Archive for category MacBook

Iron Mac

TUAW featured an Iron Man sticker mod for the MacBook at Etsy. The sticker cost $16.00 plus shipping (for international orders).
The sticker mod looks real cool but I think it will only fit on a 15-inch MacBook Pro. I’d go for sticker that features Apple, Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs but to avoid being called a [...]

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New MacBooks ready to ship in 24 hours

When the newly designed MacBook was first announced, Apple’s online store listed the estimated shipping time to be between 2 to 4 weeks. However, when I checked today, shipping time is now only within 24 hours.
Based on my own experience, items I’ve ordered from Apple Store Philippines took an additional 5 to 7 business days [...]

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Apple outs new, sleeker MacBook with Multi-Touch trackpad and longer battery life

After announcing a better than expected performance during the last quarter of fiscal year 2009, Apple pulled out another surprise from its sleeve. Apple just released an update to the MacBook featuring a newly designed enclosure, LED-backlit display, Multi-Touch trackpad and longer battery life.

The new MacBook is sleeker with rounded contours made out of a [...]

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New white MacBook; free 8GB iPod touch* in Back-to-School promo [u]

First read about the updates to the white MacBooks over at TUAW, with readers tipping the staff  about the quiet upgrade.
The new internal specs are (previous specifications in parentheses):

2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (up from 2.0 GHz)
2GB 800MHz DDR2 memory (up from 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM)
160GB hard drive (up from 120GB)

AppleInsider notes that the new white [...]

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Macworld review: White MacBook Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics

As far as system updates go, the changes to new white MacBook are welcome, if subtle. The new faster graphics will make casual gamers happy, and who doesn’t like additional RAM? Though the slightly slower processor didn’t help performance any, this new white MacBook is a solid entry-level product. And if you need a Mac [...]

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13-inch White MacBook updated; better processor and graphics chip

Last week, Apple quietly updated their most affordable MacBook, the 13-inch white polycarbonate MacBook. It now sports the same processor and graphics chip with that of the $1,299 (Php71,990.00 at the Philippine Apple Online Store) 13-inch aluminium unibody MacBook. The white MacBook also had a RAM upgrade; default is now 2GB from what used to [...]

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Apple updates white polycarbonate 13-inch MacBook

Without fanfare, Apple upgraded its most affordable Mac portable this week.
The $999 white MacBook has been given a processor and graphics chip upgrade which is now similar to its aluminium unibody sibling.
The entry-level MacBook is now equipped with 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo processor and the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of [...]

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New Macbooks out!

Mactactic had it right. Macbooks upgrades came right on time. Apple quietly released an upgrade to their Macbook line yesterday. Upgrades consisted of a change to the Santa Rosa chips, bigger frontside bus, and a new graphics processor. It’s also 0.1 pounds lighter, too.
Time to grab me one of these. I’m disappointed that [...]

New Macbooks this Tuesday? [UPDATE]

I’ve posted about drivers found in Leopard that hints at a refresh of the Macbook line. The drivers are said fo be for the integrated graphics chip in the Santa Rosa chipset from Intel. The Santa Rosa chip are the ones being used in the Macbook Pros.
Mac Rumors is now saying that the new Macbooks [...]

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New Macbooks soon?

MacNN reports that drivers in Leopard maybe hinting new Macbooks in the horizon. According to MacNN:
The company [Apple] has included a full set of recent drivers for Intel’s GMA X3100 integrated graphics chipset, which is only built into the semiconductor firm’s mainboards for notebooks based on the Santa Rosa platform. Apple currently uses Santa Rosa [...]

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Cool down your Macbook and Macbook Pro

Apple lately seems to be hell bent in frying their users’ balls (if they have them) with their latest Intel-based portables. They have received complaints about the scalding hot bottoms and tops of the new Macbooks and Macbook Pros. I’ve heard in one podcast that the standard reply of some Apple dealers is that the [...]

The Black Macbook is Hot!

Literally.
I finally had the chance to get my hands on a Macbook, a black Macbook. It’s probably because that I’ve read too much about the Macbooks in the net that when I finally saw one I was underwhelmed. I must admit that the display looks nice with the glossy screen. The colors are more vibrant [...]

Long abscence.

It’s almost been a month since I last posted a blog. Been busy with teaching Microbiology. I was also experiencing fatigue but hopefully that’s all been fixed. I do feel much better and more energetic.
For the past few weeks, there had been several newsworthy Apple events. Some of which were:
Macbooks have finally arrived.
Macbook Pros got [...]

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More post-MWSF 2006

It would seem that one blog was right on the dot when it came to predicting what Jobs was announcing on the keynote address. Kevin Rose’s blog entry on January 9, 2006 correctly predicted the coming of the MacBook Pro (“15-inch MacBook, thinner, dual core”), the Apple Remote with FM tuner (“iPod FM receiver” and [...]

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