Tag: MacBook
Touchgrind Brings MultiTouch Gaming to the Mac
Heads up Mac owners. If you havce a recente MacBook with a multitouch touchpad or the Apple Magic TrackPad, you don’t need to get an iPad or iPhone to get your multitouch gaming on. Touchgrind has brought their popular iPhone and iPad app to the Mac App store so you can goof off while it [...]
Thunderbolt Brings External Graphics to New MacBooks
Thunderbolt’s potential is pretty much unused but most people who have the port on their laptop. But a new accessory might give users a chance to upgrade their MacBooks. The ViDock from Village Instruments sells three external desktop graphics card docks that connect to your MacBook via the new Thunderbolt port. The docks are like [...]
If The MacBook Pro Line Goes Air-esque And Thin, Will It Be Good Or Bad For Laptops?
You know that rumor about the possibility of Air-like 15 and 17-inch MacBooks coming out later this year? I can’t help feeling a little excited about the possibility. Unlike the majority of tech rumors surrounding Apple, I give this one credence simply because it makes so much sense. As a professional with a vested interest [...]
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 [...]
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OCZ Agility 3 is a Screaming Fast SSD [Review]
The OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD really cooks! With it, my MacBook Pro feels like a screaming speed demon. The system boots faster and the environment responds instantly. As upgrades go, this one change radically improves using my 2011 15″ MacBook Pro. When I reviewed the MacBook Pro I called it the nicest workhorse notebook I have ever [...]
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MCE Optibay Puts 2nd Hard Drive in SuperDrive’s Seat [Review]
The MCE Optibay opens up the options for MacBook upgrades by replacing the Apple SuperDrive with a hard drive or SSD, depending on your needs and bank account. I was pleased with the results! Combined with the OCZ Agility 3 SSD I reviewed as part of this upgrade process, I have a fast flash drive [...]
Apple Rumored to be Copying MSI and Samsung by Copying Air Design for MacBook Pro
Rumors of a possible 15″ MacBook Pro that looks and behaves more like a MacBook Air flourished on the Net yesterday as all the major news blogs rushed to report the story that, like other manufacturers, Apple may copy the design of the MacBook Air for the next generation MacBook Pro design, the idea being [...]
How to Make a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion USB or DVD Install Disk
Installing a new operating system over the old one can create problems with stability. Apple disregarded these concerns with the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion by only allowing the initial release in the Mac App Store for download. A USB Flash drive version will become available in the future, but there is a [...]
Apple Sells 500k MacBook Airs and 1 Million Lion Downloads on Day One
On the first day of availability, OS X Lion sold over 1 million copies in the Mac App Store, and Apple also reportedly sold over 500,000 new MacBook Air notebooks. The ease of purchasing Lion and the hot new specs of the MacBook Air combined to deliver a value too many users couldn’t pass up, [...]
5 Excellent MacBook Air Alternatives
The MacBook Air just got a refresh with faster Intel processor, backlit keys and Thunderbolt connectivity. Apple is already shipping 500,000 of these popular ultraportable notebooks, but if you want thin, light and powerful Apple isn’t the only game in town. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite ultraportable notebooks that are worth looking into before you [...]
