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MacBooks Now in 15-Inch Flavors, Now Pros

Monday, June 8, 2009

The first announcement from WWDC is in, and its a 15-inch MacBook. Like the MacBook Air, the device sports a sealed battery, however it will provide up to 7 hours of charge, about 2 hours more than previous models. Apple is claiming the battery should be good for about 1,000 recharge cycles, equaling about 5 [...]

Congratulations Michelle, It’s A Mac.

Monday, May 11, 2009

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I got a phone call from my good friend Michelle the other day. She was genuinely excited. Normally these “I’m excited” calls have something to do with what she heard or saw that would remind us of our long-since-passed youth, but this call was different. “What are you so excited about?” I asked. She went into a [...]

Two Possible Apple Responses to the Netbook

Thursday, April 23, 2009

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In normal times, it’s standard operating procedure for Apple watchers to listen to Steve Jobs dismiss a product category, then come to the conclusion that his negativity simply means that Apple isn’t ready to enter it yet. At the moment, it’s acting CEO Tim Cook whose comments get parsed. As Jason Snell notes over at [...]

New MacBooks Have Issues, Sleep Deprivation

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Posts to both Apple’s support forums (as well as several news outlets) indicate that the newest MacBooks are suffering from a few personality disorders that are sure to drive their users insane until Cupertino can come out with a fix. The most annoying problem (and expensive, too) is the laptop’s apparent dislike for third-party memory. After [...]

First Take: MacBook

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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Let me let you down softly before we even start: no, there is no $899 MacBook. A shame, because I think this is what Apple needs in order to really start chipping marketshare away from Microsoft. The biggest change here is the new manufacturing process. There are some other noteable changes however. Apple has stepped up [...]

Why Apple Shouldn’t (and Probably Won’t) Release a Touch-Screen Mac

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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Over at CNet’s The Digital Home blog, Don Reisinger has posted a plea for Apple to release a touch-screen Mac computer. The meme isn’t new–in part because Apple patent filings have suggested for years that the company has at least thought about making such a beast. I disagree with Don, though, that Apple should release a…well, [...]

Are Macs More Expensive? Round Two: Survival of the Cheapest

Saturday, August 16, 2008

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On Thursday, I began my multiple-part look at the cost of Macintoshes by comparing a mid-range MacBook to some Windows laptops which I’d configured to be as similar to the MacBook as possible. Compared to those machine, I concluded that the MacBook was in the zone in terms of price and power, or, in other [...]

Are Macs More Expensive? Let’s Do the Math Once and For All

Thursday, August 14, 2008

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[UPDATE: This is one of the most popular stories we've ever published, but with the arrival of the new MacBook on October 14th, it's also obsolete. Read it if you like--but this new article compares the new MacBook to comparable Windows computers.] It’s of those eternal questions of the computing world that never seems to get [...]