The new MacBook might be giving the credit crunch the cold shoulder with its eye’“watering price tag, but it’s still one fearsome piece of kit. Tom Dunmore’s already given his first impressions , taking you through everything you need to know. But now our MacBook is safely back here at Stuff Towers, we just had to take a few snaps and get them up asap. At first it looks just like a MacBook Air with a dose of iMac looks chucked in for good measure.
Archives for December, 2008
Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Released Ubergizmo fans: free VentureWire Technology Showcase 08 pass! New Macbook SSD put to the test: it makes your Mac snappier, at a price SIMable SIM Hacking Tool Scarab Robot To Work On The Moon Sharp Aquos DX Series Have Built-in Blu-ray Recorders NVIDIA Launches the GeForce 9 Series Motherboard GPUs Intel SSD X25-M 80GB Review. SSDs are Cool Again! KDDI Portable Viewer System New Macbook Pro can’t switch from iGPU to GPU like PCs do.
Thanks To MLB and Apple, Your Daughter’s Piano Recital Is Going to Be Less Boring
Posted on 2008 under Apple acessories | No Comment31 Dec
Thanks To MLB and Apple, Your Daughter’s Piano Recital Is Going to Be Less Boring Posted Jun 10th 2008 11:15AM by Josh Alper ( author feed ) Filed under: MLB Video , MLB Biz If you’re anything like me, you spend way too much time when you’re out and about checking your cellphone or PDA for scores and updates about baseball. Maybe you’re a rabid Phillies fan or a fantasy team owner hoping to see the results of Ben Francisco’s latest at-bat but, either way, it’s an imperfect system.
Apple Did Not Enter the Low-End Notebooks Market But How Important Is It for Investors
Posted on 2008 under MacBook Pro | No Comment31 Dec
And shareholders are thinking about revenue and market share, not about how excited existing users are. So everyone was eagerly waiting for Apple to introduce a notebook in the sub-$1,000 price market. And as it usually happens when something is viewed as very much needed addition, we received our share of rumors that such laptops will arrive.
The MacBook Air was the one area that we didn t know a lot about as to what Apple would tell us. What we found out is that they will offer a new 120GB hard disk with the option of a 128GB SSD drive. It will use the new precision aluminum manufacturing brick craving process and it will sizzle with Nvidia graphics. There is no built-in cellular connectivity, which was a bit disappointing, but, hey, they made it thinner.
After announcing the update of the lineup of MacBook notebooks, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple, said that the company currently has no plans to release an inexpensive mobile computer, or a netbook. Mr. Jobs did not reveal any reasons for not launching a cheap notebook other than stating that the market for such class of devices is not really large. In terms of netbooks, that s a nascent market that s just getting started. We ll see how it goes, Mr.
Apple Introduces MacBooks with “Unibody” Construction
Posted on 2008 under iPod touch | No Comment31 Dec
Tuesday, AAPL ) revealed an evolved slate of thin, light, eco-friendly MacBook notebooks to waiting audiences. Greener, leaner and more powerful than ever, the laptops remain high on style and function but despite prelaunch speculation to the contrary, they re still mostly premium-priced, premium products.
JPMorgan upgrades Apple Associated Press ,
Posted on 2008 under Apple acessories | No Comment31 Dec
Apple announced new laptop models Tuesday. The price on an older model was cut, but Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt noted that the company was largely sticking to its premium strategy rather than cutting prices to lure newly price-conscious buyers. The cheapest new model costs $1,299. Meanwhile, Windows-based laptops are available for less than $500.
At least for current MacBook Pro owners, the features didn’t get any worse. There are 2 USB ports, a Firewire 800 port, Ethernet, optical out and a headphone jack. The slot-loading DVD burner works the same way as older generation drives. The one significant change is cutting off DVI-out in favor of DisplayPort. Apple and Lenovo believe that DisplayPort is the video port of the future, while every other laptop manufacturer is betting on HDMI.
Broadway media firm uses Raleigh-based Inlet technology for iTunes shows
Posted on 2008 under MacBook Pro | No Comment30 Dec
Raleigh, N.C. Viewers wanting to download TV programs such as MadMen are utilizing Inlet Technologies through the Raleigh firm s relationship with Broadway Video Digital Media. Broadway is offering a variety of TV shows through Apple s iTune Store and other outlets such as the Web, video on demand and for mobile devices. Inlet provides video compression technology. The firm is venture capital backed.