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LapWorks iPad Space Dock Aluminum iPad Stand – ‘Book Mystique Review

Late last spring http://www.pbcentral.com/columns/hildreth_moore/recliner.shtml I reviewed here the Lapworks iPad Recliner stand — a sort of easychair for your iPad that offers infinitely adjustable viewing angles angles from a deeply reclined 25° to an approaching vertical → Read More…

Why The Tablet I Buy Probably Won’t Be An iPad + The’Book Mystique

Acer chairman J.T. Wang expects Apple’s iPad market share to drop from close to 100% currently to only 20%-30% after the tablet PC market stabilizes, according to a report by Digitimes’ Joseph Tsai referencing a → Read More…

Cooking For Geeks – ‘Book Mystique Review

Not to stand on ceremony, I love this book. Others have made a similar affirmation, and I now understand why. Being something of a foodie as well as a Machead, the idea that these two pursuits → Read More…

‘Book Mystique Comment, Critique, Q&A – Applecare, LED vs. CFL, iPad Fails As A Laptop, 11.6″ MacBook Air and 12″ PowerBook, Ubuntu [Updated]

‘Book Mystique Comment, Critique, Q&A – Applecare, LED vs. CFL, iPad Fails As A Laptop, 11.6″ MacBook Air and 12″ PowerBook, Ubuntu

Applecare Applecare And LED vs. CFL Re: How The iPad Fails As A → Read More…

How The iPad Fails As A Challenger in Laptop Space – The ‘Book Mystique

I had an epiphany last week while reading low end Mac columnist Frank Fox’s dissertation on what he doesn’t like about his iPad. I blown hot and cold on the eye. Since Steve Jobs unveiled at → Read More…

Plenty To Interest Laptop Users In Apple’s Mostly Desktop-Oriented Product Announcements – The ‘Book Mystique

Yesterday Apple announced a raft of new product. There are new all Core-i iMacs with ATI Radeon graphics processor units shipping immediately; new multi-core (up to 12) Mac Pros on the way for next month; a → Read More…

New MacBook Air Maybe, But How About An 11.6-Inch MacBook mini Successor To The 12” PowerBook?

Last week, Digitimes’ Yen-Shyang Hwang and Joseph Tsai set the proverbial cat among the pigeons with a report that Apple is readying to launch a new generation MacBook Air. This machine will allegedly sport an even → Read More…

Defend Yourself Against Repetitive Stress Injury With Alternate And Multiple Input Devices

I found myself unexpectedly obliged to develop some new muscle memory last week. With the amount of time I spend at the keyboard crafting my living as a freelance writer, and being prone to repetitive stress → Read More…

Fetch 5.6 FTP Client An Oldie But A Goodie – ‘Book Mystique Review

Fetch is one of the oldest Mac OS applications still being developed, and remains one of the best at what it does.
A fast, reliable, full-featured Mac-only file transfer (FTP) client with a clean, simple, easy-to-use interface, → Read More…

Latest Refreshes Alter MacBook And MacBook Pro Value Equation More Than You Might Think

by Charles W. Moore
Last fall I wrote that for me, choosing between a 13” MacBook Pro and the then just-introduced white unibody MacBook was still a no-brainer. At least unless you were on a really constrained → Read More…

Mac mini: Apple’s “Almost Portable” Gets A Major Refresh

Apple resolved recent speculation about the Mac Mini’s prospects for the near–term future, opting to go with a 2.4 GHz ‘Penryn’ family Core 2 Duo with 3 MB L2 cache (there’s a$150 2.66 GHz CPU build-to-order → Read More…