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PowerBook WallStreet Series II: Looking Back A Dozen Years

Low End Mac’s Dan Knight has posted a retrospective on the significance of the second-generation WallStreet (a.k.a. PDQ) PowerBook G3 introduced twelve years ago in September, 2008, incorporating lessons learned from the first generation that had → Read More…

How Do I Love My New MacBook Pro? Let Me Count The Ways…

ZNet blogger Christopher Dawson references the old Joan Jett song, “I Hate Myself for Loving You”, observing that the sentiment about sums up his relationship with his new MacBook Pro 15.3” Core i5, but decided instead → Read More…

Steam survey finds 47% of Mac gamers run Apple’s MacBook Pro

Appleinsider’s Sam Oliver reports that Valve’s monthly survey of the hardware specifications of Steam users has found that nearly half of Mac gamers run a MacBook Pro, while the iMac accounts for nearly → Read More…

Tablets Are Popular But Won’t Replace Laptops

InformationWeek’s Ed Hansberry says that while Apple didn’t make the first tablet computer, they’ve wrought the first tablet that took the consumer market by storm, and the iPad’s spectacular initial success even has AT&T is thinking → Read More…

Apple MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.9 Released

MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.9 resolves a rare issue that may cause the system to freeze during startup or intermittently stall during operation, and it improves compatibility with external displays.
This update is recommended for all → Read More…

Uniea’s Back To School Sale On iPad, iPhone, Laptop Cases – 25% Off on All Orders

Universal Electronic Accessories ( Uniea ) are launching their annual Back To School sale today, the biggest one they’ve ever offered. Running from now until September 30th, customers can use the school promo → Read More…

iPad Not Hurting Mac Sales

The Street’s Trefis reports that as yet, Apple’s iPad tablet doesn’t appear to be cannibalizing the company’s conventional PC sales, with Apple’s market share hitting 4.19 percent in Q2 2010, up from 3.49% in Q1 with → Read More…

New MacBook Air 2010: Faster CPU or Less Heat Issues?

product-reviews.net’s Jamie Pert speculates on a new generation of MacBook Airs potentially being unveiled at Apple’s September keynote, observing thatne problem with current MacBook Air models is that they run extremely hot when used for extensive → Read More…

Ted Landau’s MacBook Purchase Dilemma

The Mac Observer’s Ted Landau says he’s in the market to replace his three-year-old 15” MacBook Pro, but the purchase remains on hold until he can resolve his dilemma as to what to buy, Should it → Read More…

Buffalo Scrollwheel Mouse Looks And Works Like An iPod

This extremely small (8mm thick) 800dpi USB mouse from Buffalo features an automatically retractable cable (at the push of a button) and a unique scrollwheel for web surfing and other applications.

When → Read More…

Apple Patents Point to Future MacBooks with IPS & Touch Displays

PatentlyApple reports that on July 19, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a series of ten meticulously detailed Apple patent applications covering the technology behind Apple’s high-resolution LED-backlit IPS displays that are used in → Read More…

Dealing With Spilt Liquid on Laptop Keyboard

Papatek.com has posted a tutorial on first response if you experience the tragedy of spilling liquid on your laptop’s keyboard. The machine specifically addressed in the article is a Dell Inspiron 1545, but the first → Read More…

SandForce DuraClass Technology With Ultra-efficient Block Management & Wear Leveling For Long Term Durability

Other World Computing (OWC – http://www.macsales.com ) has announced a new 40GB model to its award-winning OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD line as the most affordable high performance SandForce Processor based Solid State Drive on the → Read More…

Make your Mercury Extreme SSD Even Faster

The OWC Blog says:

We all know that, when installed individually, the OWC Mercury Extreme SSDs are amazingly fast. Want to make them faster? Try putting them in a RAID 0 via a SeriTek/2ME4-E.
Use this card → Read More…

Screen Freeze Problems with a MacBook Pro — Hardware or Software?

eXtensions’ Graham K. Rogers says that after three years of great service from his 2.16Ghz MacBook Pro it was an easy decision to move to the current 2.66GHz version with the i7 processor, and that the → Read More…

New Feet for Old Laptops

Low End Mac’s John Hatchett says his Apple Pismo Powerbook G3 laptop was missing some or all of the little rubber feet that fit on the bottom and allow air to circulate underneath.
With the Pismos that’s → Read More…

The MacBook Air Project – Converting A Broken MacBook Air Into A Keyboard Computer

The MacBook Air Project blog chronicles and documents the MacBook Air project – an attempt to turn a “busted up” Apple MacBook Air into a computer in a keyboard
The author says since the Air was announced → Read More…

$50 Rebate On New Duo Dual Display Extender

Buy a new CinemaView Duo Dual Display Extender and submit proof of purchase for two CinemaView 24 displays, get $50.
Sure, it’s cool to use two big 24-inch LCD displays with your Mac. But it’s even cooler → Read More…

On The Trail Of The Perfect 17″ Laptop Case

OWC blogger Benjamin says that as a user of a 17” MacBook Pro, he’s searched far and wide for the perfect attaché case. Benjamin allows that he is quite demanding on what his computer cases look → Read More…

Six Must Have Qualities Of Business Laptops

PC Mag’s Lance Ulanoff says that when he thinks about how he spends his days and how he gets things done, it occurs that most of his work time is spent with a business laptop, and → Read More…