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Apple LED Displays shipping soon

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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Filed under: Hardware, Macbook Pro, MacBook Last night, some eagle-eyed readers noticed that Apple has changed the shipping status for the LED Cinema Displays. Previously, the status said “Coming Soon,” but as of last night it says “Ships in 7-10 Business Days.” However, the option to buy is still not available on the Apple Store page. [...]

Belkin’s Switch-to-Mac USB Cable

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, Switchers, Odds and ends Peripheral maker Belkin has taken note of the fact that a lot of people are switching to Macs. Their new Switch-to-Mac USB Cable, available in the US now for US$49.99, is designed to streamline the process of moving files from your PC running Windows XP or Vista to [...]

Flickr Find: FakeBook Nano

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Filed under: Hardware, Mods Gizmodo found these pictures of a customized MSI Wind laptop that comes complete with glossy finishes, Apple logos and Mac OS X. The laptops feature the name “MacBook Nano.” The laptops have 10-inch screens, 2GB of RAM, 320GB hard disks, a flash media reader, and the specifications feature Windows XP Professional and Mac [...]

Richard|Solo 1800: More of everything!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, iPod Family, Peripherals, iPhone, iPod touch We reported on the Richard|Solo Smart Backup Battery for iPhone a few months ago. Now Richard|Solo has released a much improved version of the Backup Battery that not only provides more power for your iPhone or iPod, but some excellent new features that trash [...]

Apple applies for patent on head-tracking media display system

Thursday, November 6, 2008

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Filed under: Hardware, Odds and ends Apple has applied for a patent for an “automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system,” a kind of head-tracking eyewear that gives the user “the impression of being in the theater.” From the claims of the patent, the device looks not unlike a pair of goggles that display a [...]

Mac OS X on a HP Touchsmart (kind of)

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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Filed under: Hardware, OS, Hacks Here’s a video and setup instructions for getting Mac OS X to run on a HP TouchSmart. The machine’s main feature, of course, is the touch screen. It kind of works with OS X in that elements respond to touch, but the calibration is way off and, as the guy in [...]

MacBook/Pro trackpad fix coming soon

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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Filed under: Hardware, Software Update, Steve Jobs, Macbook Pro, MacBook Several people who own the new, unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros are reporting trouble with the glass trackpads. Specifically, it’s been failing to register clicks, seemingly at random. One user even told PC Pro, “I don’t even attempt to use this machine unless I’m at a [...]

Apple: No more new hardware in 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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Filed under: Hardware, Apple, Holidays Earlier this week, Apple told Macworld Magazine (in so many words) that all hardware updates are complete for 2008. “Our holiday line-up is set,” said spokesman Bill Evans. There was a rumor of an iMac update, but that’s now be squashed. What you see is what you’re going to get. With the [...]

New MacBooks and MBPs can handle up to 6GB of RAM

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Apple, Macbook Pro, MacBook Is it just me or is it pretty mindblowing what Moore’s Law is doing to our computers these days? I remember when 64mb of RAM was great, and even a few years ago, I wondered why anyone would ever use 1GB of RAM (I’ve got [...]

Drobo Apps gives you cool add-ons for Drobo

Friday, October 31, 2008

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Filed under: Hardware, Software, Open Source By now, you’ve probably heard about Drobo. It’s the ultimate RAID-like array, with USB and Firewire 800 connections, that allows you to store up to 6 terabytes using 4 hard drives (you get about 4.1 TB of usable space, since some of the room is used for RAID redundancy — [...]