Tag: macbook pro
XtremeMac Introduces 3 New Cases for MacBook Air and Pro
XtremeMac announced a new line of MacBook sleeves last week at CES 2012 including the Professional, Vintage and Sport Sleeves for both the 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro and the 13-inch MacBook Air. Your 11″ Air or 17″ MacBook Pro will have to get covered and protected by something else. The Professional Sleeve covers your [...]
Hitachi G-RAID with Thunderbolt Adds 4TB of Snappy Storage to Macs
If you create content for a living, you know the value of fast storage, and just how fast you can fill up a GB of storage space. The new Hitachi powered G-RAID and G-DRIVE external hard drives with Thunderbolt connectivity are aimed at answering this need with a combination of offerings up to 4TB of external storage [...]
NaNoWriMo: Best Notebooks For Writers
Week 4 of NaNoWriMo is about to begin. The home stretch is upon some of us, while others of us are still behind… Anyway, at this point you’re probably either happy with your primary writing computer or are hating it for not being what you need. Maybe your laptop is too heavy to carry around [...]
New MacBook Pro Models Bring Speed, Storage and GPU Updates
Apple has updated the MacBook Pro line of notebooks with a number of small, but appreciable upgrades to speed, storage size and graphics. The new MacBook Pros have the same look as the previous models, but have updated specs, something we had expected. Updating the specs, and leaving the exterior unchanged is common at this [...]
New MacBook Pros Arriving This Month?
Even though the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 fervor has not yet died down, Apple may announce more products this month. 9to5Mac reports that the MacBook Pro refresh that usually happens around this time of year is coming soon. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the skinny Air-esque models rumored earlier this year will come before [...]
Apple Releases Fix for Flickering Thunderbolt Displays in Forums
Apple’s big and beautiful 24-inch Thunderbolt display makes a great secondary monitor for your MacBook, but it shipped with a problem for many – a flicker that annoyed users who plugged in their brink new Thunderbolt MacBooks into the thing. Apple just released a fix that should take care of the problem. You can get [...]
Magma ExpressBox 3T adds 3 PCIe Expansion Slots to MacBook via Thunderbolt
I’ve been looking for more Thunderbolt accessories to make that new port on the side of my MacBook Pro useful, and the Magma ExpressBox 3T answered the call with an external box that houses three PCI Express slots for your 2011 MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with Thunderbolt. Since a laptop will not accept a [...]
Which MacBook is Best For You? – 15″ MacBook Pro
Readers and friends ask us at Notebooks.com which MacBook is the best choice for them. The MacBook owners on our staff will be highlighting the pros and cons of each of the five basic MacBook models that Apple offers as a way to answer that. Why a 15″ MacBook Pro is a Great Option Although [...]
The Essential 10 Apps For Your New Mac
When you get a new Mac home from the Apple Store, it can be tough to know what to do first. Thankfully the out of the box experience is much more optimized than on the Windows side of things, so there’s less housekeeping to do before you get on to the work or on to the [...]
MacBook Pro Updated for Lion In Small, But Noticeable, Ways
It seems Apple didn’t just refresh the MacBook Air and Mini along with their release of OS X 10.7 Lion. The MacBook Pro and a couple of other products are different in some very small ways. They include the way you restore your Mac, a change to the keyboard and the packaging. Restore Disk is [...]
