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Thursday, Nov 6
Saving Money on Your Next Computer Purchase
I consider the Mac operating system, Leopard, to be faster, easier and more stable than Windows XP or Windows Vista. It isn't susceptible to the vast majority of malicious software that circulates on the Internet. Macs also include Apple's superb built-in iLife multimedia suite. Macs can...
Tuesday, Nov 4
No More Mac Upgrades This Year, Apple Says
And just last month, at a widely hyped event, Apple introduced impressive new MacBooks and MacBook Pros, including models with the solid-aluminum manufacturing technique that Apple pioneered with its ultraportable MacBook Air.
Thursday, Oct 30
Is New MacBook 'Stealth' Business Machine?
At a time where some mainstream pundits are criticizing the MacBook's $1299 price point, and Mac users are complaining about the lack of FireWire ports in the device, Scot Finnie argues that the combination of several factors could see the MacBook be the biggest selling Mac yet in the bus...
Tuesday, Oct 28
Review: Apple Polishes Popular MacBook
I've been testing the base model of the new MacBook for the past five days, and I like it a lot, despite a few downsides. I found this new MacBook to be speedy, solid, innovative and comfortable to use, with very good battery life. In another radical step, Apple eliminated the...
Friday, Oct 24
Review: New MacBook Puts Style over Affordability
Just look at the effort Apple Inc. put into getting rid of plastic when designing its new $1,300 MacBook laptops, which went on sale last week. Apple now is machining the upper part of the chassis from a single block of aluminum, shaving it down to perhaps one-tenth of its original mass.
Tuesday, Oct 21
Apple: New MacBooks, Same Old Prices
The company trimmed the price of the basic MacBook by $100, to $999. It also introduced a new midlevel MacBook with many of the features of the MacBook Pro starting at $1,300 -- the same as the old mid-range MacBook -- and a version of the swankier MacBook Pro for $2,000, the same as its predece...
Thursday, Oct 16
Samsung Reenters U.S. Notebook Computer Market
Samsung's hard-drive version, the X460, starts at $1,899 for a 160-gigabyte hard drive, twice the capacity of Apple's existing MacBook Air model that is priced at $1,799 for an 80-gigabyte drive. The X460 weighs just under 4.2 pounds.
Tuesday, Oct 14
Apple Elbows Microsoft with New 'Brick' Laptop
According to Apple's chief designer, Jonathan Ives, the company pioneered its single-piece manufacturing process with the MacBook Air. The new manufacturing process cuts the number of structural components in half, Ives said. Throughout the manufacturing process, Apple collects a...
