News: “Do the new MacBook Pros forgo raw computing power in favor of battery life? Yup.”

Posted: April 13th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Do the new MacBook Pros forgo raw computing power in favor of battery life? Yup. on CrunchGear
Topics: Intel Core 2, Intel Core i7, Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Pro

Today’s MacBook Pro refresh left a lot of us feeling, well, bored. The new notebooks aren’t particularly powerful with dual-core Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs along with low-memory GPUs. They really aren’t anything special compared to…


News: “Refurb Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 15″ Laptop for $970 + $10 s&h”

Posted: April 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Refurb Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 15″ Laptop for $970 + $10 s&h on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Topics: AirPort, Intel Core, Intel Core 2, ISight, Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, MacBook, MacBook Pro, SuperDrive

TechRestore.com offers the refurbished Apple MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 15.4″ Notebook, model no. MB133LL/A, for $979.99. Add coupon code “TWEET” to your cart to cut it to $969.99 . With $10 for shipping, it’s the lowest total price we’ve…


News: “Apple iBook 12.1″ 1GB, 40GB Laptop $300 at Geeks.com”

Posted: April 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Apple iBook 12.1″ 1GB, 40GB Laptop $300 at Geeks.com on BensBargains.net Latest Headlines
Topics: IBook, Mac OS X

Geeks.com has the refurbished Apple iBook 12.1″ 1GB, 40GB Laptop for $300 with free shipping with coupon code FREETAKER . [ Compare ] G4 iBook 1.33GHz Processor, 1GB, 40GB hard drive, 12.1″ Display CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive, WiFi, 56K Modem, 10/100…


News: “Top Deals of the Day”

Posted: April 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Top Deals of the Day [April 10th] on MakeUseOf.com
Topics: IBook, Intel Atom, Intel Core 2, Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, Pentium, Pentium Dual-Core

If you’re in the market for a new computer, laptop, mobile phone, games and other accessories; don’t waste your time searching online. We’ve taken the liberty of locating the best deals tech deals and unifying them into a single…


News: “★ Reading Between the iPhone OS 4.0 Lines”

Posted: April 9th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

★ Reading Between the iPhone OS 4.0 Lines on Daring Fireball
Topics: ITunes, IWork, Mac OS X, MacBook

A few months ago, I heard suggestions that Apple had tentative plans to release a developer beta of Mac OS X 10.7 at WWDC this June. That is no longer the case. Mac OS X 10.7 development continues, but with a reduced team and an unknown schedule….


News: “★ The iPad”

Posted: April 7th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

★ The iPad on Daring Fireball
Topics: ITunes, IWork, Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mail, Safari

Back in December, here’s how I concluded my piece on what I expected from Apple’s then-still-unannounced tablet : If you’re thinking The Tablet is just a big iPhone, or just Apple’s take on the e-reader, or just a media…


News: “iTunes 9.1 now available, brings iPad syncing and iBook support”

Posted: March 30th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

iTunes 9.1 now available, brings iPad syncing and iBook support on Engadget
Topics: IBook, ITunes, Mac OS X

Hot on the heels of a ginormous OS X update comes this, the freshest version of the music management software that everyone loves to hate. iTunes 9.1 is live and available to download, bringing with it support for iPad syncing (you know, that…


News: “Apple updates Snow Leopard to 10.6.3, loads of minor quirks get patched”

Posted: March 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Apple updates Snow Leopard to 10.6.3, loads of minor quirks get patched on Engadget
Topics: Apple Software Update, Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Pro, QuickTime

Nearly five months after OS X 10.6.2 hit the pipes (and just seven months after 10.6.1 ), Apple has updated its Snow Leopard operating system to v10.6.3. Weighing in rather heavily at 757.3MB (when you upgrade from 10.6.2, anyway), this mammoth…


News: “Slim majority of users would rather have a netbook or laptop over an iPad”

Posted: March 27th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Slim majority of users would rather have a netbook or laptop over an iPad on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook

Filed under: iPad At least that’s the word from an NPD survey that says among 18-34 year olds, a key iPad demograhpic, 51% would rather have a more conventional portable than the Apple iPad. Even among current Apple product owners 44% would…


News: “XBMC”

Posted: March 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

XBMC on Anne’s Weblog
Topics: AirPort, ITunes, Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Pro

For a while my whole media setup was working out quite well. I was using iTunes on my MacBook (computer I bought roughly two years ago to fiddle with Apple stuff) and streamed music via AirTunes to my receiver. The few times this caused trouble was…