecting both the new MacBook and the new MacBook Pro. Keep in mind that… Continue Reading »

Apple releases QuickTime 7.5.7, addresses playback via Mini DisplayPort

by Jordan Satok on Nov 26, 2008 at 07:08 AM

Apple has released a QuickTime update for the new MacBooks, MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs. The update fixes some issues relating to playback of standard definition iTunes content. We reported a few days ago that there are some iTunes playback issues with content from the iTunes Store on the new… Continue Reading »

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